Thunderstorm Wind, Hodgeman
- When
- July 6, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Hodgeman County, 5 mi W of Hanston
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 38.120, -99.820
Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 6, 1998
7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 11
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), 42 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:19 UTC.
Event by event
7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Hodgeman
- When
- July 6, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Hodgeman County, 2 mi E of Hanston
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 38.120, -99.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Kearny
- When
- July 6, 6:37 PM CST
- Where
- Kearny County, Lakin
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.950, -101.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Trego
- When
- July 6, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Trego County, 23 mi SSW of Wakeeney
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.720, -100.050
Field cultivator blown over. Corn stripped.
Thunderstorm Wind, Kearny
- When
- July 6, 7:32 PM CST
- Where
- Kearny County, 12 mi N of Deerfield
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.150, -101.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Ness
- When
- July 6, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Ness County, 5 mi NW of Ransom
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.680, -100.000
Two to three inch tree limbs blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Ness
- When
- July 6, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ness County, 9 mi NE of Ness City
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.550, -99.780
Hail, Trego
- When
- July 6, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Trego County, 22 mi SSE of Wakeeney
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.720, -99.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Trego
- When
- July 6, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Trego County, 22 mi SSE of Wakeeney
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.720, -99.730
Four to six inch tree limbs blown down.
Lightning, Ellis
- When
- July 6, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County, 5 mi S of Munjor
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.915, -99.317 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Oil tank battery was struck by lightning and caught fire. It took fire fighters 3 1/2 hours to put the fire out.
Lightning, Rush
- When
- July 6, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Rush County, 1 mi S of Otis
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.523, -99.309 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Light caused a fire that destroyed 200 bales of hay.
What these are
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Oklahoma, July 6 to 31, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 6, 1998
- Drought in Oklahoma, July 6 to 31, 1998
- Flooding in Iowa, July 6 to 10, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 6, 1998
- Hail in South Dakota, July 6, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Arizona, July 6 to 31, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Iowa, July 6 to 7, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, July 6, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 6, 1998
- Hail in Montana, July 6, 1998
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 6, 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: 5662602, 5662603, 5662604, 5662605, 5662606, 5662607, 5662608, 5662609, 5662610, 5662611, 5662612.