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| Event typeevent_type | Wildfire |
|---|---|
| NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id | 997,520 |
| Episode IDepisode_id | 164,594 |
| Begin UTCbegin_utc | 2021-12-15T19:40:00+00:00 |
| End UTCend_utc | 2021-12-16T22:00:00+00:00 |
| Statestate | KANSAS |
| County/zone typecz_type | Z |
| County/zone namecz_name | SHERIDAN |
| Deaths directdeaths_direct | 0 |
| Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect | 0 |
| Injuries directinjuries_direct | 0 |
| Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect | 0 |
| Weather forecast office sourcewfo_source | Fire Department/Rescue |
| Episode narrativeepisode_narrative | During 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_narrative | High winds knocked over power poles in northeast Gove County sparking a wildfire that traveled into extreme southeast Sheridan County near Sheridan Lake beginning around 13:40 PM CST. The Gove-Sheridan-Graham fire burned a path length of roughly 9 miles across the three counties, with one of those miles in Sheridan County. The fire burned roughly half a mile wide in Sheridan County damaging grassland, crop land, and trees along a creek bottom near Sheridan Lake. Due to burning trees and tall grass, the fire continued to burn into the next day, with fire crews leaving the area around 16:00 PM CST on the 16th. The fire continued to smolder for a week. The Gove-Sheridan-Graham fire burned a path length of roughly 9 miles across the three counties. |
| Yearyear | 2,021 |
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