Thunderstorm Wind in Haskell County, Kansas

Thunderstorm Wind November 17, 2016 · Haskell County, Kansas

90 mph

Estimated gust (78 kt)

$1.8M

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

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.

The wider storm

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.

Began near Sublette (37.4800, -100.8500).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 668131. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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