Thunderstorm Wind, Ness
- When
- July 16, 1:25 PM CST
- Where
- Ness County, 4 mi NE of Bazine
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.483, -99.633
Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 16, 2000
7 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
- $57,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:27 UTC.
Event by event
7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Rush
- When
- July 16, 1:50 PM CST
- Where
- Rush County, 4 mi S of Alexander
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.417, -99.550
Power pole blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Gray
- When
- July 16, 3:22 PM CST
- Where
- Gray County, 3 mi S of Ensign
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.600, -100.233
Thunderstorm Wind, Gray
- When
- July 16, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Gray County, 3 mi SSW of Ensign
- Property damage
- $4,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.617, -100.250
Empty 3000 bushel grain bin was blown across the road.
Thunderstorm Wind, Meade
- When
- July 16, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Meade County, 11 mi SSW of Meade
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.133, -100.417
Metal roof panels blown off a building. Pivot irrigation sprinkler was overturned and trees were blown down in the area.
Thunderstorm Wind, Meade
- When
- July 16, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Meade County, 10 mi S of Meade
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.133, -100.333
Five power poles were blown down.
Hail, Morton
- When
- July 16, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Morton County, 5 mi W of Elkhart
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.000, -101.983
Thunderstorm Wind, Morton
- When
- July 16, 7:05 PM CST
- Where
- Morton County, 5 mi NNE of Elkhart
- Measured
- 69 kt (79 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.067, -101.867
Roof blown off a chicken house.
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 Flooding and Flood in Vermont, July 16 to 17, 2000
- Hail in North Carolina, July 16, 2000
- Flash Flood in Vermont, July 16 to 17, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 16, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Florida, July 16, 2000
- Flash Flood in Vermont, July 16 to 17, 2000
More
Every storm in Kansas in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, July 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: 5175881, 5175882, 5175883, 5175884, 5175885, 5175886, 5175887, 5175888.