Thunderstorm Wind, Morton
- When
- July 23, 9:19 PM CST
- Where
- Morton County, Elkhart
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 37.000, -101.900
Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 23, 1996
tree fell on car...garage blown over...tree limbs down...fences blown down
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
- $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 DDC wrote it up.
tree fell on car...garage blown over...tree limbs down...fences blown down
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 190 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:09 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
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- Lightning Strike in Texas, July 23, 1996
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 23, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 23, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Texas, July 23, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Texas, July 23, 1996
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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: 5571395.