Kansas, 2023Dust Storm in Kansas, July 13, 2023
July 13, 2023 · NWS GLD · 1 event in 1 county or zone
During the afternoon a narrow corridor of dust was blowing across Highway 27 in southern Cheyenne County. The dust was thick enough to lower the visibility to less than a quarter mile for a few hundred yards.
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During the afternoon a narrow corridor of dust was blowing across Highway 27 in southern Cheyenne County. The dust was thick enough to lower the visibility to less than a quarter mile for a few hundred yards.
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NWS Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 13, 1:14 PM CST, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 1:14 PM CST, 2 hours 38 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1229 PM MDT Thu Jul 13 2023
COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-141830-
Yuma-Kit Carson-Cheyenne-Rawlins-Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas-
Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove-Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock-
Red Willow-
1229 PM MDT Thu Jul 13 2023 /129 PM CDT Thu Jul 13 2023/
This hazardous weather outlook is for extreme southwest Nebraska...
northwest Kansas and east central Colorado.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued for portions of eastern
Colorado, southwest Nebraska, and northwestern Kansas until 8 PM MDT.
Isolated severe thunderstorms capable of producing large hail and
damaging winds are possible this afternoon into this evening, mainly
in eastern Colorado and adjacent Kansas and Nebraska border counties
between 2 PM and 9 PM MDT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
Scattered thunderstorms may develop along and east of Highway
83 Friday afternoon. While an isolated severe storm cannot be ruled
out, severe weather may largely be confined southeast of the Tri-
State area, over portions of central and southern Kansas.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
Spotter activation may be required.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 13, 1:22 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
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- When
- July 13, 3:52 PM CST
- Where
- Cheyenne forecast zone
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- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 39.786, -101.731 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Roughly eight miles south of Wheeler a corridor of dust was being blown across Highway 27. The dust was coming from a bare field next to the highway. The corridor of dust was a few hundred yards wide, with visibility under a quarter mile in the dust.
- Dust Storm
- Blowing dust that reduced visibility to a quarter mile or less.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 13 to 14, 20231 death · $260,000 · 74 kt wind · 37 events
- Excessive Heat in Louisiana, July 13, 20231 death · 6 events
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 13, 2023$3.7 million · 11 events
- Hail in Minnesota, July 13, 2023$1.0 million · 3 in hail · 17 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 13, 2023$648,000 · 2.75 in hail · 18 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 13, 2023$624,000 · 51 kt wind · 16 events
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Vermont, July 13, 20231 injured · $360,000 · EF0 · 19 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 13, 2023$186,000 · 1.25 in hail · 36 events
- Flash Flooding in Vermont, July 13 to 19, 2023$400,000 · 4 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 13, 2023$92,000 · 1 in hail · 33 events
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in New York, July 13 to 15, 20231 injured · 1.25 in hail · 68 events
- Hail in South Dakota, July 13, 2023$120,000 · 1.75 in hail · 6 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1130756.