Hail, Scott
- When
- May 6, 2:19 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County, 9 mi S of Scott City
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.350, -100.900
Hail in Kansas, May 6, 1998
20 hail, 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 20
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 Dodge City radar (KDDC), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:20 UTC.
Event by event
20 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Finney
- When
- May 6, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Finney County, 13 mi NE of Garden City
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.100, -100.700
Hail, Scott
- When
- May 6, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County, 2 mi W of Modoc
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.480, -101.120
Hail completely covered the ground.
Hail, Scott
- When
- May 6, 4:18 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County, 2 mi W of Modoc
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.480, -101.120
Hail, Finney
- When
- May 6, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Finney County, 6 mi SE of Friend
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.200, -100.830
Hail, Finney
- When
- May 6, 4:22 PM CST
- Where
- Finney County, 10 mi SE of Friend
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.170, -100.780
Hail completely covered the ground.
Hail, Scott
- When
- May 6, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County, 2 mi S of Modoc
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.450, -101.080
Hail, Finney
- When
- May 6, 4:57 PM CST
- Where
- Finney County, 9 mi NE of Garden City
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.070, -100.750
Hail, Finney
- When
- May 6, 5:12 PM CST
- Where
- Finney County, 13 mi N of Pierceville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.070, -100.670
Hail, Finney
- When
- May 6, 5:48 PM CST
- Where
- Finney County, 8 mi E of Garden City
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.970, -100.720
Hail, Gray
- When
- May 6, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Gray County, 3 mi N of Cimarron
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.850, -100.350
Hail, Gray
- When
- May 6, 6:03 PM CST
- Where
- Gray County, Cimarron
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.800, -100.350
Hail, Gray
- When
- May 6, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Gray County, 3 mi NW of Cimarron
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.830, -100.380
Hail, Ford
- When
- May 6, 6:21 PM CST
- Where
- Ford County, 4 mi S of Howell
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.730, -100.180
Hail, Ford
- When
- May 6, 7:05 PM CST
- Where
- Ford County, 19 mi SE of Dodge City
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.550, -99.770
Hail, Ford
- When
- May 6, 7:14 PM CST
- Where
- Ford County, 5 mi W of Kingsdown
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.530, -99.830
Hail, Ford
- When
- May 6, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Ford County, 2 mi ENE of Kingsdown
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.550, -99.720
Hail, Ford
- When
- May 6, 7:22 PM CST
- Where
- Ford County, 2 mi E of Kingsdown
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.530, -99.720
Hail, Clark
- When
- May 6, 7:56 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County, 13 mi NE of Ashland
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.320, -99.600
Hail, Comanche
- When
- May 6, 8:01 PM CST
- Where
- Comanche County, Protection
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.200, -99.480
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
- 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
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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: 5647514, 5647515, 5647516, 5647517, 5647518, 5647519, 5647520, 5647521, 5647522, 5647523, 5647524, 5647525, 5647526, 5647527, 5647528, 5647529, 5647530, 5647531, 5647532, 5647533.