Power Outage in Garden City, KS

Power lines were blown down and there was one instance of a small fire started from the downed lines that were sparking.

Power lines were blown down by the high wind.

Several power poles were leaning over on Sherman Road and Highway 156.

This tornado quickly developed with thunderstorm mergers occurring near an old outflow boundary. Damage was done to power poles.

This tornado quickly developed with thunderstorm mergers occurring near an old outflow boundary. Damage was done to power poles.

An industrial building was un-roofed, a power pole was downed and trees were downed.

Powerl lines were blown down at the intersection of Mary Street and Farmland Road.

Several mobile homes near 950 N Jenny Barker Road lost roofs and had siding blown off by high winds. Power poles were blown down for a mile stretch along Highway 156.

Seven power poles were blown down. Also there were numerous tree limbs blown down around town.

Seven power poles were blown down by the high wind.

High winds downed 1 1/2 foot diameter tree limbs and power lines. A trampoline catapulted over a house. Visibility was down to zero in heavy rain.

This tornado broke power poles, roofs on homes, destroyed two mobile homes, disintegrated a shed and destroyed a pivot sprinkler. One female was injured when she was looking out the window and was struck in the face by a piece of wood that crashed into the window.

This tornado started out moving southeast but then curved back to the southwest towards the end of it's life. It unfortunately went through a cattle dairy and killed over 200 head as a tremendous amount of tin churned through the air. There was one male that received injury when a door blew in. There were 8 pivot irrigation sprinklers damaged or destroyed, along with power poles, trees, roof and window damage.

A potent winter storm moved into western Kansas during the early morning of Tuesday, February 5th and then marched eastward through central Kansas during the day Tuesday. As the upper low tracked west to east through Kansas, a surface low pressure system moved slowly east along the Kansas-Oklahoma border. This combination resulted in moderate to heavy snow in parts of western and central Kansas. Before the snow ended, from 6 to 8 inches fell in a 30 to 40 mile-wide swath from Hays to Kalvesta (in Finney County). Seven inches of snow fell at a location 7 miles north of Kalvesta. An area of 4 to 6 inches of snow fell south of this heavier band, and was basically north of a line from Johnson to Jetmore to east of La Crosse in Rush County. One to two inches of snow fell to the south of this mentioned area, with a few patches of 3-plus inches of snow. This 1 to 2-inch band was north of a line from Elkhart to Dodge City to Greensburg to south of St. John. Considerable blowing and drifting of snow was reported, as north winds blew at 20 to 30 mph during the moderate to heavy snow. In Gray County just west of Cimarron during the mid-morning of Tuesday, freezing drizzle and fog formed a nearly solid sheet of ice along US Highway 50 along a curve and a hill. Blowing snow worsened the visibility in that area, and numerous accidents occurred. Several cars slid off the road, and 2 power poles were downed. However, no injuries were reported.

Ice accumulations up to 2 inches in radius brought large power pole structures down. The entire county was without power for a time and some locations were without electrical service for about 2 weeks following the storm. Snow followed the ice and accumulated between 3 and 6 inches. There was five to six inches of moisture in the snow and ice.

A power pole was blown down.

Four power poles were blown down.

Power lines blown down.

There was a considerable amount of tree limb damage and a few power lines were blown down.

A strong winter storm system affected much of central and southwest Kansas starting as early as Friday, January 13th, at some locations, and ended early Monday, January 16th, 2017. The greatest ice accretion did not occur until late Saturday evening on the 14th and continued into late afternoon on Sunday the 15th. Surface winds increased during Sunday evening and continued through much of Monday the 16th. However, impacts were felt throughout the week due to power loss, school closings, tree and power line damage, etc.. The greatest accretion of Ice stretched from Liberal and Ashland, north through Dodge City, Jetmore, Greensburg and Larned. Water equivalent was 2 to as much as 4 1/2 inches.||Dollar amount of damage was still not know as of the end of March, 2017. But, early estimates were well over $15 million done to power poles, power lines, tree damage and removal, and damage to structures from falling tree limbs. Some areas were without electricity for a week.

A potent winter storm moved into western Kansas during the early morning of Tuesday, February 5th and then marched eastward through central Kansas during the day Tuesday. As the upper low tracked west to east through Kansas, a surface low pressure system moved slowly east along the Kansas-Oklahoma border. This combination resulted in moderate to heavy snow in parts of western and central Kansas. Before the snow ended, from 6 to 8 inches fell in a 30 to 40 mile-wide swath from Hays to Kalvesta (in Finney County). An area of 4 to 6 inches of snow fell south of this heavier band, and was basically north of a line from Johnson to Jetmore to east of La Crosse in Rush County. One to two inches of snow fell to the south of this mentioned area, with a few patches of 3-plus inches of snow. This 1 to 2-inch band was north of a line from Elkhart to Dodge City to Greensburg to south of St. John. Considerable blowing and drifting of snow was reported, as north winds blew at 20 to 30 mph during the moderate to heavy snow. In Gray County just west of Cimarron during the mid-morning of Tuesday, freezing drizzle and fog formed a nearly solid sheet of ice along US Highway 50 along a curve and a hill. Blowing snow worsened the visibility in that area, and numerous accidents occurred. Several cars slid off the road, and 2 power poles were downed. However, no injuries were reported.

A widespread devastating storm produced total precipitation from 2 to 4+ over much of Southwest Kansas. There was even an area from Garden City to Dighton that had up to six inches of rain and freezing rain! Significant, widespread damage to trees and especially utility lines, poles, and towers resulted from the 1/2 to 2 1/2 of ice accumulation. In an area from Sublette to Garden City, north through Dighton had the most severe damage. Over 60 thousand people were without electricity at one time or another from the nearly 10 thousand of power poles that were taken down from the weight of the ice. Some of these structures were high transmission towers. Tree damage was extreme! It took over a month to clean up just tree damage.|There were still people without electric service a month after th event. Crews with heavy equipment couldn't install power poles because of the deep mud on county roads. In addition, service from the poles to the home meters is not possible yet because of local damage on homes.|At the Dodge City airport, 3.21 of precipitation (rain, freezing rain and snow) fell from the storm. The only other time Dodge City, KS recorded over 3 of liquid equivalent precipitation in a single December storm was December 19-22, 1877 when 4.31 was measured. But there was even greater amounts! Up to six inches of rain and freezing rain fell in the Dighton area! The resulting ice was tremendous with several 300 foot communication towers toppled.|Snowfall of 12 to 18 inches was widespread in the far west with as much as 32 inches reported west of Johnson in Stanton county.

An ice storm moved into western Kansas late in the day on Tuesday, December 19th. There was a brief period of rain before the freezing rain began during the late afternoon. This light freezing rain persisted until Thursday morning, December 21st. In some areas, the precipitation changed to snow, with 4 inches reported at Johnson City being the highest snowfall amount. From �� to �� inches of ice accumulation caused extensive power lines and tree limb damage. Many cities in the affected area reported power outages. In Dighton in Lane County, 4 to 6-inch tree limbs could be heard breaking during the night Tuesday, from over ��-inch ice accumulation.

A major winter storm swept across southwestern and south central Kansas with a vengeance from early Tuesday, January 4th and through late Wednesday, January 5th. This storm left a thick layer of ice over most all of the counties in DDC's CWA, followed by periods of sleet, and then a blanket of snow. Hardest hit were Barber, Comanche, Pawnee, Hodgeman, Rush, Finney, Haskell and Grant counties. Over 3/4ths of an inch of ice accumulated in the Medicine Lodge and Sublette areas Tuesday afternoon and evening, while up to 2 inches of sleet accumulated in the La Crosse area. Widespread tree limb damage, extended power outages, and numerous school closings were reported, as well as numerous accidents. There was at least one accident with injuries Tuesday morning, just west of Pratt, when a pickup truck carrying mail flipped over on icy conditions. Over 1100 persons were without power Tuesday night in the Pratt area. The power outages were so widespread, mainly from fallen limbs and downed power lines, that Aquilla power company set up an 800 number to report outages. Westar Energy reported over 51,000 customers across the state were without power at one point Wednesday. Nearly all of the area received an inch or two of snow Wednesday, January 5th, with the highest amount of 4 inches received from a cooperative observer 6 miles west-northwest of Schoenchen. The snow ended and the storm wound down during the afternoon of Wednesday, January 5th.