Hail, Shawnee
- When
- May 11, 7:28 PM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County, Silver Lake
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.100, -95.867
Hail and Lightning Strike in Kansas, May 11, 2000
4 hail, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- 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.
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 34 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:28 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Shawnee
- When
- May 11, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County, Silver Lake
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.100, -95.867
Lightning, Pottawatomie
- When
- May 11, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pottawatomie County, St Marys
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.379, -96.342 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning knocked out a computer system controlling the refill of the St Marys two water towers.
Hail, Shawnee
- When
- May 11, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County, 3 mi S of Rossville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.083, -95.950
Hail, Shawnee
- When
- May 11, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County, 4 mi SW of Elmont
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.133, -95.750
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 11, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, May 11 to 12, 2000
- Heat in Texas, May 11, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 11 to 12, 2000
- Tornadoes and Flood in Iowa, May 11, 2000
- Flooding and Hail in Wisconsin, May 11 to 12, 2000
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, May 11, 2000
- High Surf in California, May 11 to 12, 2000
- Hail in Iowa, May 11, 2000
- Hail and Lightning Strikes in Michigan, May 11, 2000
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 11, 2000
- Hail in Iowa, May 11, 2000
More
Every storm in Kansas in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, May 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: 5142311, 5142312, 5142313, 5142314, 5142315.