Thunderstorm Wind — Graham, Kansas

2024-05-01 · near Bogue, Graham, Kansas

Event narrative

Exceptional damage to a 60'x100' metal building with 15' side walls that was built in 2019. East wall was blown in, roof blown away, and substructure partially collapsed with metal siding peeled away. Several 2x4 planks of wood were stuck in the ground about 70' from the building near a broken telephone pole. Property owners found debris scattered about two miles to the southeast.

Wider weather episode

Two rounds of severe weather impacted Northwest Kansas as a strong low pressure system moved across the Central High Plains. Initially, two strong supercells moved over the southern halves of Logan and Gove counties producing up to grapefruit sized hail and two EF-Unknown landspout tornadoes. The hail and tornadoes primarily occurred in southern Gove County along and east of Highway 25. One of the landspouts developed along the Gove-Lane county line and continued on into northern Lane County. No damage was reported with either tornado. During the evening hours, a linear cluster of storms moved across Northwest Kansas from Colorado producing large hail and wind gusts estimated up to 96 mph. The strongest winds occurred in Eastern Graham County where estimated 90-96 mph straight line winds produced significant damage to two metal buildings.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1176537. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.