Hail, Wabaunsee
- When
- October 14, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Wabaunsee County, 7 mi SW of Eskridge
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.783, -96.200
Hail in Kansas, October 14, 2000
Thunderstorms developed over northeast Kansas late in the afternoon of the 14th and continued into the evening hours. Some of the thunderstorms became severe and produced large hail.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 3
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 TOP wrote it up.
Thunderstorms developed over northeast Kansas late in the afternoon of the 14th and continued into the evening hours. Some of the thunderstorms became severe and produced large hail.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Wabaunsee
- When
- October 14, 9:18 PM CST
- Where
- Wabaunsee County, 3 mi W of Harveyville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.783, -96.017
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- October 14, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County, 1 mi SE of Buck Creek
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.033, -95.250
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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More
Every storm in Kansas in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, October 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5157478, 5157479, 5157480.