Hail, Pottawatomie
- When
- May 30, 10:17 PM CST
- Where
- Pottawatomie County, 3 mi N of St George
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.250, -96.430
Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 30, 1999
Severe thunderstorms moved southeast from north central Kansas and produced numerous reports of large hail and several reports of strong winds. A wind gust to 87 mph was measured in central Riley county .
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
- 2
- Property damage
- $5,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS TOP wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms moved southeast from north central Kansas and produced numerous reports of large hail and several reports of strong winds. A wind gust to 87 mph was measured in central Riley county . A wind gust of 60 mph damaged trailers and injured 2 people at Clinton Lake Park.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Geary
- When
- May 30, 10:21 PM CST
- Where
- Geary County, Junction City
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.030, -96.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Douglas
- When
- May 30, 10:50 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas County, Clinton
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.920, -95.380
Strong winds damaged 7 trailers and injured 2 people at Clinton Lake Park.
Thunderstorm Wind, Shawnee
- When
- May 30, 11:05 PM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County, 5 mi SE of Topeka
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.000, -95.620
Hail, Shawnee
- When
- May 30, 11:05 PM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County, 5 mi SE of Topeka
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.000, -95.620
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.
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: 5698306, 5698307, 5698310, 5698308, 5698309.