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Eventdex · Wildfire (Storm Events)

GRAHAM

997472

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Event typeevent_typeWildfire
NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id997,472
Episode IDepisode_id164,594
Begin UTCbegin_utc2021-12-15T19:49:00+00:00
End UTCend_utc2021-12-16T05:56:00+00:00
StatestateKANSAS
County/zone typecz_typeZ
County/zone namecz_nameGRAHAM
Deaths directdeaths_direct0
Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect0
Injuries directinjuries_direct0
Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect0
Damage propertydamage_property50.00K
Weather forecast office sourcewfo_sourceEmergency Manager
Episode narrativeepisode_narrativeDuring the morning to mid-afternoon hours, an intense low pressure system moved away from the Colorado Front Range and across the Central High Plains. This system was responsible for generating two rounds of high winds in Northwest Kansas. The high winds gusted between 58 to 120 mph over a period of approximately 6.5 hours, creating high wind damage across majority of Northwest Kansas. ||The two rounds of high winds were able to generate dust storms; one ahead of the cold front, and another round as the cold front moved east-northeast across South-Central Colorado into Northwest Kansas. The high winds and blowing dust created hazardous travel conditions across the Central High Plains, prompting a several hour closure of I-70 from the Colorado state line to Salina, Kansas and numerous state highways in Western Kansas. Numerous accidents were reported on roadways across the area prior to the closures due to reduced visibility and/or blow overs due to the winds. The high winds were also able to spark several fires across Northwest Kansas causing damages to three homes, several vehicles, power poles, outbuildings, fences, and fields while also causing one fatality. As the front moved into Central Kansas, showers and a few thunderstorms developed along the front producing penny sized hail in Sheridan County.
Event narrativeevent_narrativeHigh 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.
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