Thunderstorm Wind, Riley
- When
- July 22, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Riley County, Manhattan
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 39.180, -96.580
Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 22, 1996
Strong winds knocked down several large trees and limbs onto powerlines, causing loss of electrical power to 2000 homes and businesses. One large tree also fell onto a car but only produced minor damage.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- $1,000
- 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.
Strong winds knocked down several large trees and limbs onto powerlines, causing loss of electrical power to 2000 homes and businesses. One large tree also fell onto a car but only produced minor damage.
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 36 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:16 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 22, 1996
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- Hail in Kansas, July 22, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Tennessee, July 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 22, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Kansas, July 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 22, 1996
More
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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: 5551950.