Thunderstorm Wind, Cherokee
- When
- July 4, 5:20 AM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County, Columbus
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 37.170, -94.830
Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 4, 1996
Thunderstorm winds blew a metal roof off of a store in downtown Columbus and blew down numerous trees damaging the roofs of some homes.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- 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 SGF wrote it up.
Thunderstorm winds blew a metal roof off of a store in downtown Columbus and blew down numerous trees damaging the roofs of some homes.
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 127 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:18 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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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: 5566666.