Hail, Sherman
- When
- May 24, 9:17 AM MST
- Where
- Sherman County, 1 mi NW of Ruleton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -101.900
Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 24, 1998
13 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
- $15,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
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), 17 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:15 UTC.
Event by event
13 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Sherman
- When
- May 24, 9:28 AM MST
- Where
- Sherman County, 15 mi SW of Goodland
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -101.920
Also, 0.90 inch of rainfall in 30 minutes.
Hail, Sherman
- When
- May 24, 9:33 AM MST
- Where
- Sherman County, 5 mi S of Goodland
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.280, -101.720
Hail, Thomas
- When
- May 24, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Thomas County, 10 mi S of Levant
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.230, -101.200
Hail, Wallace
- When
- May 24, 10:30 AM MST
- Where
- Wallace County, 17 mi NNE of Wallace
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.150, -101.470
Hail, Sherman
- When
- May 24, 10:35 AM MST
- Where
- Sherman County, 15 mi SSE of Goodland
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.150, -101.620
Hail, Thomas
- When
- May 24, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Thomas County, 16 mi SSW of Colby
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.180, -101.170
Hail, Logan
- When
- May 24, 12:30 PM CST to 12:54 PM CST
- Where
- Logan County, 3 mi SW of Page City
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.050, -101.180
Hail accumulated to 5 inches deep.
Hail, Logan
- When
- May 24, 12:35 PM CST
- Where
- Logan County, 3 mi S of Winona
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.020, -101.250
Dime sized hail reported at Winona at 1224 CST.
Hail, Logan
- When
- May 24, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Logan County, 10 mi S of Oakley
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.980, -100.850
Hail, Gove
- When
- May 24, 1:48 PM CST
- Where
- Gove County, 17 mi SW of Gove
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 38.780, -100.700
Destroyed satellite dish and numerous windows and crops
Hail, Gove
- When
- May 24, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Gove County, 11 mi S of Gove
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 38.780, -100.480
Broken windows
Thunderstorm Wind, Gove
- When
- May 24, 2:22 PM CST
- Where
- Gove County, 13 mi S of Gove
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.770, -100.480
Wind accompanied by nickel sized hail.
Hail, Gove
- When
- May 24, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Gove County, 13 mi SSE of Gove
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.780, -100.380
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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, May 24 to 25, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 24 to 25, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in West Virginia, May 24, 1998
- Lightning Strike in West Virginia, May 24, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, May 24, 1998
- Flooding in Iowa, May 24 to 26, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, May 24, 1998
- Tornado in Colorado, May 24, 1998
- Hail in Texas, May 24, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 24, 1998
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, May 24 to 25, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Kentucky, May 24, 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: 5637219, 5637220, 5637221, 5637222, 5637223, 5637224, 5637226, 5637232, 5637225, 5637227, 5637228, 5637229, 5637230, 5637231.