Hail, Finney
- When
- September 17, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Finney County, Garden City
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.044, -100.737 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail in Kansas, September 17, 1993
12 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 12 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
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:35 UTC.
Event by event
12 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Graham
- When
- September 17, 8:34 PM CST
- Where
- Graham County, Hill City Airport
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -99.883 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Graham
- When
- September 17, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Graham County, Bogue
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -99.883 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Graham
- When
- September 17, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Graham County, Nicodemus
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -99.883 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Sheridan
- When
- September 17, 9:05 PM CST
- Where
- Sheridan County, Tasco
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -100.442 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Thomas
- When
- September 17, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Thomas County, Brewster
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.351, -101.055 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Thomas
- When
- September 17, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Thomas County, Levant
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.351, -101.055 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Norton
- When
- September 17, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Norton County, Norton Lake
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.784, -99.903 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Phillips
- When
- September 17, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Phillips County, Speed
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.785, -99.347 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Norton
- When
- September 17, 9:38 PM CST
- Where
- Norton County to Norton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.784, -99.903 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Norton
- When
- September 17, 9:38 PM CST
- Where
- Norton County, Norton
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 39.784, -99.903 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Golfball sized hail broke windshields, vehicle headlights and damaged roofs resulting in $12,000 loss.
Hail, Thomas
- When
- September 17, 9:40 PM CST
- Where
- Thomas County, Levant
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.351, -101.055 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
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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: 10323601, 10323501, 10323502, 10323503, 10325078, 10324593, 10324594, 10326103, 10326400, 10326104, 10326105, 10324646.