Thunderstorm Wind, Sedgwick
- When
- July 11, 2:44 PM MST
- Where
- Sedgwick County, 5 mi SW of Sedgwick
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.880, -102.580
Strong thunderstorm winds blew two semi-trucks over on I-76.
Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 11 to 15, 1997
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 184 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:42 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Sedgwick
- When
- July 15, 2:50 PM MST
- Where
- Sedgwick County, 11 mi SSE of Julesburg
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.830, -102.180
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Iowa, July 11, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 11, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 11, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 11, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 11, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 11, 1997
- Tornado and Hail in Florida, July 11, 1997
- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, July 11, 1997
- Flash Flooding in South Dakota, July 11, 1997
- Waterspout in Florida, July 11, 1997
- Hail in Florida, July 11, 1997
- Flood in Missouri, July 11, 1997
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, July 1997
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: 5607273, 5607274.