Thunderstorm Wind, Cowley
- When
- March 24, 9:16 PM CST
- Where
- Cowley County, Atlanta
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.430, -96.770
Damaging Wind in Kansas, March 24, 1997
THE WIND BLEW A METAL, BIN WHICH IS USED FOR GRAIN STORAGE, OVER ONE HUNDRED FEET.
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
- 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 ICT wrote it up.
THE WIND BLEW A METAL, BIN WHICH IS USED FOR GRAIN STORAGE, OVER ONE HUNDRED FEET.
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:16 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
- Hail in Kansas, March 24, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, March 24 to 25, 1997
- Flooding in Iowa, March 24 to 31, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, March 24, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, March 24, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 24, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, March 24 to 25, 1997
- Winter Storm in New Mexico, March 24 to 25, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Kansas, March 24, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, March 24 to 25, 1997
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 24 to 25, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, March 24, 1997
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, March 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: 5597188.