Thunderstorm Wind, Decatur
- When
- April 10, 3:55 PM MST to 4:55 PM MST
- Where
- Decatur County, Jennings
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 39.683, -100.283
Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 10, 2002
Strong winds blew down tree limbs and power lines across the county. Also, a light pole fell onto a truck.
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
- 6
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.
Strong winds blew down tree limbs and power lines across the county. Also, a light pole fell onto a truck.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 10, 1:00 PM MST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 1:00 PM MST, 2 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 200 PM MDT WED APR 10 2002 FORECAST CHALLENGES ARE PRECIP CHALLENGES THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS FOLLOWED BY TEMPS. TON...MOISTURE/INSTABILITY AXIS SETS UP OVER CENTRAL/EASTERN CWA BUT INHIBITION ONLY SUGGEST THE NORTHERN CWA TO SEE ANY PRECIP. ETA CIN VALUES LESS THAN 20 MATCH UP WELL WITH FORECAST PRECIP SO WILL STICK CLOSE. AS SURFACE LOW MOVES SLOWLY EAST WRAPAROUND MOISTURE WILL KEEP THE CLOUDS IN WITH WINDS TURNING TO THE NORTH. THUR/THUR NGT...WEAK UPPER TROUGH MOVES THROUGH THE AREA BUT LIFT IS NIL. NOT ALL THAT EXCITED ABOUT MODELS TRYING TO GIVE US SOME LIGHT PRECIP GIVEN INCOMING AND MORE STABLE HIGH PRESSURE. IT WILL BE COOLER WITH 850 TEMPS SUPPORTING HIGHS IN THE 60S. SURFACE HIGH MOVES OVERHEAD THURSDAY NIGHT WITH LIGHT WINDS AND COOLER TEMPS. FRI/FRI NGT...SURFACE HIGH MOVES EAST WITH SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AND A RIBBON OF HIGHER MOISTURE/INSTABILITY RETURNING TO THE WESTERN CWA. CIN VALUES ARE LOW. WITH WEAK RIPPLES AND 250 JET MAX MOVING THROUGH THE WEST FLOW ALOFT CANT RULE OUT SOME -TSRA. WILL INCLUDE A SMALL CHANCE. SURFACE TROUGH MOVES TOWARD THE CO/KS BORDER. ETA EXTENSTION AND AVN SHOW WIDESPREAD PRECIP AS 850 MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY REMAIN SUFFICIENT AS RIGHT REAR UPPER JET MOVES BY. SAT/SAT NGT...LOOKS LIKE A BREAK FOR MUCH OF THE DAY BEFORE MOISTURE RETURNS TO THE WESTERN/CENTRAL CWA. ETA EXTENSION AND ETA PAINT MORE PRECIP FOR THIS AREA WITH WEAK DISTURBANCES AND APPROACHING UPPER JET PROVIDING THE LIFT. SYSTEM EXITS THE AREA SAT NIGHT WITH DRYING CONDITIONS. EXTENDED FORECAST (SUN-WED)...BASIC SCENARIO INDICATES UPPER TROUGH WILL CARVE ITSELF OUT TO THE WEST OF THE AREA EARLY IN THE PERIOD... MIGRATING THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE MID AND LATTER HALFS OF THE EXTENDED PERIODS. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD AS THE UPPER SYSTEM AND COLDER AIRMASS ASSOCIATED WITH IT MOVE THROUGH. IT ALSO APPEARS THAT PRECIP CHANCES WILL ALSO INCREASE LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY BEFORE EXITING THE AREA WEDNESDAY. .GLD...NONE. THEDE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 127 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:54 UTC.
Event by event
6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Norton
- When
- April 10, 4:10 PM MST
- Where
- Norton County, Clayton
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.733, -100.183
Thunderstorm Wind, Norton
- When
- April 10, 4:30 PM MST
- Where
- Norton County, 5 mi S of Norton
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.767, -99.883
Thunderstorm Wind, Norton
- When
- April 10, 4:42 PM MST
- Where
- Norton County, Norton
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 39.833, -99.883
Thunderstorm Wind, Norton
- When
- April 10, 4:46 PM MST to 5:46 PM MST
- Where
- Norton County, Norton
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.833, -99.883
Thunderstorm Wind, Norton
- When
- April 10, 4:52 PM MST
- Where
- Norton County, 7 mi E of Norton
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.833, -99.750
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
More
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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: 5280735, 5280736, 5280737, 5280738, 5280739, 5280740.