Hail, Jewell
- When
- May 7, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Jewell County, Randall
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.630, -98.050
Hail in Kansas, May 7 to 26, 1997
3 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $75,000
- Events
- 3
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. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Rooks
- When
- May 25, 3:39 PM CST
- Where
- Rooks County, 5 mi S of Palco
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $75,000
- Coordinates
- 39.180, -99.570
Hail, Phillips
- When
- May 26, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Phillips County, 6 mi SW of Phillipsburg
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.680, -99.400
What these are
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, May 7 to 8, 1997
- Tornado in Nebraska, May 7, 1997
- Hail in Kansas, May 7, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Iowa, May 7, 1997
- Tornado in Kansas, May 7, 1997
- Flood in Iowa, May 7, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Iowa, May 7, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 7, 1997
- Flood in Iowa, May 7, 1997
- Cold in West Virginia, May 7, 1997
- Hail in Iowa, May 7, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Kansas, May 7, 1997
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, May 1997
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: 5599441, 5599442, 5599443.