Hail, Trego
- When
- August 12, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Trego County, 2 mi E of Wakeeney
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.020, -99.850
Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 12, 1998
4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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), 140 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:13 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Scott
- When
- August 12, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County, 6 mi SE of Scott City
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.420, -100.820
Hail, Scott
- When
- August 12, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County, 8 mi S of Scott City
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.370, -100.900
Hail, Scott
- When
- August 12, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County, 11 mi SSW of Scott City
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.330, -100.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Scott
- When
- August 12, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County, 11 mi SSW of Scott City
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.330, -100.980
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 12, 1998
- Wildfire in Idaho, August 12 to 21, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Vermont, August 12, 1998
- Lightning Strikes in Oklahoma, August 12, 1998
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, August 12, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 12, 1998
- Flash Flood in Vermont, August 12, 1998
- Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, August 12, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 12, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Tennessee, August 12, 1998
- Flood and Lightning Strike in Florida, August 12, 1998
- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, August 12, 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: 5664882, 5664883, 5664884, 5664885, 5664886.