Hail, Stafford
- When
- September 27, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Stafford County, 6 mi NE of Hudson
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.170, -98.580
Tornado and Hail in Kansas, September 27, 1998
7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 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
- $1.1 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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 Wichita radar (KICT), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:57 UTC.
Event by event
7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Stafford
- When
- September 27, 4:36 PM CST
- Where
- Stafford County, 8 mi N of Zenith
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Reported by
- PARK/FOREST SERVICE
- Coordinates
- 38.070, -98.480
Hail piled 4 inches deep at the Quivira Wildlife Refuge park. A grader had a windshield broken.
Hail, Pratt
- When
- September 27, 8:48 PM CST
- Where
- Pratt County, 3 mi NW of Pratt
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.680, -98.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Pratt
- When
- September 27, 8:48 PM CST
- Where
- Pratt County, 3 mi NW of Pratt
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.680, -98.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Pratt
- When
- September 27, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Pratt County, 4 mi N of Pratt
- Measured
- 87 kt (100 mph)
- Property damage
- $850,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 37.700, -98.730
Microburst occurred...centered about 4 miles north of Pratt. The impact point was 4 miles north of Highway 54 and 1/2 mile east of Highway 281. Area extended 3 miles northwest through southwest with the greatest damage at the Pratt airport. Five buildings had considerable damage...7 with major damage and 18 had minor damage. Debris was carried for miles past the impact point. A John Deere tractor had a 16 foot long 2x4 impaled into the engine compartment. Three sprinkler irrigation systems were destroyed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Pratt
- When
- September 27, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pratt County, 2 mi W of Sawyer
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.500, -98.720
Two irrigation sprinklers were overturned.
Thunderstorm Wind, Pratt
- When
- September 27, 9:01 PM CST
- Where
- Pratt County, Pratt
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 37.650, -98.730
Logged by a KSNW-tv weather lab site.
Thunderstorm Wind, Barber
- When
- September 27, 9:19 PM CST
- Where
- Barber County, 5 mi SW of Isabel
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 37.420, -98.620
Microburst caused extensive damage to the Lake Arrowhead resort area. Several boat docks were destroyed. Part of a roof was taken off a cabin/house. A Garage under construction was completely destroyed. Damage was about 3 miles wide long starting near the resort and extending south and southwest. The length of the damage area was unknown due to range land extending beyond the resort. There were also six, very large-mature cottonwood trees uprooted with heavy damage to the remainder of the trees in the area.
Thunderstorm Wind, Barber
- When
- September 27, 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- Barber County, 2 mi W of Medicine Lodge
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.280, -98.620
Large tree toppled by the high wind.
Thunderstorm Wind, Barber
- When
- September 27, 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- Barber County, 7 mi E of Medicine Lodge
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.280, -98.450
Numerous trees were uprooted.
Tornado, Barber
- When
- September 27, 10:13 PM CST
- Where
- Barber County, 4 mi N of Hazelton
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 37.150, -98.400
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.
- 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
- Hurricane in Mississippi, September 27 to 28, 1998
- Hurricane in Louisiana, September 27 to 28, 1998
- High Wind in Mississippi, September 27 to 29, 1998
- Hail in New York, September 27, 1998
- Tornado in Florida, September 27, 1998
- Damaging Winds in New York, September 27, 1998
- Flash Flood in New York, September 27, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Vermont, September 27, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, September 27, 1998
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, September 27, 1998
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, September 27, 1998
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, September 27, 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: 5672880, 5672881, 5672882, 5672883, 5672884, 5672885, 5672886, 5672969, 5672887, 5672970, 5672888.