Hail, Phillips
- When
- June 11, 7:48 PM CST
- Where
- Phillips County, Phillipsburg
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.750, -99.320
Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 11, 1997
Thunderstorms moved out of south-central Nebraska and rolled southeast across north-central Kansas. Storms dropped hail up to the size of golf balls and produced wind gusts to near 60 mph.
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
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- $550,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS GID wrote it up.
Thunderstorms moved out of south-central Nebraska and rolled southeast across north-central Kansas. Storms dropped hail up to the size of golf balls and produced wind gusts to near 60 mph.
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 98 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:45 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Smith
- When
- June 11, 8:05 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County, Smith Center
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -98.780
Hail, Phillips
- When
- June 11, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Phillips County, Logan
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 39.670, -99.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Jewell
- When
- June 11, 8:48 PM CST
- Where
- Jewell County, Mankato
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -98.220
Hail, Rooks
- When
- June 11, 9:04 PM CST
- Where
- Rooks County, Stockton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 39.430, -99.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Mitchell
- When
- June 11, 9:05 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County, Beloit
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.470, -98.120
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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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: 5609357, 5609358, 5609362, 5609359, 5609360, 5609361.