Hail, Jewell
- When
- July 9, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Jewell County, Jewell
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.670, -98.150
Flash Flood and Hail in Kansas, July 9, 1997
5 hail, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $110,000
- Crop damage
- $300,000
- Events
- 6
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 Grand Island radar (KUEX), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:07 UTC.
Event by event
5 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Jewell
- When
- July 9, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Jewell County, Esbon
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Crop damage
- $300,000
- Coordinates
- 39.820, -98.430
Several power poles were damaged or downed by high winds.
Hail, Osborne
- When
- July 9, 6:26 PM CST
- Where
- Osborne County, 6 mi NE of Natoma
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.250, -98.930
Hail, Rooks
- When
- July 9, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Rooks County, 3 mi W of Plainville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.230, -99.350
Flash Flood, Osborne
- When
- July 9, 7:30 PM CST to 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Osborne County, 7 mi NE of Natoma
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -98.768 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Many secondary roads in southwest Osborne county were covered by water after a torrential rainstorm.
Hail, Rooks
- When
- July 9, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Rooks County, Zurich
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.230, -99.430
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Winds in New York, July 9, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Mississippi, July 9, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, July 9 to 10, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 9, 1997
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, July 9, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Maine, July 9, 1997
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 9, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 9, 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: 5615745, 5615746, 5615747, 5615748, 5615749, 5615750.