Hail, Meade
- When
- April 6, 3:18 PM CST
- Where
- Meade County, Meade
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.280, -100.330
Tornado and Flash Flood in Kansas, April 6, 1998
14 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 2
- Property damage
- $55,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 17
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 Dodge City radar (KDDC), 62 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:17 UTC.
Event by event
14 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Meade
- When
- April 6, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Meade County, Meade
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.280, -100.330
Hail, Meade
- When
- April 6, 3:32 PM CST
- Where
- Meade County, 3 mi NW of Fowler
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.420, -100.230
Hail, Ford
- When
- April 6, 3:58 PM CST
- Where
- Ford County, 15 mi SW of Dodge City
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.600, -100.220
Hail, Ellis
- When
- April 6, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County, 9 mi W of Schoenchen
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.720, -99.480
Hail, Hodgeman
- When
- April 6, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Hodgeman County, 9 mi NNE of Hanston
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.230, -99.650
Hail, Hodgeman
- When
- April 6, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Hodgeman County, 8 mi N of Hanston
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.230, -99.720
Hail, Ellis
- When
- April 6, 4:22 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County, 9 mi W of Schoenchen
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.720, -99.480
Hail, Ness
- When
- April 6, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Ness County, Bazine
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.450, -99.680
Hail, Ellis
- When
- April 6, 4:52 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County, 1 mi SE of Ellis
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.920, -99.530
Hail, Ellis
- When
- April 6, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County, 2 mi E of Ellis
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.930, -99.520
Tornado, Ellis
- When
- April 6, 5:25 PM CST to 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County, Schoenchen to 1 mi N of Schoenchen
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3.3 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 38.700, -99.330
There was damage to a metal building and a quonset hut. Two young boys were injured when the door blew off of the building. A chicken house blew away.
Hail, Ellis
- When
- April 6, 5:29 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County, 4 mi W of Antonino
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.780, -99.450
Hail, Ellis
- When
- April 6, 5:36 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County, 11 mi SW of Hays
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.750, -99.470
Flash Flood, Ellis
- When
- April 6, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County, Schoenchen
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 38.915, -99.317 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A quick rise on the Smoky Hill River submerged a front end loader.
Hail, Barber
- When
- April 6, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Barber County, 21 mi WSW of Medicine Lodge
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.170, -98.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Barber
- When
- April 6, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Barber County, 21 mi WSW of Medicine Lodge
- Measured
- 64 kt (74 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.170, -98.930
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Flooding in Iowa, April 6, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 6 to 7, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, April 6, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, April 6, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 6, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 6, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, April 6 to 7, 1998
- Hail in Texas, April 6, 1998
- Hail in Minnesota, April 6, 1998
- Hail in Kansas, April 6, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, April 6, 1998
- Dust Devil in Virginia, April 6, 1998
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: 5637158, 5637159, 5637160, 5637161, 5637162, 5637163, 5637164, 5637165, 5637166, 5637167, 5637168, 5637169, 5637170, 5637171, 5637174, 5637172, 5637173.