Power Outage in Wakeeney, KS

Power lines were blown down by the high wind.

Several power poles were blown down. Elephants with a circus were spooked by the thunderstorm and got loose and were running rampant in Wakeeney.

This 1/2 mile wide tornado passed over mainly open range land. It did EF1 damage to trees, power poles and picked up and carried a horse trailer about 50 feet. It made a hard left had movement (west) and then south at it's end of it's life cycle, dissipating at the Cedar Bluff Reservoir dam.

This 1.0 mile wide tornado moved over a sparsely populated area (including vegetation) but did EF2 damage to trees, power poles and a house. A large outbuilding was completely destroyed. Oil tanks ruptured and there were several head of cattle killed. Also a combine was rolled. Since this tornado moved north along a road, there was 2.4 miles of power poles taken down.

Power poles and trees were damaged by this tornado. It moved into Ellis county at 20:47 CDT.

This 1.0 mile wide tornado moved over a sparsely populated area (including vegetation) but did EF2 damage to trees, power poles and a house. A large outbuilding was completely destroyed. Oil tanks ruptured and there were several head of cattle killed. Also a combine was rolled. Since this tornado moved north along a road, there was 2.4 miles of power poles taken down.

Numerous power poles and lines were brought down by heavy ice accumulations.

Large tree limbs and power lines were brought down due to the accumulation of >1/4 of ice.

Trees and power lines were blown down

The tornado that developed 3.5 miles north and 5.5 miles east of Ogallah (north of Riga) moved slowly northeast reaching a width of 350 yards before crossing into Ellis county at 440 PM. A shed was destroyed near the starting point of the tornado. Along it's path, 1200 pound bales of hay were pushed into a group of trees with a few of the bales stripped to the core. Power poles were downed, tin sheets were wrapped around trees and a stick was impaled into a post.