Hail, Sheridan
- When
- May 4, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Sheridan County, 5 mi W of Hoxie
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -100.530
Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 4, 1998
6 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 7
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), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:11 UTC.
Event by event
6 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Thomas
- When
- May 4, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Thomas County, 4 mi N of Colby
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.450, -101.050
Dime to golfball hail reported.
Hail, Sheridan
- When
- May 4, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Sheridan County, 5 mi W of Hoxie
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -100.530
Hail, Thomas
- When
- May 4, 7:30 PM CST to 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Thomas County, 4 mi NNE of Colby
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.450, -101.020
Hail, Thomas
- When
- May 4, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Thomas County, 2 mi SW of Halford
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -100.880
Hail, Sheridan
- When
- May 4, 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- Sheridan County, 5 mi ESE of Angelus
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.150, -100.580
Nickel to quarter size hail also reported 6ESE of Angelus at 2124 CST.
Thunderstorm Wind, Sherman
- When
- May 4, 8:30 PM MST
- Where
- Sherman County, 2 mi S of Goodland
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.320, -101.720
Reported by Goodland CATV. Also, tree branches 3 to 4 inches in diameter downed 1E of Goodland at 2030 MST.
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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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: 5637122, 5637124, 5637123, 5637125, 5637126, 5637120, 5637121.