Hail in Kansas, July 7, 2004

Name: Hail in Kansas, July 7, 2004
Start: 2004-07-07T15:03
End: 2004-07-07T15:42
Location: Kansas

July 7, 2004 · NWS TOP · 5 events in 2 counties and zones

5 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.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 1:35 PM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
235 PM CDT WED JUL 7 2004

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-081000-
ANDERSON-BROWN-CLAY-CLOUD-COFFEY-DICKINSON-DOUGLAS-FRANKLIN-GEARY-
JACKSON-JEFFERSON-LYON-MARSHALL-MORRIS-NEMAHA-OSAGE-OTTAWA-
POTTAWATOMIE-REPUBLIC-RILEY-SHAWNEE-WABAUNSEE-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABILENE...CLAY CENTER...CONCORDIA...
EMPORIA...HIAWATHA...JUNCTION CITY...LAWRENCE...MANHATTAN...
MARYSVILLE...OTTAWA AND TOPEKA
235 PM CDT WED JUL 7 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND
EAST CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 24 THIS
AFTERNOON THEN OVER ALL THE AREA TONIGHT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS
MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE...MAINLY
OVER NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON THEN OVER ALL THE AREA
TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST AND EAST
CENTRAL KANSAS THURSDAY MORNING. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE
SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY NIGHT...AND ACROSS A PART OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL
KANSAS ON SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OVER NORTHCENTRAL
KANSAS THEN OVER ALL THE AREA TONIGHT.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE:
   HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/TOP  (ALL LOWER CASE)

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 7, 1:44 PM CST, 1 hour 19 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
244 PM CDT WED JUL 7 2004

KSZ008-020-021-034>037-080100-
CLAY-CLOUD-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-OTTAWA-REPUBLIC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABILENE...CLAY CENTER...CONCORDIA AND
JUNCTION CITY
244 PM CDT WED JUL 7 2004

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 587 REMAINS IN EFFECT...

THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

  REPUBLIC              CLOUD                 CLAY
  OTTAWA                GEARY                 DICKINSON
  MORRIS

SOME CITIES STILL IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH...

  ABILENE               JUNCTION CITY         CLAY CENTER
  CONCORDIA

Local storm report, Jul 7, 2:44 PM CST, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
344 PM CDT WED JUL 07 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0338 PM     HAIL             3 W JAMESTOWN           39.60N 97.92W
07/07/2004  1.00 INCH        CLOUD              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

Local storm report, Jul 7, 2:49 PM CST, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
349 PM CDT WED JUL 07 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0336 PM     HAIL             1 N JAMESTOWN           39.61N 97.86W
07/07/2004  0.88 INCH        CLOUD              KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            20TH AND UNION ROAD

&&

SMB

Local storm report, Jul 7, 2:52 PM CST, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
352 PM CDT WED JUL 07 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0345 PM     HAIL             3 SW JAMESTOWN          39.57N 97.90W
07/07/2004  0.75 INCH        CLOUD              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

AWIPSUSR

Local storm report, Jul 7, 2:59 PM CST, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
359 PM CDT WED JUL 07 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0351 PM     HAIL             1 NW GLASCO             39.37N 97.85W
07/07/2004  0.88 INCH        CLOUD              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

0353 PM     HAIL             3 ESE JAMESTOWN         39.58N 97.81W
07/07/2004  1.00 INCH        CLOUD              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ALSO REPORTED TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN MITCHELL COUNTY

&&

SMB

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:02 UTC.

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Event by event

5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Cloud

When: July 7, 3:03 PM CST
Where: Cloud County, Glasco
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 39.367, -97.850

Hail, Cloud

When: July 7, 3:10 PM CST
Where: Cloud County, Glasco
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 39.367, -97.850

Hail, Ottawa

When: July 7, 3:20 PM CST
Where: Ottawa County, 7 mi N of Ada
Measured: 2.5 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 39.250, -97.900

Hail, Ottawa

When: July 7, 3:28 PM CST
Where: Ottawa County, Delphos
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 39.283, -97.767

Hail, Ottawa

When: July 7, 3:42 PM CST
Where: Ottawa County, 2 mi NW of Minneapolis
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 39.150, -97.750

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Kansas in 2004 Every state in 2004 This day in weather history Warnings in Kansas, July 2004

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: 5405167, 5405233, 5405234, 5405235, 5405236.