Hail, Cheyenne
- When
- July 29, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cheyenne County, 12 mi SW of St Francis
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.650, -101.970
Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 29, 1998
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
- $500
- 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 Goodland radar (KGLD), 39 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:00 UTC.
Event by event
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Norton
- When
- July 29, 7:41 PM CST
- Where
- Norton County, New Almelo
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.600, -100.120
Thunderstorm winds brought down tree limbs that were three to five inches in diameter.
Thunderstorm Wind, Graham
- When
- July 29, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Graham County, 16 mi NW of Hill City
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.530, -100.070
Thunderstorm winds broke off tree limbs four inches in diameter.
Thunderstorm Wind, Greeley
- When
- July 29, 8:35 PM MST
- Where
- Greeley County, 8 mi NNE of Whitelaw
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.550, -101.620
Spotter estimated 70 MPH winds which blew a horse trailer into a shed and downed two sections of fence. Tree limbs up to eight inches in diameter were broken.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wichita
- When
- July 29, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Wichita County, 9 mi N of Selkirk
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- INSURANCE COMPANY
- Coordinates
- 38.600, -101.530
Thunderstorm winds brought down one inch diameter tree limbs.
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
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- Damaging Wind in New York, July 29, 1998
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- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 29, 1998
- Flash Flood in Alabama, July 29, 1998
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Arkansas, July 29, 1998
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 29, 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: 5650276, 5650277, 5650278, 5650279, 5650280.