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Public Information Statement
Issued by NWS Goodland, KS
Issued by NWS Goodland, KS
880 NOUS43 KGLD 081201 PNSGLD Public Information Statement National Weather Service Goodland KS 600 AM MDT Thu Aug 08 2024 ...ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY... In 1995, lightning sparked multiple grassfires in eastern Colorado. In Yuma County, at least 6000 acres, including ten sections of pasture, burned in a grassfire estimated to be 4 miles wide and 2.5 miles long. In Kit Carson County, lightning sparked a grassfire which burned 1600 acres at the Busby Ranch. A sheriff`s deputy received minor injuries while responding to the fire when he was blinded by a bolt of lightning and lost control of his cruiser. $$