Hail, Ellsworth
- When
- March 29, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Ellsworth County, 2 mi SE of Black Wolf
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.730, -98.330
Hail and High Wind in Kansas, March 29 to 31, 1998
5 hail, 1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- $100,000
- 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 Wichita radar (KICT), 143 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:01 UTC.
Event by event
5 hail, 1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- March 29, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County, 2 mi NE of Westfall
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.950, -97.970
Hail, Barton
- When
- March 29, 11:15 PM CST
- Where
- Barton County, Albert
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.450, -99.020
Hail, Russell
- When
- March 29, 11:25 PM CST
- Where
- Russell County, 9 mi S of Russell
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.750, -98.850
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- March 30, 12:04 AM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County, Vesper
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.030, -98.280
High Wind, Montgomery
- When
- March 31, 8:12 AM CST to 8:15 AM CST
- Where
- Montgomery forecast zone
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 37.193, -95.743 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High winds around 75 mph tore the roof off a restaurant in Coffeyville.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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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: 5633449, 5633450, 5633451, 5633452, 5633453, 5633454.