Hail, Mitchell
- When
- May 11, 7:02 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County, Beloit
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 39.470, -98.120
Hail in Kansas, May 11, 1998
Thunderstorms rumbled across parts of north-central Kansas during the evening hours. Storms dropped hail in the Beloit area.
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
- $75,000
- Crop damage
- $600,000
- Events
- 2
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS GID wrote it up.
Thunderstorms rumbled across parts of north-central Kansas during the evening hours. Storms dropped hail in the Beloit area.
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:00 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Mitchell
- When
- May 11, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County, 6 mi S of Beloit
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- $500,000
- Coordinates
- 39.380, -98.120
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, May 11, 1998
- Flooding in South Dakota, May 11 to 13, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 11, 1998
- Hail in Nebraska, May 11, 1998
- Coastal Flood in New Jersey, May 11 to 12, 1998
- Hail in Colorado, May 11, 1998
- Hail in Kansas, May 11, 1998
- Flooding in New Jersey, May 11 to 12, 1998
- Hail in Kansas, May 11, 1998
- Hail in Colorado, May 11, 1998
- Coastal Flood in Delaware, May 11 to 12, 1998
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, May 11, 1998
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, May 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: 5644453, 5644454.