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Overview
A significant storm moved across Cheyenne County Colorado and Wallace County Kansas on the evening of June 21, 2019. This storm produced powerful wind gusts and hail ranging from quarter size to tennis ball size. Sporadic wind damage occurred with this storm along with damage associated with wind-driven hail.
A widespread swath of sporadic wind damage occurred last night across Cheyenne County Colorado and Wallace County Kansas. Damage consisted of many tree branches down and tree trunks snapped. Many power poles were downed, especially in Wallace County. There was also some damage to structures. A large grain bin was shifted 3 to 4 inches in Cheyenne Wells, in addition to two structures losing metal roofs. In Arapahoe, some minor roof damage occurred to a few structures while one home lost the entire garage building. From the west central portion of Wallace County to around Sharon Springs, more significant wind damage was noted. Numerous irrigation pivots were overturned across the county. A few farmsteads were hit harder, with one in particular losing two large farm structures due to wind. Just west of Sharon Springs, another two buildings were collapsed from the winds.
What was interesting about this event was the varying directions of the wind. In some areas, the debris was blown east as expected. However, winds in other areas blew the debris either north or west. This is likely due to the significant circulation with this supercell thunderstorm and the varying inflows and outflows. It was reported in Weskan that the winds gusted around 60 mph from the south just prior to the storm, shifting to the northwest at around 80 mph as the storm arrived.
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Photos & Video
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| Storm Structure near Weskan, KS (Image Courtesy: Brett Roberts) |
Storm approaching Arapahoe, CO (Image Courtesy: Felicia Mireles) |
Wind Damage and Hail in Arapahoe, CO (Image Courtesy: Felicia Mireles) |
Hail 2 E of Sharon Springs, KS (Image Courtesy: Colin Davis) |
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| Storm Structure near Weskan, KS (Image Courtesy: Winston Wells) |
Damage to Grain Bins (Image Courtesy: Ron Blaesi) |
Damage to Farm Structure (Image Courtesy: Ron Blaesi) |
Damage to Farm Structure (Image Courtesy: Ron Blaesi) |
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| Damage near Sharon Springs, KS (Image Courtesy: NWS Storm Survey) |
Damage near Sharon Springs, KS, debris blown into field at least 1 mile away at times (Image Courtesy: NWS Storm Survey) |
Irrigation Pivot turned over and destroyed, a common sight across Wallace County after the storm (Image Courtesy: NWS Storm Survey) |
Loss of roof on structure, blown over the building and across the street over 100 yards away (Image Courtesy: NWS Damage Survey) |
Radar
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| Storm as it begins producing more significant wind gusts. | Storm as it produces damage in Cheyenne Wells and a measured 95 mph wind gust south of town. | Storm as it moves through Arapahoe. |
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| Storm passing through Weskan, producing damage in town as well as widespread damage southeast of town. | Storm moving into Sharon Springs, producing wind gusts up to 100 mph, which led to the collapse of at least two farm structures just west of town. | Storm as it weakens in terms of wind gusts as it moved through the town of Wallace, where little to no wind damage was reported. |
Storm Reports
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0750 PM TSTM WND GST 8 S CHEYENNE WELLS 38.70N 102.35W
06/21/2019 E95 MPH CHEYENNE CO STORM CHASER
0748 PM TSTM WND GST 9 S CHEYENNE WELLS 38.69N 102.35W
06/21/2019 M95 MPH CHEYENNE CO STORM CHASER
MEASURED WITH A DAVIS VANTAGE VUE WHILE
STATIONARY.
0834 PM TSTM WND GST 2 WNW SHARON SPRINGS 38.90N 101.78W
06/21/2019 M94 MPH WALLACE KS MESONET
0832 PM TSTM WND GST SHARON SPRINGS 38.90N 101.75W
06/21/2019 E80 MPH WALLACE KS PUBLIC
REPORT RECEIVED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
0734 PM TSTM WND GST 1 SW FIRSTVIEW 38.81N 102.55W
06/21/2019 M63 MPH CHEYENNE CO MESONET
0800 PM TSTM WND GST 4 SW ARAPAHOE 38.80N 102.22W
06/21/2019 M62 MPH CHEYENNE CO MESONET
MESONET STATION FW2420 ARAPAHOE.
0756 PM TSTM WND GST CHEYENNE WELLS 38.82N 102.35W
06/21/2019 E62 MPH CHEYENNE CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0720 PM TSTM WND GST KIT CARSON 38.76N 102.80W
06/21/2019 E60 MPH CHEYENNE CO PUBLIC
0920 PM HAIL 5 SE WINONA 39.01N 101.18W
06/21/2019 E2.50 INCH LOGAN KS EMERGENCY MNGR
SECOND HAND REPORT FROM THE EM.
0837 PM HAIL 2 ENE SHARON SPRINGS 38.91N 101.72W
06/21/2019 E1.75 INCH WALLACE KS STORM CHASER
0832 PM HAIL SHARON SPRINGS 38.90N 101.75W
06/21/2019 E1.75 INCH WALLACE KS PUBLIC
REPORT RECEIVED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
0830 PM HAIL SHARON SPRINGS 38.90N 101.75W
06/21/2019 E1.50 INCH WALLACE KS PUBLIC
0730 PM HAIL 1 N KIT CARSON 38.78N 102.80W
06/21/2019 E1.25 INCH CHEYENNE CO PUBLIC
0713 PM HAIL 3 W KIT CARSON 38.76N 102.85W
06/21/2019 E1.25 INCH CHEYENNE CO PUBLIC
0949 PM HAIL 6 S CAMPUS 39.04N 100.74W
06/21/2019 E1.00 INCH GOVE KS TRAINED SPOTTER
0756 PM HAIL 2 S CHEYENNE WELLS 38.79N 102.35W
06/21/2019 E1.00 INCH CHEYENNE CO PUBLIC
0750 PM HAIL 5 SW ARAPAHOE 38.80N 102.24W
06/21/2019 E1.00 INCH CHEYENNE CO PUBLIC
0750 PM HAIL CHEYENNE WELLS 38.82N 102.35W
06/21/2019 E1.00 INCH CHEYENNE CO PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORTED 1 INCH HAIL IN DOWNTOWN
CHEYENNE WELLS. DELAYED REPORT FROM LAST
NIGHTS STORM. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR
AND OTHER REPORTS.
0746 PM HAIL CHEYENNE WELLS 38.82N 102.35W
06/21/2019 E1.00 INCH CHEYENNE CO PUBLIC
EST 60 PLUS MPH WINDS. PUBLIC SENT PICTURE
OF DAMAGE TO HOUSE.
0720 PM HAIL KIT CARSON 38.76N 102.80W
06/21/2019 E1.00 INCH CHEYENNE CO PUBLIC
0720 PM HAIL 7 WSW FIRSTVIEW 38.76N 102.65W
06/21/2019 E1.00 INCH CHEYENNE CO PUBLIC
PICTURE SHARED ON TWITTER. TIME ESTIMATED BY
RADAR.
0756 PM HAIL CHEYENNE WELLS 38.82N 102.35W
06/21/2019 E0.88 INCH CHEYENNE CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0751 PM HAIL CHEYENNE WELLS 38.82N 102.35W
06/21/2019 E0.88 INCH CHEYENNE CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0715 PM HAIL KIT CARSON 38.76N 102.80W
06/21/2019 E0.88 INCH CHEYENNE CO PUBLIC
0745 PM HAIL 1 W CHEYENNE WELLS 38.82N 102.37W
06/21/2019 E0.70 INCH CHEYENNE CO PUBLIC
0908 PM TSTM WND DMG 9 S SHARON SPRINGS 38.76N 101.75W
06/21/2019 WALLACE KS PUBLIC
SHARON SPRINGS HAS TREES DOWN AND CAR
WINDOWS BROKEN. POWER OUT IN PARTS OF SHARON
SPRINGS.
0838 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 NNW WESKAN 38.87N 101.97W
06/21/2019 WALLACE KS PUBLIC
REPORT OF WIND DAMAGE IN THE TOWN OF WESKAN,
KS. LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN AND ONE LARGE TREE
UPROOTED.
0832 PM TSTM WND DMG SHARON SPRINGS 38.89N 101.75W
06/21/2019 WALLACE KS PUBLIC
TREE FELL ON A TRUCK. EST GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL AND 80 PLUS MPH WIND GUSTS.
0829 PM DOWNBURST 6 ESE WESKAN 38.81N 101.86W
06/21/2019 WALLACE KS TRAINED SPOTTER
CORRECTS PREVIOUS DOWNBURST REPORT FROM 6
ESE WESKAN. CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND GST
REPORT FROM 6 ESE WESKAN. ESTIMATE WIND OVER
60 MPH. SPOTTER CALLED BACK REPORTING THAT
THE DOWNBRUST TOOK OUT A 60 X 120 MORTON
BUILDING.
0750 PM TSTM WND DMG CHEYENNE WELLS 38.82N 102.35W
06/21/2019 CHEYENNE CO PUBLIC
DELAYED REPORT FROM LAST NIGHTS STORM.
PUBLIC REPORTED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE IN
DOWNTOWN CHEYENNE WELLS. DAMAGE INCLUDES THE
ROOF BLOWN OFF OF A HOTEL, AN OLD GRAIN
ELEVATOR BLOWN OVER, AND SEVERAL INSTANCES
OF SIDING DAMAGE FROM WIND BLOWN HAIL. TIME
ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.
0745 PM TSTM WND DMG ARAPAHOE 38.85N 102.17W
06/21/2019 CHEYENNE CO PUBLIC
PARTS OF A HOUSE WAS STRIPPED TO THE
CONCRETE.
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