Hail, Sherman
- When
- July 8, 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Sherman County, Goodland
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -101.720
Flash Flood and Flood in Kansas, July 8 to 9, 1998
1 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 flood, 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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), 3 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:01 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Sherman
- When
- July 8, 9:50 PM MST to July 9, 3:00 AM MST
- Where
- Sherman County, 4 mi S of Goodland
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.351, -101.720 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Two feet of water reported over the state highway 27 from 6 to 7 inches of rainfall.
Flood, Sherman
- When
- July 9, 6:00 AM MST to 9:00 PM MST
- Where
- Sherman forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.351, -101.720 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood damaged bridges and road in southern Sherman County
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in New York, July 8 to 10, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Montana, July 8, 1998
- Flash Flooding in New York, July 8, 1998
- Flash Flood in New York, July 8, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Arkansas, July 8, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Texas, July 8, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 8, 1998
- Lightning Strike in South Dakota, July 8, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 8, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in New Mexico, July 8, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in Montana, July 8, 1998
- Flooding in Missouri, July 8 to 12, 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: 5649972, 5649973, 5649974.