Kansas, 1998Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, April 14, 1998
April 14, 1998 · NWS GLD · 8 events in 2 counties and zones
4 tornado, 4 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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.
Tornado, Decatur
- When
- April 14, 3:06 PM CST to 3:13 PM CST
- Where
- Decatur County, Oberlin to 6 mi W of Oberlin
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 39.820, -100.630
Landspout tornado observed by personnel from KFNF radio station hit farmstead and slightly damaged home and outbuildings. Tornado moved ESE across U. S. Highway 36 before dissipating around 1513 CST.
Tornado, Decatur
- When
- April 14, 3:15 PM CST to 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Decatur County, Oberlin to 6 mi E of Oberlin
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 7.5 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 39.850, -100.620
Tornado moved southeast then east until it passed 1.5 miles north of Oberlin; then it moved southeast again. Siding was torn from residence 1.5 miles north of Oberlin. At the golf course...a tree was taken down and a window was broken.
Tornado, Decatur
- When
- April 14, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Decatur County, 4 mi N of Oberlin
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.870, -100.520
Brief tornado observed by law enforcement.
Hail, Decatur
- When
- April 14, 3:28 PM CST
- Where
- Decatur County, 2 mi NW of Oberlin
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.830, -100.530
Hail, Decatur
- When
- April 14, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Decatur County, Oberlin
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.820, -100.520
Tornado, Decatur
- When
- April 14, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Decatur County, 6 mi E of Oberlin
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 39.820, -100.400
Briief tornado. Individual drove through the tornado. Side view mirrors and windshield wipers were ripped from vehicle.
Hail, Decatur
- When
- April 14, 4:26 PM CST
- Where
- Decatur County, Lyle
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.950, -100.220
Hail, Norton
- When
- April 14, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Norton County, 10 mi N of Reager
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.980, -100.100
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- 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.
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, April 14, 1998$400,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, April 14, 1998$150,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 14, 1998$17,000 · 3 in hail · 40 events
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, April 14, 1998$100,000 · 1 event
- Hail in Kansas, April 14, 1998$100,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, April 14, 1998$45,000 · 66 kt wind · 7 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, April 14, 1998$25,000 · 1.75 in hail · 9 events
- Hail in Alabama, April 14, 1998$30,000 · 2.5 in hail · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, April 14, 1998$25,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, April 14, 1998$20,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, April 14 to 15, 19981 injured · 7 events
- Hail in Oklahoma, April 14, 1998$2,000 · 3 in hail · 11 events