High Wind, Comanche
- When
- May 14, 10:05 PM CST to May 15, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Comanche forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 37.191, -99.272 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Kansas, May 14 to 15, 1998
Low level jet mixed to the surface in the vicinity of rain showers. Wind speeds ranged from 52 to 78 knots.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- $21,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 DDC wrote it up.
Low level jet mixed to the surface in the vicinity of rain showers. Wind speeds ranged from 52 to 78 knots. All the counties reported tree limbs down. Specifically, power poles were blown down in Coldwater, fence blown down 6W of Larned, part of a roof blown off a garage 2 miles east of Greensburg and a empty cattle trailer blown over 2 miles east of Greensburg.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Edwards
- When
- May 14, 10:05 PM CST to May 15, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Edwards forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.888, -99.312 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Kiowa
- When
- May 14, 10:05 PM CST to May 15, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Kiowa forecast zone
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 37.558, -99.286 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Pawnee
- When
- May 14, 10:05 PM CST to May 15, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Pawnee forecast zone
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 38.181, -99.237 (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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 14 to 15, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 14 to 15, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 14 to 15, 1998
- Flooding in Puerto Rico, May 14, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, May 14, 1998
- Hail in South Dakota, May 14 to 15, 1998
- Hail in Nebraska, May 14, 1998
- High Wind in New Mexico, May 14, 1998
- High Wind in Oklahoma, May 14, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, May 14, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 14, 1998
- Hail in Texas, May 14 to 15, 1998
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, May 1998
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: 5647628, 5647629, 5647630, 5647631.