Kansas, 2000High Wind in Kansas, March 8, 2000
March 8, 2000 · NWS DDC · 3 events in 3 counties and zones
3 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Fire, smoke and dust
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
High Wind, Scott
- When
- March 8, 10:00 AM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Scott forecast zone
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph)
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.482, -100.907 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Grain bin damaged, truck overturned and tree fell on a house.
High Wind, Pratt
- When
- March 8, 10:00 AM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pratt forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.648, -98.740 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Lane
- When
- March 8, 10:00 AM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lane forecast zone
- Measured
- 64 kt (74 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.481, -100.466 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Damage was done to buildings and trees in the Dighton area. A golf cart storage building was heavily damaged...several trucks were overturned and there was also roof damage.
- 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.
- Flooding in California, March 8, 20002 deaths · 4 injured · $60,000 · 2 events
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, March 8, 200016 injured · $4.6 million · F1 · 40 events
- Wildfire in Missouri, March 8 to 10, 20001 injured · $1.3 million · 9 events
- High Wind in Iowa, March 8 to 9, 2000$230,000 · 52 kt wind · 23 events
- High Wind in Missouri, March 8, 2000$270,000 · 50 kt wind · 5 events
- Lightning Strikes in Michigan, March 8 to 9, 2000$170,000 · 2 events
- High Wind in Kansas, March 8, 2000$50,000 · 61 kt wind · 10 events
- Lightning Strike in Minnesota, March 8, 2000$50,000 · 1 event
- Excessive Heat in West Virginia, March 8, 200034 events
- High Wind in Kansas, March 8, 2000$35,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 events
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, March 8, 2000$25,000 · 8 events
- Hail in Michigan, March 8, 2000$30,000 · 0.75 in hail · 3 events
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: 5137323, 5137324, 5137325.