Hail, Ness
- When
- July 12, 2:08 PM CST
- Where
- Ness County, 1 mi S of Beeler
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 38.420, -100.200
Hail in Kansas, July 12, 1998
16 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
- 16
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), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:08 UTC.
Event by event
16 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lane
- When
- July 12, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Lane County, 2 mi S of Alamota
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 38.420, -100.320
Hail, Lane
- When
- July 12, 2:25 PM CST
- Where
- Lane County, 2 mi S of Alamota
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 38.420, -100.320
Hail, Morton
- When
- July 12, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Morton County, 16 mi N of Rolla
- Measured
- 4.5 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.350, -101.630
Hail, Morton
- When
- July 12, 3:02 PM CST
- Where
- Morton County, 12 mi ENE of Richfield
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.330, -101.580
Hail, Morton
- When
- July 12, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Morton County, 14 mi N of Rolla
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.320, -101.630
Most windows broken out.
Hail, Morton
- When
- July 12, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Morton County, 12 mi N of Rolla
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.280, -101.630
Corn was stripped and broken over.
Hail, Morton
- When
- July 12, 3:42 PM CST
- Where
- Morton County, 6 mi N of Rolla
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.200, -101.630
Hail, Hamilton
- When
- July 12, 2:50 PM MST
- Where
- Hamilton County, Kendall
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.930, -101.550
Hail, Kearny
- When
- July 12, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Kearny County, Lakin to 11 mi SW of Lake Mc Kinney
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.830, -101.400
Hail, Stevens
- When
- July 12, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Stevens County, 11 mi SW of Hugoton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.070, -101.480
Hail, Hamilton
- When
- July 12, 3:30 PM MST
- Where
- Hamilton County, 15 mi SSE of Syracuse
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.780, -101.650
Hail, Hamilton
- When
- July 12, 3:53 PM MST
- Where
- Hamilton County, 16 mi SW of Syracuse
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.820, -101.950
Hail, Stanton
- When
- July 12, 4:56 PM CST
- Where
- Stanton County, 6 mi NE of Johnson
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.630, -101.670
Hail, Stanton
- When
- July 12, 5:04 PM CST
- Where
- Stanton County, 8 mi N of Johnson
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 37.680, -101.750
Hail, Stanton
- When
- July 12, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Stanton County, 1 mi S of Saunders
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.470, -102.030
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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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: 5662700, 5662701, 5662702, 5662703, 5662704, 5662705, 5662706, 5662707, 5662708, 5662709, 5662710, 5662711, 5662712, 5662713, 5662714, 5662715.