Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, February 24 to 25, 2000

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, February 24 to 25, 2000
Start: 2000-02-24T22:30
End: 2000-02-25T14:15
Location: Kansas

February 24 to 25, 2000 · NWS ICT · 14 events in 8 counties and zones

8 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 14 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 1
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $167,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 14

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

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Event by event

8 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Barton

When: February 24, 10:30 PM CST
Where: Barton County, Great Bend
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.479, -98.756 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Estimated 70 mph winds hit northwest Great Bend damaging a telephone pole, fences and a chimney (blown down).

Hail, Reno

When: February 24, 11:55 PM CST
Where: Reno County, 2 mi N of Plevna
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.953, -98.086 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Kingman

When: February 25, 12:31 AM CST
Where: Kingman County, Penalosa
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.559, -98.136 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Reno

When: February 25, 1:10 AM CST
Where: Reno County, 2 mi SE of Pretty Prairie
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.953, -98.086 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Reno

When: February 25, 1:15 AM CST
Where: Reno County, Willowbrook
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 37.953, -98.086 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Reno

When: February 25, 1:15 AM CST
Where: Reno County, Haven
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 37.953, -98.086 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Reno

When: February 25, 1:15 AM CST
Where: Reno County, 4 mi W of Pretty Prairie
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 37.953, -98.086 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Harvey

When: February 25, 1:32 AM CST
Where: Harvey County, 1 mi SW of Patterson
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.043, -97.427 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Sedgwick

When: February 25, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Sedgwick County, 1 mi SW of Mt Hope
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 37.685, -97.461 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Sedgwick

When: February 25, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Sedgwick County, 2 mi W of Mt Hope
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 37.685, -97.461 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Neosho

When: February 25, 7:30 AM CST
Where: Neosho County, Chanute
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Property damage: $75,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 37.559, -95.307 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A storage building under construction collapsed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Wilson

When: February 25, 7:30 AM CST
Where: Wilson County, Altoona
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Property damage: $15,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 37.559, -95.743 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A pole barn and some of it's contents were destroyed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Labette

When: February 25, 8:10 AM CST
Where: Labette County, 1 mi NW of Bartlett
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Property damage: $25,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 37.191, -95.298 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Estimated 70 mph winds lifted sections of a barn roof, twisted and mangled several hedge trees and broke numerous 8-10 inch diameter tree limbs.

High Wind, Sedgwick

When: February 25, 2:15 PM CST
Where: Sedgwick forecast zone
Measured: 35 kt (40 mph)
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 37.685, -97.461 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A 50-foot locust tree was blown down at a golf course. The tree fell onto a golf cart, killing the driver instantly.

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
High Wind, Sedgwick	2000-02-25	57	Male	Under Tree	Direct

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.
High Wind: Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Kansas in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in Kansas, February 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: 5127199, 5127192, 5127193, 5127194, 5127195, 5127196, 5127197, 5127198, 5127190, 5127191, 5127201, 5127202, 5127200, 5127203.