Hail, Sheridan
- When
- August 20, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Sheridan County, 11 mi SW of Hoxie
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.230, -100.580
Hail in Kansas, August 20, 1998
2 hail, 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
- 2
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 Goodland radar (KGLD), 98 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:13 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Thomas
- When
- August 20, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Thomas County, 20 mi SE of Colby
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -100.780
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
- Tornado in Utah, August 20, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 20, 1998
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Iowa, August 20, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 20, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Oregon, August 20, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 20, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 20, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 20, 1998
- Flash Flooding in South Carolina, August 20, 1998
- Hail in Montana, August 20, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Montana, August 20, 1998
- Flash Flood and Flood in Illinois, August 20, 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: 5661291, 5661292.