Power Outage in Penokee, KS

Thunderstorm Wind. Report of 15 power poles blown over/snapped from this evening���s storm.

June 30, 2023

Thunderstorm Wind. Straight-line winds snapped a number of power poles and damaged a small barn.

April 23, 2022

High Wind. Two rounds of high winds moved across Graham County with mesonet stations recording high wind gusts of 58-81 mph, with the peak gust located in Hill City, Kansas. There was extensive damage across the county due to the high winds. One barn was blown down onto a roadway, six outbuildings were destroyed. Two homes were damaged in the county with one home considered abandoned. Older structures, including barns, around the county received various degrees of damage, mainly to the old tin roofs. There was also an unknown number of power poles down/leaning around the county. An unknown number of trees also sustained damage during the event, with one report listing 3.5 to 4 inch diameter tree limbs ripped off an evergreen tree in Hill City. With the degree of damage across the county, winds are estimated to have gusted up to 110 mph.

December 15, 2021

Wildfire. High winds knocked over a powerline which sparked a wildfire in the northeast corner of Gove County that gradually moved into southeast Graham County near the community of St. Peter, Kansas. This fire burned approximately 4,520 acres damaging several outbuildings and grassland. The Gove-Sheridan-Graham fire burned a path length of roughly 9 miles across the three counties.

December 15, 2021

High Wind. A strong cold front moved southeast across Graham County producing high winds sustained at 40 to 69 mph with gusts ranging from 58 to 81 mph. The Hill City ASOS station recorded a 66 mph peak gust. A mesonet station northeast of Bogue recorded a peak gust of 81 mph. During the event, Graham County Dispatch reported the high winds downed power lines which sparked a few sporadic fires around the county and cut power to the ASOS station after the 7:40 pm CDT observation. A more notable fire on south and southeast of Nicodemus due to the embers from a trash burning fire catching the grass on fire. No injuries or structural damage was reported from the fires. The high winds also lifted dirt into the air which caused reduced visibilities in Hill City of one hundred to two hundred yards. At 7:21 pm CDT, a car accident occurred due south of Hill City on Highway 283 due to the reduced visibilities. No injuries were reported.

October 11, 2020

[Delayed Report] On Jun 19, at 8:09 PM MDT, Morland [Graham Co, KS] PUBLIC reports TSTM WND DMG. DELAYED REPORT VIA… https://t.co/ZWj8bcaiGX

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