High Wind, Republic
- When
- January 18, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Republic forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 39.828, -97.651 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Kansas, January 18, 1996
High winds along a powerful cold front gusted to around 60 mph tearing down signs and causing roof damage to a some buuildings. Scattered power outages were also reported.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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- Fire, smoke and dust
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS TOP wrote it up.
High winds along a powerful cold front gusted to around 60 mph tearing down signs and causing roof damage to a some buuildings. Scattered power outages were also reported. Blizzard conditions and rapidly falling temperatures occurred in the wake of the front. The cold temperatures and wind chills of 40 to 60 below zero caused water pipes to freeze in several areas including the Hillcrest school in Cuba where extensive damage occurred. Damage was also reported in other locations around the county.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Cold in Oklahoma, January 18 to 20, 1996
- Blizzard in Iowa, January 18, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Washington, January 18 to 19, 1996
- Cold in Wisconsin, January 18, 1996
- High Wind in Indiana, January 18, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, January 18 to 19, 1996
- Tornado in Missouri, January 18, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, January 18 to 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, January 18, 1996
- High Wind in Alabama, January 18 to 19, 1996
- Tornado in Kentucky, January 18, 1996
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 18, 1996
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, January 1996
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: 5539285.