Hail, Ford
- When
- September 21, 2:05 PM CST
- Where
- Ford County, Dodge City
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.692, -99.888 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail in Kansas, September 21, 1994
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
- $40,000
- 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), 10 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:14 UTC.
Event by event
12 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Ford
- When
- September 21, 2:08 PM CST
- Where
- Ford County, Dodge City
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.692, -99.888 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Ford
- When
- September 21, 2:16 PM CST
- Where
- Ford County, Spearville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.692, -99.888 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Meade
- When
- September 21, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Meade County, Meade
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.238, -100.366 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Kiowa
- When
- September 21, 3:32 PM CST
- Where
- Kiowa County, Haviland
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.558, -99.286 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Pratt
- When
- September 21, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Pratt County, Pratt
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.648, -98.740 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail the size of golf balls broke windows nine miles south of Pratt at 1600 CST.
Hail, Pratt
- When
- September 21, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Pratt County, Pratt
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.648, -98.740 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail the size of golf balls broke windows nine miles south of Pratt at 1600 CST.
Hail, Pratt
- When
- September 21, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pratt County, Pratt
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.648, -98.740 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail the size of golf balls broke windows nine miles south of Pratt at 1600 CST.
Hail, Pratt
- When
- September 21, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pratt County, Pratt
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 37.648, -98.740 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail the size of golf balls broke windows nine miles south of Pratt at 1600 CST.
Hail, Pratt
- When
- September 21, 4:01 PM CST
- Where
- Pratt County, Sawyer
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.648, -98.740 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Clark
- When
- September 21, 4:04 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County, Englewood
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.236, -99.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A severe thunderstorm with one-inch diameter hail and winds greater than 52 knots (60 mph) knocked down large tree branches and produced some roof damage seven miles southwest of Ashland at 1615 CST.
Hail, Clark
- When
- September 21, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County, Ashland
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 37.236, -99.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A severe thunderstorm with one-inch diameter hail and winds greater than 52 knots (60 mph) knocked down large tree branches and produced some roof damage seven miles southwest of Ashland at 1615 CST.
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: 10323477, 10323478, 10323479, 10325911, 10326830, 10326280, 10326281, 10326282, 10326283, 10326284, 10323113, 10323114.