Between 930 p.m. and midnight CDT on this Saturday evening, the southern section of a fairly compact, but localized-intense mesoscale convective system (MCS) centered along the Kansas-Nebraska border charged across this six-county North Central Kansas area. Along the way, this system prompted several measured wind gusts mainly in the 55-65 MPH range along with several reports of minor to moderate wind damage, particularly within Phillips/Smith counties along the apex of a bowing segment (which likely featured embedded gusts of 70+ MPH). A sampling of damage reports included: several downed power lines and/or poles in the Logan, Prairie View and Kensington areas; a small shed destroyed and a damaged grain elevator leg in Stuttgart; trees down across Highway 8 in northwestern Smith County. As for measured mesonet peak gusts, a few of the strongest featured: 65 MPH in northeastern Phillips County, 63 MPH in Plainville and 62 MPH at Kirwin Reservoir. Although winds were overall less-intense in eastern portions of the local area, a 61 MPH gust occurred as far east as Beloit.
This MCS first organized and reached severe levels within northeast Colorado between 5-7 p.m. CDT, with its intense gust front invading the local area into Phillips/Rooks counties between 9:30-10 p.m. CDT. During the next hour the most intense bowing segment departed east-northeastward into far southern Nebraska, but sporadic marginally-severe winds continued marching through the remainder of the local area before departing eastern Jewell/Mitchell counties by midnight CDT. Turning to the meteorology behind this event, this was a fairly classic setup for High Plains MCS development. In the mid-upper levels, broad west-northwesterly flow prevailed over the region, with forcing aided by a low amplitude shortwave trough. At the surface, North Central Kansas resided slightly north of a west-east oriented quasi-stationary front draped through central Kansas, promoting an easterly wind regime. During the early evening, a rather unstable airmass occupied the local area ahead of the approaching convective complex, with dewpoints in the mid-upper 60s (F) fostering mixed-layer CAPE of 2000-3000 J/kg. Although effective bulk shear was not overly-strong (only around 35 knots), the combination of a surging cold pool and the development of a 30-40 knot southerly low level jet aided MCS intensification.

Thunderstorm Wind in ROOKS, KANSAS
From 19-JUN-21 20:57:00 to 19-JUN-21 20:57:00 (CST-6)
Location: STOCKTON
Magnitude: 50.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

A wind gust of 58 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located at the Rooks County Sheriff's office in Stockton.

Thunderstorm Wind in ROOKS, KANSAS
From 19-JUN-21 21:00:00 to 19-JUN-21 21:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: PLAINVILLE
Magnitude: 55.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

Thunderstorm Wind in PHILLIPS, KANSAS
From 19-JUN-21 21:05:00 to 19-JUN-21 21:05:00 (CST-6)
Location: KIRWIN RES
Magnitude: 54.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

Thunderstorm Wind in PHILLIPS, KANSAS
From 19-JUN-21 21:12:00 to 19-JUN-21 21:12:00 (CST-6)
Location: WOODRUFF
Magnitude: 56.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

Thunderstorm Wind in MITCHELL, KANSAS
From 19-JUN-21 22:10:00 to 19-JUN-21 22:10:00 (CST-6)
Location: BELOIT ARPT
Magnitude: 53.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

A 61 MPH wind gusts was measured by a Kansas Mesonet located 2 miles west-southwest of Beloit.

Thunderstorm Wind in PHILLIPS, KANSAS
From 19-JUN-21 20:45:00 to 19-JUN-21 20:45:00 (CST-6)
Location: LOGAN
Magnitude: 52.00 MG
Property damage: 10.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

A wind gust of 60 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located 1 mile west of Logan. Power lines were blown down across a road on the north side of Logan and forced a temporary road closure.

Thunderstorm Wind in SMITH, KANSAS
From 19-JUN-21 21:20:00 to 19-JUN-21 21:20:00 (CST-6)
Location: KENSINGTON
Magnitude: 52.00 EG
Property damage: 10.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Wind gusts estimated to be near 60 MPH resulted in multiple power lines being blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind in SMITH, KANSAS
From 19-JUN-21 21:25:00 to 19-JUN-21 21:25:00 (CST-6)
Location: ATHOL
Magnitude: 56.00 EG
Property damage: 2.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Wind gusts estimated to be near 65 MPH resulted in trees being downed onto Highway 8.

Thunderstorm Wind in PHILLIPS, KANSAS
From 19-JUN-21 20:46:00 to 19-JUN-21 20:51:00 (CST-6)
Location: PRAIRIE VIEW
Magnitude: 61.00 EG
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Wind gusts estimated to be near 70 MPH resulted in the destruction of an 8 foot by 12 foot shed and a grain elevator leg blown down in Stuttgart. In the Prairie View area, power lines and power poles were damaged.

Thunderstorm Wind in PHILLIPS, KANSAS
From 19-JUN-21 21:00:00 to 19-JUN-21 21:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: PHILLIPSBURG
Magnitude: 53.00 MG
Property damage: 2.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

A wind gust of 61 MPH was measured by a Kansas Mesonet station located 1 mile southwest of Phillipsburg. A large tree was blown down in Phillipsburg.