Thunderstorm Wind, Clay
- When
- September 8, 9:42 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County, Clay Center
- Measured
- 69 kt (79 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.380, -97.120
Damaging Wind in Kansas, September 8, 1997
Strong winds downed power lines and large tree limbs.
Where it happened
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- 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 TOP wrote it up.
Strong winds downed power lines and large tree limbs.
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:39 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
- Dense Fog in South Dakota, September 8, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, September 8, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, September 8, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, September 8, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, September 8, 1997
- Hail in Kansas, September 8, 1997
- Flash Flood in Utah, September 8, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, September 8, 1997
- Lightning Strike in South Dakota, September 8, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, September 8, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, September 8, 1997
- Hail in South Dakota, September 8, 1997
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, September 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: 5609918.