Hail in Kansas, June 6, 1996

Name: Hail in Kansas, June 6, 1996
Start: 1996-06-06T05:30
End: 1996-06-06T05:30
Location: Kansas

June 6, 1996 · NWS TOP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

The large hail did severe and widespread damage to crops across much of the county.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: $6.0 million
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 TOP wrote it up.

The large hail did severe and widespread damage to crops across much of the county.

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 142 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:29 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Ottawa

When: June 6, 5:30 AM CST
Where: Ottawa County, Tescott
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Crop damage: $6.0 million
Coordinates: 39.020, -97.880

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Kansas in 1996 Every state in 1996 This day in weather history Warnings in Kansas, June 1996

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: 5551169.