Hail, Rawlins
- When
- July 5, 2:26 PM CST
- Where
- Rawlins County, 13 mi SE of Atwood
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.670, -100.880
Tornado and Hail in Kansas, July 5, 1997
7 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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.
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:26 UTC.
Event by event
7 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Sherman
- When
- July 5, 1:30 PM MST
- Where
- Sherman County, 10 mi S of Goodland
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -101.720
Hail, Sheridan
- When
- July 5, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Sheridan County, 3 mi W of Selden
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.530, -100.620
Hail, Wallace
- When
- July 5, 1:52 PM MST
- Where
- Wallace County, 7 mi SW of Sharon Spgs
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.820, -101.830
Half dollar size hail also reported 9 sw Sharon Springs at 1400 MST.
Hail, Thomas
- When
- July 5, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Thomas County, 15 mi E of Colby
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.400, -100.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Sheridan
- When
- July 5, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Sheridan County, 8 mi WNW of Hoxie
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.400, -100.570
Tornado, Greeley
- When
- July 5, 2:24 PM MST to 2:27 PM MST
- Where
- Greeley County, 10 mi W of Horace
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.480, -101.970
Off duty law enforcement officer observed brief tornado near Highwy 96, two miles east of Colorado border.
Hail, Wichita
- When
- July 5, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Wichita County, 7 mi NW of Leoti
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.550, -101.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Sherman
- When
- July 5, 3:27 PM MST
- Where
- Sherman County, Goodland Arpt
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.370, -101.700
Gustnado with winds estimated to 60 mph observed from National Weather Service Office.
Hail, Thomas
- When
- July 5, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Thomas County, 6 mi SSE of Halford
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.280, -100.820
Hail coupled with 40 mph winds caused unknown amount of crop damage.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in Florida, July 5, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Kansas, July 5 to 21, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 5, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 5, 1997
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Texas, July 5, 1997
- Tornadoes and Hail in Washington, July 5 to 21, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 5 to 16, 1997
- Tornado in Florida, July 5, 1997
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Nebraska, July 5, 1997
- Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, July 5, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Washington, July 5, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 5, 1997
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: 5605772, 5605773, 5605777, 5605775, 5605774, 5605778, 5605779, 5605780, 5605776, 5605781.