Thunderstorm Wind in Sheridan County, Kansas

Steel beams and part of the metal roof were ripped off a machine shed. The roof ended up about a mile to the east. Three steel beams were missing, with two beams twisted. Steel beams were also torn off the anchoring on the south side of the building. A grain auger and light weight trailers were blown over. Empty fertilizer tanks were also blown over. The top of one of the grain bins was dented in on the west side. A 14'x20' calf shed was destroyed and blown over 120 yards to the east. A west facing garage door was blown inward and ripped off its track. An anchored wooden swing set was blown over.

During the late afternoon, and into the evening, numerous thunderstorms formed over Northwest Kansas in the vicinity of a sharpening dryline. One of them produced hail up to baseball size over and near Goodland. This same storm also produced wind gusts over 80 mph at the Goodland airport. The storm near Goodland produced a brief tornado southwest of Edson as it merged with another storm. As thunderstorms moved eastward, they continued to produce straight-line winds across Thomas, Sheridan, Graham, Norton, and Gove counties. Over 40 power poles were snapped in Sheridan County, and a machine shed north of Hoxie sustained damage. Dust storm conditions were reported on the south edge of the thunderstorm activity as the storms moved east over northern Gove County.