Hail, Gove
- When
- July 5, 4:52 PM CST
- Where
- Gove County, 2 mi E of Grainfield
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.120, -100.430
Also, limbs down at rest stop.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 5, 1998
4 hail, 2 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
- 6
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), 113 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:51 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Gove
- When
- July 5, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Gove County, Grainfield
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.120, -100.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Sheridan
- When
- July 5, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sheridan County, 15 mi SSW of Hoxie
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.150, -100.530
Limbs, 4 to 5 inches in diameter downed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Gove
- When
- July 5, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Gove County, Grainfield
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.120, -100.470
Limbs, 4 to 5 inches in diameter downed.
Hail, Gove
- When
- July 5, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Gove County, Quinter
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.070, -100.230
Hail, Wichita
- When
- July 5, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wichita County, 10 mi NNE of Leoti
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.620, -101.280
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 5, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Utah, July 5, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Nebraska, July 5, 1998
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Iowa, July 5, 1998
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Montana, July 5, 1998
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Arizona, July 5 to 28, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 5, 1998
- Damaging Wind and Heavy Rain in North Carolina, July 5, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Missouri, July 5, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 5, 1998
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 5, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Montana, July 5, 1998
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, July 1998
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: 5649964, 5649966, 5649968, 5649965, 5649967, 5649969.