Thunderstorm Wind, Sherman
- When
- August 20, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sherman County, 5 mi N of Kanorado
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.400, -102.033
Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 20, 2000
5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 7
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 Goodland radar (KGLD), 29 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:20 UTC.
Event by event
5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Sherman
- When
- August 20, 3:48 PM CST
- Where
- Sherman County, 12 mi W of Goodland
- Measured
- 64 kt (74 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -101.933
Hail, Wallace
- When
- August 20, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Wallace County, 17 mi N of Weskan
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.117, -101.967
Hail, Greeley
- When
- August 20, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Greeley County, 16 mi NNE of Tribune
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.683, -101.633
Hail, Greeley
- When
- August 20, 7:03 PM CST
- Where
- Greeley County, 14 mi NNE of Tribune
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.650, -101.650
Hail, Wichita
- When
- August 20, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Wichita County, 13 mi NW of Leoti
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.617, -101.517
Hail, Wallace
- When
- August 20, 7:53 PM CST
- Where
- Wallace County, 11 mi S of Sharon Spgs
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.733, -101.733
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
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- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 20, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 20, 2000
- Wildfire in Oklahoma, August 20 to 26, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 20, 2000
- Flood in Florida, August 20, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 20, 2000
- Flood and Damaging Wind in Florida, August 20, 2000
More
Every storm in Kansas in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, August 2000
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: 5172807, 5172808, 5172809, 5172810, 5172811, 5172813, 5172812.