Hail, Cowley
- When
- March 27, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Cowley County, Dexter
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.180, -96.720
Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, March 27, 1997
3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 5
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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Chautauqua
- When
- March 27, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Chautauqua County, 10 mi N of Sedan
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.280, -96.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Elk
- When
- March 27, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Elk County, Oak Vly
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.350, -96.020
Hail, Sedgwick
- When
- March 27, 9:52 PM CST
- Where
- Sedgwick County, Wichita
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.700, -97.330
Hail, Greenwood
- When
- March 27, 11:15 PM CST
- Where
- Greenwood County, Eureka
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.820, -96.300
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, March 27, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, March 27, 1997
- Flood in Montana, March 27, 1997
- High Wind in Wyoming, March 27, 1997
- High Wind in Nebraska, March 27, 1997
- High Wind in Colorado, March 27, 1997
- Flooding in Minnesota, March 27 to 31, 1997
- Flooding in South Dakota, March 27 to 31, 1997
- Flood in Minnesota, March 27 to 31, 1997
- Flood in Minnesota, March 27 to 30, 1997
- Flood in South Dakota, March 27 to 29, 1997
- High Wind in Montana, March 27, 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: 5604834, 5604833, 5604832, 5604835, 5604836.