High Wind, Cheyenne
- When
- May 2, 9:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.786, -101.731 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Kansas, May 2, 1997
Wind gusts up to 70 mph knocked out power and overturned a cattle truck. Wind gusts reported in miles per hour were Brewster 70 mph, St.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 8 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 8
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 GLD wrote it up.
Wind gusts up to 70 mph knocked out power and overturned a cattle truck. Wind gusts reported in miles per hour were Brewster 70 mph, St. Francis 69, Atwood 66, Bird City 65, Goodland 65, Grinnell 62, Leoti 62. There was 1 minor injury in the truck accident.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
8 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Rawlins
- When
- May 2, 9:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Rawlins forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.785, -101.076 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Sherman
- When
- May 2, 9:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Sherman forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.351, -101.720 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Thomas
- When
- May 2, 9:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Thomas forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.351, -101.055 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Wallace
- When
- May 2, 9:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Wallace forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.917, -101.764 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Logan
- When
- May 2, 9:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Logan forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.917, -101.148 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Greeley
- When
- May 2, 9:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Greeley forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.481, -101.806 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Wichita
- When
- May 2, 9:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Wichita forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.482, -101.347 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, May 2 to 3, 1997
- Tornado in Alabama, May 2, 1997
- Tornado in Georgia, May 2, 1997
- Tornado in Alabama, May 2, 1997
- Hail and High Wind in Arkansas, May 2, 1997
- Tornado in Tennessee, May 2, 1997
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, May 2, 1997
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, May 2, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Mississippi, May 2, 1997
- Tornado in Alabama, May 2, 1997
- Hail in Iowa, May 2, 1997
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 2 to 15, 1997
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, May 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: 5601381, 5601382, 5601383, 5601384, 5601385, 5601386, 5601387, 5601388.