Thunderstorm Wind in Anderson County, Kansas

Thunderstorm Wind December 15, 2021 · Anderson County, Kansas

70 mph

Estimated gust (61 kt)

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Trained spotter reported 70 mph wind gust.

The wider storm

An very anomalous storm system produced a squall line with embedded supercells on 12/15. The squall line impacted our entire CWA and caused widespread wind damage. Winds were reported as high as 100 mph with the line of storms, which is now referred to as a serial derecho. No tornadoes were confirmed.

Began near Colony (38.0700, -95.3600).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 996863. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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