Hail, Atchison
- When
- March 26, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Atchison County, Effingham
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 39.517, -95.400
Hail in Kansas, March 26, 2000
A cold front triggered severe thunderstorms in northeast Kansas on the afternoon of March 26. Several storms produced large hail, ranging from dime size to ping-pong ball size.
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS EAX wrote it up.
A cold front triggered severe thunderstorms in northeast Kansas on the afternoon of March 26. Several storms produced large hail, ranging from dime size to ping-pong ball size.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
6 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Leavenworth
- When
- March 26, 3:44 PM CST
- Where
- Leavenworth County, Leavenworth
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 39.317, -94.917
Hail, Wyandotte
- When
- March 26, 3:58 PM CST
- Where
- Wyandotte County, Kansas City
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 39.117, -94.667
Hail, Wyandotte
- When
- March 26, 4:11 PM CST
- Where
- Wyandotte County, Kansas City
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 39.117, -94.667
Hail, Johnson
- When
- March 26, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County, Olathe
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 38.883, -94.817
Hail, Johnson
- When
- March 26, 4:27 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County, Stanley
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 38.850, -94.650
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.
The same day elsewhere
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, March 26, 2000
- Flash Flood in Georgia, March 26, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, March 26, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 26, 2000
- Tornado in Missouri, March 26, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, March 26, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Connecticut, March 26, 2000
- Tornadoes in Texas, March 26, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, March 26, 2000
More
Every storm in Kansas in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, March 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: 5137927, 5137347, 5137930, 5137931, 5137928, 5137929.