Hail, Lane
- When
- May 9, 11:12 PM CST
- Where
- Lane County, Dighton
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $1.8 million
- Crop damage
- $750,000
- Coordinates
- 38.480, -100.470
Hail in Kansas, May 9, 1996
Hail and wind cut a path 2 miles wide along hiway 96 across the entire county. Hail was piled 6 inches deep and was visible for several days after.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- $1.8 million
- Crop damage
- $750,000
- 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 DDC wrote it up.
Hail and wind cut a path 2 miles wide along hiway 96 across the entire county. Hail was piled 6 inches deep and was visible for several days after. Siding was extensively damaged on many homes...roofs were damaged...trees had bark stripped off. Eight power poles were broken along highway K96. Property damage across the entire county was more than 2.5 million dollars.
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:09 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
- Tornado in Kansas, May 9, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Illinois, May 9, 1996
- Flash Flood in Michigan, May 9 to 10, 1996
- Tornado in Iowa, May 9, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, May 9, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, May 9, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 9, 1996
- Flash Flood in Iowa, May 9, 1996
- Tornado in Kansas, May 9, 1996
- Flooding in Iowa, May 9 to 13, 1996
- Flooding in Tennessee, May 9 to 23, 1996
- Flash Flood in Ohio, May 9, 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: 5572046.