Thunderstorm Wind, Lyon
- When
- May 22, 10:43 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon County, Emporia Arpt
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.330, -96.180
Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 22 to 23, 1999
Severe thunderstorms developed in north central Kansas the afternoon of the 22nd and spread southeast into east central Kansas by evening. The thunderstorms produced a 30 to 40 mile wide swath of strong winds and large hail.
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
- 6
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 TOP wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms developed in north central Kansas the afternoon of the 22nd and spread southeast into east central Kansas by evening. The thunderstorms produced a 30 to 40 mile wide swath of strong winds and large hail.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Dickinson
- When
- May 22, 10:45 PM CST
- Where
- Dickinson County, Sutphen
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.050, -97.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Lyon
- When
- May 22, 10:52 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon County, 1 mi N of Hartford
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.320, -95.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Coffey
- When
- May 22, 11:05 PM CST
- Where
- Coffey County, Lebo
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.420, -95.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Coffey
- When
- May 22, 11:21 PM CST
- Where
- Coffey County, Burlington
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.200, -95.750
Hail, Lyon
- When
- May 23, 12:05 AM CST
- Where
- Lyon County, 10 mi NE of Emporia
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.500, -96.050
What these are
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 22, 1999
- Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, May 22, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 22, 1999
- Hail in Kansas, May 22, 1999
- Flash Flood and Hail in Kansas, May 22, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 22, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 22, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 22, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, May 22, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Florida, May 22, 1999
- Hail in Georgia, May 22, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 22, 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: 5698177, 5698178, 5698179, 5698180, 5698282, 5698283.