Hail, Ellis
- When
- May 4, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Ellis County, 1 mi E of Yocemento
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.900, -99.400
Hail in Kansas, May 4, 1999
6 hail, 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
- 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.
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 136 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:00 UTC.
Event by event
6 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Ellis
- When
- May 4, 10:35 AM CST
- Where
- Ellis County, 13 mi N of Hays
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.050, -99.320
Hail, Ellis
- When
- May 4, 12:45 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County, 17 mi NE of Hays
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.030, -99.100
Hail, Ellis
- When
- May 4, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County, 4 mi NE of Emmeram
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.000, -99.080
Hail, Rush
- When
- May 4, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Rush County, 2 mi E of Timken
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.470, -99.150
Hail, Rush
- When
- May 4, 4:04 PM CST
- Where
- Rush County, 3 mi W of Otis
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.530, -99.100
What these are
- 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.
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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: 5701732, 5701733, 5701737, 5701734, 5701735, 5701736.