High Wind, Johnson
- When
- March 8, 12:00 PM CST to 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.884, -94.822 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Kansas, March 8, 2000
Strong southwest winds blew through eastern Kansas. The highest gust recorded was 58 mph at the New Century Air Center.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- $35,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS EAX wrote it up.
Strong southwest winds blew through eastern Kansas. The highest gust recorded was 58 mph at the New Century Air Center. Property damage was reported in Tonganoxie and Overland Park.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Leavenworth
- When
- March 8, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Leavenworth forecast zone
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.199, -95.038 (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
- Flooding in California, March 8, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, March 8, 2000
- Wildfire in Missouri, March 8 to 10, 2000
- High Wind in Iowa, March 8 to 9, 2000
- High Wind in Missouri, March 8, 2000
- Lightning Strikes in Michigan, March 8 to 9, 2000
- High Wind in Kansas, March 8, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Minnesota, March 8, 2000
- Excessive Heat in West Virginia, March 8, 2000
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, March 8, 2000
- Hail in Michigan, March 8, 2000
- Excessive Heat in New York, March 8 to 9, 2000
More
Every storm in Kansas in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, March 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: 5137868, 5137967.