Hail, Lane
- When
- August 19, 6:43 PM CST
- Where
- Lane County, Dighton
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.481, -100.466 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 19, 1993
5 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:42 UTC.
Event by event
5 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lane
- When
- August 19, 6:47 PM CST
- Where
- Lane County, Dighton
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.481, -100.466 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Ness
- When
- August 19, 7:01 PM CST
- Where
- Ness County, Beeler
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.479, -99.916 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Ness
- When
- August 19, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Ness County, Ness City
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.479, -99.916 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Ford
- When
- August 19, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Ford County, Bucklin
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.692, -99.888 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Ford
- When
- August 19, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Ford County, Bucklin
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Coordinates
- 37.692, -99.888 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
An irrigation system and two farm sheds were destroyed.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 19, 1993
- Damaging Wind in Montana, August 19, 1993
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, August 19, 1993
- Damaging Winds in Florida, August 19, 1993
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 19, 1993
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 19, 1993
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, August 19, 1993
- Hail in Oregon, August 19, 1993
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1993Every state in 1993This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, August 1993
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10326635, 10326636, 10326074, 10326075, 10323461, 10323462.