Hail, Rawlins
- When
- September 14, 6:52 PM CST
- Where
- Rawlins County, 2 mi SW of Atwood
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -101.080
Strong wind accompanied hail and brought down tree limbs.
Flash Flood and Hail in Kansas, September 14 to 15, 1997
6 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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
6 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Decatur
- When
- September 14, 8:16 PM CST
- Where
- Decatur County, 14 mi SSW of Oberlin
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.630, -100.620
Hail, Thomas
- When
- September 14, 8:38 PM CST
- Where
- Thomas County, Colby
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.400, -101.050
Hail, Decatur
- When
- September 14, 8:58 PM CST
- Where
- Decatur County, 11 mi S of Oberlin
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.650, -100.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Sheridan
- When
- September 14, 10:12 PM CST
- Where
- Sheridan County, Studley
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -100.170
Hail, Graham
- When
- September 14, 10:20 PM CST
- Where
- Graham County, Morland
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -100.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Graham
- When
- September 14, 10:35 PM CST
- Where
- Graham County, Morland
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -100.080
Wind accompanied by 3/4 inch hail.
Flash Flood, Graham
- When
- September 14, 11:00 PM CST to September 15, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Graham County, 4 mi S of Morland
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -99.883 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
4 to 5 inches of rainfall flooded roads with 1 to 2 feet of water. Water entered basement of at least one home.
Hail, Graham
- When
- September 14, 11:21 PM CST
- Where
- Graham County, 4 mi NE of St Peter
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.220, -100.030
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.
- 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
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, September 14, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, September 14, 1997
- Hail in Nebraska, September 14, 1997
- High Surf in California, September 14, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, September 14, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, September 14, 1997
- Flood in Texas, September 14, 1997
- Flood and Hail in Utah, September 14, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, September 14, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, September 14, 1997
- High Surf in California, September 14 to 16, 1997
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Arizona, September 14, 1997
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, September 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: 5617640, 5617645, 5617646, 5617644, 5617641, 5617647, 5617642, 5617648, 5617643.