Thunderstorm Wind, Rawlins
- When
- August 21, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Rawlins County, 6 mi W of Atwood
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.800, -101.170
Spotter estimated 60 mph winds.
Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 21, 1997
7 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $320,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
7 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Decatur
- When
- August 21, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Decatur County, Oberlin
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.820, -100.520
Spotter estimated 60 mph winds.
Thunderstorm Wind, Decatur
- When
- August 21, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Decatur County, Dresden
- Measured
- 87 kt (100 mph)
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.620, -100.420
Wind blew out windows, uprooted trees, knocked down signs and antennas. At least 4 roofs were blown off; a storage building and a mobile home was destroyed. A leg on a grain elevator was bent. At Leoville, spotter estimated 60 mph winds.
Thunderstorm Wind, Graham
- When
- August 21, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Graham County, Hill City Arpt
- Measured
- 68 kt (78 mph)
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 39.380, -99.830
Wind gust recorded by ASOS. Damage in Hill City included windows blown out, power poles down, old barn destroyed, signs and tree branches down, and 1 roof off.
Thunderstorm Wind, Sheridan
- When
- August 21, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sheridan County, 4 mi ENE of Tasco
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 39.370, -100.230
Wind estimated 70 to 80 mph damaged camper and brought down large tree limbs at Sheridan Lake. At Studley, estimated 70 mph winds brought down tree limbs.
Thunderstorm Wind, Graham
- When
- August 21, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Graham County, 2 mi W of Morland
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -100.120
Estimated 80 mph wind downed seven power poles west of Morland.
Thunderstorm Wind, Graham
- When
- August 21, 9:46 PM CST
- Where
- Graham County, 16 mi S of Nicodemus
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.170, -99.620
Tree branches up to 3 inches in diameter downed.
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.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 21, 1997
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- Strong Wind and Heavy Rain in Massachusetts, August 21, 1997
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: 5611683, 5612257, 5612258, 5611680, 5611681, 5611682, 5612256.