Power Outage in Herndon, KS

Tornado. A tornado hit a farmstead northwest of Herndon. At the farmstead, damage consisted of numerous snapped and uprooted trees, several farm structures damaged including torn off metal roofing, broken windows, and even a few metal support beams bent in. Several grain silos were damaged or removed from their foundation. Windows were broken in vehicles. A house suffered damage to shingles, a few broken windows, and a tree falling onto it. The tornado then proceeded north on County Road 27, snapping power lines and damaging a refurbished farmstead schoolhouse. As the tornado moved north, it also damaged some oil storage tanks, spreading the oil to the northeast in a field as it turned. The tornado crossed the field, and a damage path was observed on County Road 29. From there, there was no observable damage so it was determined the tornado ended at this location.

May 26, 2021

Winter Weather. Emergency management reported that there were numerous power outages in Rawlins County, including in McDonald and Atwood around 7 PM local time on the evening of the 28th. Light freezing rain had been observed the previous day on the 27th with the Goodland, KS ASOS (KGLD) recording 0.15 inches of ice accumulation, with an additional 0.05 inches of ice measured by the KGLD ASOS on the evening of the 28th. Winds on the 28th then gusted to about 40 mph which was enough to cause power outages as ice-covered power lines succumbed to the gusty winds.

December 27, 2019

Thunderstorm Wind. Thunderstorm wind damage was reported in Atwood with lots of trees down and power out in the city.

August 11, 2019

During the latter half of the morning, high winds in northeast Rawlins County knocked down power lines near Herndon. These winds occurred on the backside of a closed upper level low pressure over Kansas. The estimated gust was 70 MPH.

December 01, 2018

High Wind. The power outage from downed power lines may have lasted beyond 6 PM CST.

December 01, 2018