Thunderstorm Wind, Lyon
- When
- June 28, 6:15 AM CST
- Where
- Lyon County, Miller
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.630, -96.000
Winds to 81 mph did some structural damage to buildings in Miller.
Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 28, 1999
10 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- 5
- Property damage
- $32,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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), 46 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:13 UTC.
Event by event
10 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lyon
- When
- June 28, 6:15 AM CST
- Where
- Lyon County, 10 mi N of Emporia
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Property damage
- $4,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.550, -96.180
Strong winds blew the roof off a house.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lyon
- When
- June 28, 6:30 AM CST
- Where
- Lyon County, 4 mi E of Emporia
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.400, -96.120
Strong winds blew the roof off a trailer home.
Thunderstorm Wind, Osage
- When
- June 28, 6:30 AM CST
- Where
- Osage County, 4 mi S of Barclay
- Measured
- 69 kt (79 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.530, -95.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Osage
- When
- June 28, 6:40 AM CST
- Where
- Osage County, Pomona Res
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Property damage
- $12,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.670, -95.600
Strong winds overturned trailers and damaged 2 boat docks and nearly 40 boats.
Thunderstorm Wind, Osage
- When
- June 28, 6:42 AM CST
- Where
- Osage County, 4 mi W of Melvern
- Measured
- 69 kt (79 mph)
- Injuries
- 5 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
- Coordinates
- 38.500, -95.700
Strong winds overturned trailers at Melvern Lake resulting in minor damage and minor injuries to 5 people.
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- June 28, 6:45 AM CST
- Where
- Franklin County, Pomona
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.620, -95.450
Strong winds blew the roof off a house.
Thunderstorm Wind, Osage
- When
- June 28, 6:46 AM CST
- Where
- Osage County, Melvern
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.500, -95.630
Strong winds blew down tree limbs doing minor damage to property and buildings.
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- June 28, 6:55 AM CST
- Where
- Franklin County, 1 mi N of Williamsburg
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.500, -95.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Lyon
- When
- June 28, 6:58 AM CST
- Where
- Lyon County, Reading
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.520, -95.950
Strong winds did minor damage to a barn and a few sheds.
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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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: 5701037, 5701038, 5701039, 5701040, 5701124, 5701041, 5701042, 5701043, 5701125, 5701126.