Hail, Sherman
- When
- July 2, 4:31 PM MST to 4:50 PM MST
- Where
- Sherman County, 4 mi N of Kanorado
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.380, -102.030
Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, July 2, 1999
4 hail, 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 7
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), 28 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:29 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail, 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Cheyenne
- When
- July 2, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cheyenne County, 16 mi SW of St Francis
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.600, -102.020
Hail, Sherman
- When
- July 2, 5:34 PM MST
- Where
- Sherman County, 23 mi NW of Goodland
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.580, -102.020
Tornado, Cheyenne
- When
- July 2, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Cheyenne County, 8 mi SSE of Bird City
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 39.650, -101.480
Tornado also spotted by public.
Thunderstorm Wind, Sherman
- When
- July 2, 5:55 PM MST
- Where
- Sherman County, 2 mi S of Goodland Arpt
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 39.330, -101.700
Tornado, Rawlins
- When
- July 2, 7:10 PM CST to 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Rawlins County, 3 mi SSW of Mc Donald
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.7 mi
- Path width
- 250 yd
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.750, -101.380
Two small grain bins were blown away and a shed was destroyed on farmstead.
Hail, Rawlins
- When
- July 2, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Rawlins County, 3 mi W of Atwood
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.800, -101.100
What these are
- 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.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, July 2 to 3, 1999
- Flash Flood in Iowa, July 2, 1999
- Tornado in Nebraska, July 2, 1999
- Flooding in Iowa, July 2 to 7, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, July 2, 1999
- Hail in South Dakota, July 2, 1999
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, July 2, 1999
- Hail in Iowa, July 2, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 2, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 2, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 2, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, July 2, 1999
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kansas, 1999Warnings 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: 5709677, 5709678, 5709679, 5709681, 5709680, 5709682, 5709683.