Thunderstorm Wind, Marshall
- When
- May 15, 7:08 AM CST
- Where
- Marshall County, 4 mi SW of Waterville
- Property damage
- $4,000
- Coordinates
- 39.670, -96.800
Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 15, 1998
Two sheds and several large tree limbs were knocked down by strong wind gusts.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $4,000
- 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.
Two sheds and several large tree limbs were knocked down by strong wind gusts.
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:09 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
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 15, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 15, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, May 15, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, May 15, 1998
- Tornadoes and Flood in Iowa, May 15, 1998
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 15, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 15 to 18, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 15, 1998
- Hail in Minnesota, May 15, 1998
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 15, 1998
- High Wind in South Dakota, May 15, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 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: 5643216.