Thunderstorm Wind, Pawnee
- When
- November 9, 4:42 PM CST
- Where
- Pawnee County, 6 mi S of Larned
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.100, -99.100
Two inch diameter tree limbs blown down.
Tornado and Hail in Kansas, November 9, 1998
3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:42 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Pratt
- When
- November 9, 5:09 PM CST
- Where
- Pratt County, 3 mi NW of Byers
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 37.820, -98.900
Hail, Stafford
- When
- November 9, 5:09 PM CST
- Where
- Stafford County, 9 mi NE of Hudson
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.200, -98.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Pratt
- When
- November 9, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Pratt County, 7 mi SW of Pratt
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.580, -98.820
Porch blown off back of home.
Hail, Barber
- When
- November 9, 5:12 PM CST
- Where
- Barber County, 6 mi N of Sun City
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.470, -98.920
Tornado, Pratt
- When
- November 9, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Pratt County, 3 mi S of Byers
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 37.730, -98.870
What these are
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, November 9 to 10, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, November 9, 1998
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, November 9 to 10, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, November 9, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, November 9 to 10, 1998
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Minnesota, November 9 to 11, 1998
- Tornado in Kansas, November 9, 1998
- Blizzard in South Dakota, November 9 to 10, 1998
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, November 9 to 10, 1998
- Heavy Snow in North Dakota, November 9, 1998
- High Wind in Iowa, November 9 to 10, 1998
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Illinois, November 9 to 10, 1998
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kansas, 1998Warnings in Kansas, November 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: 5675951, 5675952, 5675954, 5675955, 5675956, 5675953.