Hail, Smith
- When
- July 5, 5:12 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County, 9 mi N of Athol
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.900, -98.920
Hail in Kansas, July 5, 1999
Scattered severe thunderstorms along a stalled frontal boundary dumped hail across parts of north-central Kansas during the evening hours. The hail ranged in size from dimes to quarters.
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
- $100,000
- Events
- 8
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS GID wrote it up.
Scattered severe thunderstorms along a stalled frontal boundary dumped hail across parts of north-central Kansas during the evening hours. The hail ranged in size from dimes to quarters.
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 62 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:11 UTC.
Event by event
8 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Phillips
- When
- July 5, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Phillips County, 15 mi NE of Phillipsburg
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.900, -99.120
Hail, Smith
- When
- July 5, 5:44 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County, 8 mi W of Smith Center
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -98.930
Hail, Rooks
- When
- July 5, 5:53 PM CST
- Where
- Rooks County, 8 mi N of Stockton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.550, -99.280
Hail, Phillips
- When
- July 5, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Phillips County, Kirwin
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.670, -99.120
Hail, Jewell
- When
- July 5, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jewell County, Burr Oak
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Crop damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.870, -98.300
Hail, Rooks
- When
- July 5, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Rooks County, 9 mi SE of Stockton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.330, -99.170
Hail, Rooks
- When
- July 5, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Rooks County, 2 mi N of Palco
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.280, -99.570
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Arizona, July 5 to 29, 1999
- Heat and Hail in North Carolina, July 5 to 25, 1999
- Heat in Pennsylvania, July 5, 1999
- Heat in Massachusetts, July 5, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Vermont, July 5, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 5, 1999
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, July 5, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Maine, July 5, 1999
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Arizona, July 5, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Arizona, July 5, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Vermont, July 5, 1999
- Flood and Lightning Strike in Guam, July 5 to 6, 1999
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: 5705752, 5705753, 5705754, 5705755, 5705756, 5705757, 5705758, 5705759.