Hail, Rooks
- When
- May 3, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Rooks County, Palco
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Crop damage
- $4,000
- Coordinates
- 39.250, -99.570
Hail in Kansas, May 3, 1996
A cluster of severe thunderstorms developed south of Phillipsburg and moved southeast. The storms weakened by the time they reached Beloit.
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
- $4,000
- 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.
A cluster of severe thunderstorms developed south of Phillipsburg and moved southeast. The storms weakened by the time they reached Beloit. Along their path, they did drop upto golfball size hail. Near Kirwin Lake, the hail covered the ground.
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 153 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:57 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
- Lightning Strike in Iowa, May 3, 1996
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- Hail in Indiana, May 3, 1996
- Hail in Illinois, May 3, 1996
- Hail in Illinois, May 3, 1996
- Hail in Illinois, May 3, 1996
- Tornado in Indiana, May 3, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Illinois, May 3, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, May 3, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 3, 1996
- Heat in Alaska, May 3, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, May 3 to 6, 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: 5550498.