Hail, Phillips
- When
- May 14, 8:53 PM CST
- Where
- Phillips County, 5 mi S of Long Is
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- $750,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.880, -99.530
Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 14, 1999
Severe thunderstorms moved east across north-central Kansas dumping large hail and even forming a brief tornado. The tornado was sighted in an open field 10 miles north of Lebanon by a trained spotter.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $110,000
- Crop damage
- $1.6 million
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS GID wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms moved east across north-central Kansas dumping large hail and even forming a brief tornado. The tornado was sighted in an open field 10 miles north of Lebanon by a trained spotter. The tornado lasted about a minute and did no damage. However, severe damage was done to wheat fields in northern Phillips county by large hail as the storms passed.
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:54 UTC.
Event by event
9 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Phillips
- When
- May 14, 8:59 PM CST
- Where
- Phillips County, 4 mi W of Phillipsburg
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- $750,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.750, -99.400
Hail, Phillips
- When
- May 14, 9:44 PM CST
- Where
- Phillips County, Logan
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.670, -99.570
Hail, Smith
- When
- May 14, 10:20 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County, 10 mi N of Smith Center
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.930, -98.780
Tornado, Smith
- When
- May 14, 10:35 PM CST to 10:36 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County, 10 mi N of Lebanon
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.970, -98.550
Hail, Phillips
- When
- May 14, 10:35 PM CST
- Where
- Phillips County, Agra
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
- Coordinates
- 39.770, -99.120
Hail, Smith
- When
- May 14, 10:42 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County, Kensington
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.770, -99.030
Hail, Rooks
- When
- May 14, 11:20 PM CST
- Where
- Rooks County, 2 mi W of Webster Res
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.380, -99.500
Hail, Rooks
- When
- May 14, 11:45 PM CST
- Where
- Rooks County, 1 mi E of Stockton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.430, -99.270
Hail, Phillips
- When
- May 14, 11:55 PM CST
- Where
- Phillips County, Speed
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
- Coordinates
- 39.680, -99.420
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.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, May 14, 1999
- Lightning Strikes in Kansas, May 14 to 15, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, May 14, 1999
- Hail in North Carolina, May 14, 1999
- Hail in Florida, May 14, 1999
- Hail in Georgia, May 14, 1999
- Hail in South Carolina, May 14, 1999
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kansas, 1999Warnings in Kansas, May 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: 5698700, 5698701, 5698702, 5698703, 5698704, 5698707, 5698705, 5698706, 5698708, 5698709.