High Wind, Scott
- When
- December 18, 1:20 PM CST
- Where
- Scott forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 38.482, -100.907 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Kansas, December 18, 2000
High wind occurred across much of the area producing frequent gusts from 50 to 56 knots. In Larned (Pawnee county), a roof blown off a business and traveled down the street impacting another business.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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
- $76,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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.
High wind occurred across much of the area producing frequent gusts from 50 to 56 knots. In Larned (Pawnee county), a roof blown off a business and traveled down the street impacting another business. Vehicles were smashed from the debris. In Dodge City (Ford county), the visibility was reduced to zero in blowing dust. Also, the wind demolished a trampoline and swing set on the west side of town. A car windshield was broken at a location 13 miles west of Richfield (Morton county). The majority of the $76.3 k damage wasdone in Larned.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Ford
- When
- December 18, 2:30 PM CST to 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ford forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 37.692, -99.888 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Pawnee
- When
- December 18, 2:55 PM CST
- Where
- Pawnee forecast zone
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 38.181, -99.237 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Ford
- When
- December 18, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ford forecast zone
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 37.692, -99.888 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Morton
- When
- December 18, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Morton forecast zone
- Property damage
- $800
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.191, -101.799 (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
- Blizzard in Iowa, December 18, 2000
- High Wind in California, December 18, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New York, December 18, 2000
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, December 18 to 19, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Nebraska, December 18 to 19, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, December 18 to 19, 2000
- High Wind in Colorado, December 18, 2000
- High Wind in Vermont, December 18, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Illinois, December 18 to 19, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, December 18, 2000
- Winter Storm in Wisconsin, December 18, 2000
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, December 18, 2000
More
Every storm in Kansas in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, December 2000
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: 5169079, 5169075, 5169076, 5169077, 5169078.