Hail, Atchison
- When
- June 23, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Atchison County, 2 mi E of Cummings
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.470, -95.220
Hail in Kansas, June 23, 1996
A severe thunderstorm deposited dime-size hail 2 miles east of Cummings.
Where it happened
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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 EAX wrote it up.
A severe thunderstorm deposited dime-size hail 2 miles east of Cummings.
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 102 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:46 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, June 23, 1996
- Heat in South Carolina, June 23, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 23, 1996
- Flash Flood in Ohio, June 23, 1996
- Flash Flood in Ohio, June 23, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, June 23, 1996
- Tornado in Indiana, June 23, 1996
- Tornado in Washington, June 23, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 23, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, June 23, 1996
- Hail in Iowa, June 23, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, June 23, 1996
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: 5552606.