Hail, Logan
- When
- May 6, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Logan County, 9 mi WSW of Winona
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 39.020, -101.400
Hail dented pickup and damaged wheat.
Hail in Kansas, May 6, 1998
2 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 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
- $2,000
- 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 Goodland radar (KGLD), 46 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:27 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Funnel Cloud, Logan
- When
- May 6, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Logan County, Page City
- Coordinates
- 38.917, -101.148 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Wichita
- When
- May 6, 4:18 PM CST
- Where
- Wichita County, 4 mi E of Marienthal
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.480, -101.150
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Missouri, May 6, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 6 to 24, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Virginia, May 6 to 8, 1998
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, May 6, 1998
- Tornado in Arkansas, May 6, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Tennessee, May 6, 1998
- Flooding in Iowa, May 6 to 7, 1998
- Lightning Strikes in Pennsylvania, May 6, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, May 6, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, May 6, 1998
- Hail in Alabama, May 6, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, May 6, 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: 5637504, 5637502, 5637503.