Thunderstorm Wind — Haskell, Kansas

2016-11-17 · near Sublette, Haskell, Kansas

$1.8M

Property damage

78 EG

Magnitude

Event narrative

There was heavy tree damage in Sublette. At least 2 dozen pivot sprinkler irrigation sprinklers were overturned or destroyed, mainly west and north of Sublette. There were a few sprinklers reported damaged south of town town. There was video of the downburst wind moving through town with a few brief gustnadoes observed on the leading edge of the wall of dirt that was picked up.

Wider weather episode

Very high based showers with occasional lightning along the leading edge of a short wave trough produced a high wind event across mainly Haskell county. Numerous wind gusts over 80 MPH were reported. Estimates of around 100 MPH gusts were verified by the amount of damage that was observed.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 668131. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.