Hail, Phillips
- When
- June 19, 9:53 PM CST
- Where
- Phillips County, 3 mi S of Long Is
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.900, -99.533
Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 19, 2000
Thunderstorms drifted south into northern Kansas shortly before midnight and produced high winds and hail. Strong winds in the Smith Center area caused the most damage by ripping a roof from a garage and falling a few power lines.
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
- $70,000
- Crop damage
- $1.1 million
- 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 GID wrote it up.
Thunderstorms drifted south into northern Kansas shortly before midnight and produced high winds and hail. Strong winds in the Smith Center area caused the most damage by ripping a roof from a garage and falling a few power lines.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Phillips
- When
- June 19, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Phillips County, 18 mi NE of Phillipsburg
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- $400,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.933, -99.083
Hail, Smith
- When
- June 19, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County, 8 mi N of Kensington
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- $250,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.883, -99.033
Thunderstorm Wind, Smith
- When
- June 19, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County, Smith Center
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Crop damage
- $200,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.783, -98.783
Hail, Smith
- When
- June 19, 11:48 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County, 1 mi N of Lebanon
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Crop damage
- $200,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.833, -98.550
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.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Flood in North Dakota, June 19 to 27, 2000
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Nebraska, June 19, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Minnesota, June 19 to 30, 2000
- Heat in Mississippi, June 19, 2000
- Hail in Texas, June 19, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 19, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 19, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 19, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 19, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 19, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in New Mexico, June 19 to 22, 2000
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 19, 2000
More
Every storm in Kansas in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, June 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: 5176339, 5176340, 5176341, 5176342, 5176343.