Hail, Morton
- When
- June 7, 9:31 PM CST
- Where
- Morton County, 5 mi NNE of Elkhart
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.070, -101.870
Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 7, 1998
2 hail, 1 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
- 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 Dodge City radar (KDDC), 185 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:30 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Morton
- When
- June 7, 9:35 PM CST
- Where
- Morton County, 5 mi NNE of Elkhart
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.070, -101.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Gray
- When
- June 7, 11:19 PM CST
- Where
- Gray County, Ingalls
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 37.830, -100.450
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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- Tornadoes and Hail in New Mexico, June 7, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 7, 1998
- Hail in Nebraska, June 7, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 7, 1998
- High Surf in Hawaii, June 7, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, June 7 to 8, 1998
- Hail in Texas, June 7, 1998
- Hail in Oklahoma, June 7, 1998
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, June 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: 5657185, 5657186, 5657187.