2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Goodland radar (KGLD), 20 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:23 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at least 70 mph flipped over a full irrigation rig, knocked over 16 power poles, broke branches, and damaged outdoor play equipment, sheds, a roof, and grain bins.
Also, wind to 63 mph at Goodland CATV (2 south of Goodland)
A lightning strike hit a gas pipeline and started a fire.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, June 1998
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: 5640843, 5640844, 5640845.