Thunderstorm Wind, Rice
- When
- July 15, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Rice County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.350, -98.200
Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 15, 1981
6 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Osborne
- When
- July 15, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Osborne County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.500, -98.550
Thunderstorm Wind, McPherson
- When
- July 15, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- McPherson County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.380, -97.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Lyon
- When
- July 15, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon County
- Coordinates
- 38.400, -96.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Coffey
- When
- July 15, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Coffey County
- Coordinates
- 38.400, -95.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Lyon
- When
- July 15, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon County
- Coordinates
- 38.400, -96.180
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes in Florida, July 15, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, July 15, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 15, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 15, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 15, 1981
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 15, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 15, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 15, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 15, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 15, 1981
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1981Every state in 1981This day in weather history
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10023831, 10023832, 10020459, 10020460, 10020461, 10020462.