Kansas, 1996

Hail in Kansas, August 14, 1996

August 14, 1996 · NWS DDC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

milo was shredded 2 miles west of this location

Where it happened

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  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS DDC wrote it up.

milo was shredded 2 miles west of this location

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:45 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Lane

When
August 14, 7:45 PM CST
Where
Lane County, 3 mi S of Dighton
Measured
0.88 in hail
Coordinates
38.430, -100.470

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.

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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: 5568894.