Thunderstorm Wind, Holt
- When
- May 15, 7:45 AM CST
- Where
- Holt County, Forest City
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.980, -95.180
Severe thunderstorm winds downed large trees in Forest City.
Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 15, 1998
2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 142 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:45 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Atchison
- When
- May 15, 7:58 AM CST to 8:15 AM CST
- Where
- Atchison County, Langdon to Linden
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 40.350, -95.580
A severe thunderstorm moved northward through Atchison County from near Langdon through Phelps City through Linden and to the Iowa border. Property damage estimated at 50,000 dollars occurred along along Route 275 and County Road T. Numerous large trees were downed as a result of the winds and several farms reported damage to barns and grain bins. The most severe damage occurred at a farmstead on County Road T about 7 miles south of the Iowa border. Two farm houses had portions of the roof removed from the winds and falling trees damaged the southwest section of the house. One of the barns was completely leveled on the property. The property damage here alone was approximately 40,000 dollars.
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
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- 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
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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: 5640184, 5640183.