Hail, Rawlins
- When
- July 15, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Rawlins County, 15 mi SW of Atwood
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.650, -101.250
Flash Flooding and Hail in Kansas, July 15, 1999
7 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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), 50 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:03 UTC.
Event by event
7 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Rawlins
- When
- July 15, 5:26 PM CST
- Where
- Rawlins County, 15 mi SW of Atwood
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.650, -101.250
Hail, Rawlins
- When
- July 15, 5:47 PM CST
- Where
- Rawlins County, 10 mi S of Mc Donald
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.630, -101.370
Hail, Thomas
- When
- July 15, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Thomas County, 11 mi N of Brewster
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.530, -101.380
Flash Flood, Rawlins
- When
- July 15, 6:30 PM CST to 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Rawlins County, 6 mi SW of Atwood
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.785, -101.076 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding mainly south of Atwood. Many roads were covered with water along with a report of water in resident's basement.
Flash Flood, Thomas
- When
- July 15, 8:15 PM CST to 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Thomas County, 4 mi W of Colby
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 39.351, -101.055 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Some reports of over 3 inches of rain in a very short period of time near Colby. Water was running up to entrances of downtown businesses and over many roads.
Thunderstorm Wind, Logan
- When
- July 15, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Logan County, Page City
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 39.080, -101.150
Hail, Wallace
- When
- July 15, 9:05 PM MST
- Where
- Wallace County, 14 mi SSE of Wallace
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.730, -101.480
Hail, Logan
- When
- July 15, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Logan County, 21 mi S of Mc Allaster
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.700, -101.400
Hail, Wichita
- When
- July 15, 10:27 PM CST
- Where
- Wichita County, 12 mi N of Selkirk
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.630, -101.530
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
- 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
- Heat in Kansas, July 15 to 30, 1999
- Flash Flood in Arizona, July 15, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Wisconsin, July 15, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flood in Minnesota, July 15 to 16, 1999
- Lightning Strikes in Florida, July 15 to 26, 1999
- Hail in Florida, July 15, 1999
- Tornado in Florida, July 15, 1999
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 15, 1999
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 15, 1999
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 15, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 15, 1999
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 15, 1999
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, July 1999
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: 5709697, 5709698, 5709699, 5709700, 5709701, 5709789, 5709790, 5709791, 5709792, 5709793.