High Wind, Greeley
- When
- May 31, 8:15 PM MST
- Where
- Greeley forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.481, -101.806 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Kansas, May 31, 2000
High Winds resulted in 6 to 8 inch tree limbs down in Goodland and Sharon Springs and visibilities reduced to zero at times. In addition, irrigation system was turned over near Greeley-Wallace County border.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS GLD wrote it up.
High Winds resulted in 6 to 8 inch tree limbs down in Goodland and Sharon Springs and visibilities reduced to zero at times. In addition, irrigation system was turned over near Greeley-Wallace County border.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Wallace
- When
- May 31, 8:27 PM MST to 8:40 PM MST
- Where
- Wallace forecast zone
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.917, -101.764 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Sherman
- When
- May 31, 8:34 PM MST to 8:50 PM MST
- Where
- Sherman forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.351, -101.720 (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
- Heat in Texas, May 31, 2000
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, May 31, 2000
- Flash Flood and Hail in Pennsylvania, May 31, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Wisconsin, May 31, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 31, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Wisconsin, May 31, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Iowa, May 31, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 31, 2000
- Flash Flood and Hail in Iowa, May 31, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 31, 2000
- Flooding and Hail in Illinois, May 31, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 31, 2000
More
Every storm in Kansas in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, May 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: 5143232, 5143233, 5143234.