Hail, Smith
- When
- May 23, 12:40 AM CST
- Where
- Smith County, 2 mi W of Kensington
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Crop damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 39.770, -99.070
Hail in Kansas, May 23, 1996
Severe thunderstorms moved across the area, dropping hail upto 3 inches in diameter and damaging winds. The largest hail fell just north of Phillipsburg.
Where it happened
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- 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- $10,000
- 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 GID wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms moved across the area, dropping hail upto 3 inches in diameter and damaging winds. The largest hail fell just north of Phillipsburg. Damage from winds was reported near Woodston where a couple of garages lost their roofs.
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:41 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 Nebraska, May 23, 1996
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, May 23, 1996
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, May 23, 1996
- Flooding in Iowa, May 23 to 24, 1996
- Damaging Wind in California, May 23, 1996
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, May 23, 1996
- Tornado in Wyoming, May 23, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 23, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, May 23, 1996
- Heat in Alabama, May 23, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, May 23, 1996
- Flood in Missouri, May 23 to 31, 1996
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, May 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: 5550693.