Kansas, 1997Flood and Hail in Kansas, May 7, 1997
May 7, 1997 · NWS EAX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones
1 flood, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
Open the live radar over this ground
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Flood, Doniphan
- When
- May 7, 6:30 PM CST to 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Doniphan County, Doniphan
- Coordinates
- 39.788, -95.147 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorms dropped 1 to 3 inches of rain across the county resulting highway flooding. County sherrif office reported running water on numerous county roads.
Hail, Linn
- When
- May 7, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Linn County, Centerville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.220, -95.020
The Linn County Sheriff's office reported golfball-size hail in Centerville during a severe thunderstorm.
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
- 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.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, May 7 to 8, 19971 injured · $319,000 · F0 · 45 events
- Tornado in Nebraska, May 7, 1997$300,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Hail in Kansas, May 7, 1997$800,000 · 1.25 in hail · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Iowa, May 7, 1997$100,000 · 1 event
- Hail in Kansas, May 7 to 26, 1997$75,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events
- Tornado in Kansas, May 7, 1997$80,000 · F0 · 1 event
- Flood in Iowa, May 7, 1997$75,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Iowa, May 7, 1997$40,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 7, 1997$40,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event
- Flood in Iowa, May 7, 1997$40,000 · 1 event
- Cold in West Virginia, May 7, 199721 events
- Hail in Iowa, May 7, 1997$25,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event
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: 5584688, 5584689.