Hail, Stanton
- When
- May 24, 4:17 PM CST
- Where
- Stanton County, 5 mi E of Johnson
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.570, -101.670
Flash Flood and Hail in Kansas, May 24, 1999
14 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 17
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 Dodge City radar (KDDC), 151 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:16 UTC.
Event by event
14 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Stanton
- When
- May 24, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Stanton County, 2 mi S of Johnson
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.530, -101.750
Hail, Kearny
- When
- May 24, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kearny County, Lakin to 17 mi N of Lakin
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.180, -101.250
Hail, Kearny
- When
- May 24, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kearny County, 21 mi N of Lakin
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.250, -101.250
Also had 60 mph wind.
Thunderstorm Wind, Kearny
- When
- May 24, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kearny County, 21 mi N of Lakin
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.250, -101.250
Flash Flood, Kearny
- When
- May 24, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kearny County, 15 mi N of Lakin
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.000, -101.320 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Water was reported over highway K25.
Hail, Finney
- When
- May 24, 5:39 PM CST
- Where
- Finney County, 10 mi NNW of Garden City
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 38.100, -100.930
Hail, Kearny
- When
- May 24, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kearny County, 10 mi N of Deerfield
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.130, -101.130
Hail covered the ground.
Hail, Kearny
- When
- May 24, 6:18 PM CST
- Where
- Kearny County, 13 mi N of Lakin
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.130, -101.250
Hail, Stanton
- When
- May 24, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Stanton County, 1 mi S of Saunders
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.470, -102.030
Hail, Hodgeman
- When
- May 24, 6:53 PM CST
- Where
- Hodgeman County, Hanston to 3 mi N of Hanston
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.120, -99.670
Hail, Kearny
- When
- May 24, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Kearny County, 10 mi N of Deerfield
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.130, -101.130
Hail, Edwards
- When
- May 24, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Edwards County, 5 mi NE of Kinsley
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.970, -99.350
Hail, Grant
- When
- May 24, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County, 11 mi S of Hickok
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.400, -101.230
Hail, Kearny
- When
- May 24, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Kearny County, 3 mi W of Deerfield
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.980, -101.180
Also, had five inches of rain.
Hail, Finney
- When
- May 24, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Finney County, 5 mi SW of Pierceville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.830, -100.730
Wheat was shredded.
Thunderstorm Wind, Finney
- When
- May 24, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Finney County, 5 mi SW of Pierceville
- Measured
- 69 kt (79 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.830, -100.730
Shingles blown off and had 4 inch diameter tree limbs down.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5702274, 5702275, 5702276, 5702277, 5702278, 5702279, 5702280, 5702281, 5702282, 5702283, 5702284, 5702375, 5702376, 5702377, 5702378, 5702379, 5702380.