High Wind, Cheyenne
- When
- April 8, 8:00 AM CST to April 10, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cheyenne forecast zone
- Measured
- 82 kt (94 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.786, -101.731 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Kansas, April 8 to 10, 1999
A strong area of low pressure across the central US in combination with high pressure across the Rockies brought high winds to Northwest Kansas for a three day period. These strong winds caused damage to a couple of schools, a local Post Office, several power line poles to be severed, and numerous houses had their shingles torn off.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 13 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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 GLD wrote it up.
A strong area of low pressure across the central US in combination with high pressure across the Rockies brought high winds to Northwest Kansas for a three day period. These strong winds caused damage to a couple of schools, a local Post Office, several power line poles to be severed, and numerous houses had their shingles torn off. Goodland Weather Office had a peak wind speed of 71 mph on the 8th with many other locations receiving similar peak wind speeds during the event.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
13 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Decatur
- When
- April 8, 8:00 AM CST to April 10, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Decatur forecast zone
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.785, -100.460 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Gove
- When
- April 8, 8:00 AM CST to April 10, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Gove forecast zone
- Measured
- 72 kt (83 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 38.916, -100.483 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Graham
- When
- April 8, 8:00 AM CST to April 10, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Graham forecast zone
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -99.883 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Greeley
- When
- April 8, 7:00 AM MST to April 10, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Greeley forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 38.481, -101.806 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Logan
- When
- April 8, 8:00 AM CST to April 10, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Logan forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 38.917, -101.148 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Norton
- When
- April 8, 8:00 AM CST to April 10, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Norton forecast zone
- Measured
- 64 kt (74 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.784, -99.903 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Rawlins
- When
- April 8, 8:00 AM CST to April 10, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Rawlins forecast zone
- Measured
- 72 kt (83 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.785, -101.076 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Sheridan
- When
- April 8, 8:00 AM CST to April 10, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sheridan forecast zone
- Measured
- 66 kt (76 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -100.442 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Sherman
- When
- April 8, 7:00 AM MST to April 10, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Sherman forecast zone
- Measured
- 71 kt (82 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.351, -101.720 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Thomas
- When
- April 8, 8:00 AM CST to April 10, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Thomas forecast zone
- Measured
- 69 kt (79 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.351, -101.055 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Wallace
- When
- April 8, 7:00 AM MST to April 10, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Wallace forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 38.917, -101.764 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Wichita
- When
- April 8, 7:00 AM MST to April 10, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Wichita forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 38.482, -101.347 (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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, April 8, 1999
- Tornado and Flood in Illinois, April 8, 1999
- Tornadoes in Illinois, April 8, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, April 8, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, April 8, 1999
- Tornado in Missouri, April 8, 1999
- Tornado in Missouri, April 8, 1999
- Hail in California, April 8, 1999
- Winter Storm in Utah, April 8 to 10, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, April 8, 1999
- High Wind in Colorado, April 8, 1999
- Tornado in Missouri, April 8, 1999
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, April 1999
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: 5692490, 5692491, 5692492, 5692493, 5692494, 5692495, 5692496, 5692497, 5692498, 5692499, 5692500, 5692501, 5692502.