High Wind, Finney
- When
- January 28, 6:24 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Finney forecast zone
- Measured
- 49 kt (56 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.044, -100.737 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Kansas, January 28, 1996
Lots of topsoil blown away.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- 4
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 DDC wrote it up.
Lots of topsoil blown away.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Ford
- When
- January 28, 6:54 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ford forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.692, -99.888 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Kiowa
- When
- January 28, 7:35 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kiowa forecast zone
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.558, -99.286 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Barber
- When
- January 28, 8:48 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Barber forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.229, -98.685 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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 Washington, January 28, 1996
- Cold in Montana, January 28 to 29, 1996
- Blizzard in Iowa, January 28 to 29, 1996
- Blizzard in Minnesota, January 28 to 29, 1996
- High Wind in New Mexico, January 28, 1996
- Cold in South Dakota, January 28 to 29, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, January 28 to 30, 1996
- Blizzard in Wyoming, January 28, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, January 28 to 30, 1996
- Cold in Wyoming, January 28, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, January 28 to 29, 1996
- Cold in South Dakota, January 28 to 29, 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5574629, 5574630, 5574631, 5574632.