Hail, Norton
- When
- June 3, 5:17 PM CST
- Where
- Norton County, 15 mi S of Norton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- STORM CHASER
- Coordinates
- 39.620, -99.880
Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 3, 1999
4 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
- $1.0 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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 Grand Island radar (KUEX), 145 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:15 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Norton
- When
- June 3, 5:34 PM CST
- Where
- Norton County, 3 mi E of Norton
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.830, -99.830
Hail, Norton
- When
- June 3, 5:49 PM CST
- Where
- Norton County, 1 mi SW of Calvert
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.830, -99.770
Hail, Norton
- When
- June 3, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Norton County, 4 mi E of Norton
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.830, -99.800
Tornado, Norton
- When
- June 3, 6:00 PM CST to 6:47 PM CST
- Where
- Norton County, Norton to 4 mi NNE of Almena
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 10 mi
- Path width
- 1,320 yd
- Property damage
- $1.0 million
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.830, -99.800
A large tornado dropped down just east of the town of Norton and stayed on the ground for approximately 10 miles before finally lifting north-northeast of the town of Almena. This Tornado reached around 3/4 of a mile wide at times and did major (F3) damage to a few farmsteads. Tornado also went through a stage with multiple vortices.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado in North Dakota, June 3, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 3 to 4, 1999
- Flood and Hail in Georgia, June 3, 1999
- Tornado in North Dakota, June 3, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 3, 1999
- Tornado in Nebraska, June 3, 1999
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 3, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 3, 1999
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, June 3, 1999
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kansas, 1999Warnings in Kansas, June 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: 5702907, 5702908, 5702909, 5702910, 5702911.