Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 22, 2007

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 22, 2007
Start: 2007-05-22T20:00
End: 2007-05-22T21:30
Location: Kansas

May 22, 2007 · NWS GID · 3 events in 2 counties and zones

A few evening thunderstorms rumbled across north-central Kansas. A couple of the storms got quite strong.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: $100,000
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 GID wrote it up.

A few evening thunderstorms rumbled across north-central Kansas. A couple of the storms got quite strong. One produced some quarter sized hail near Palco and Zurich in Rooks county and another produce 60 mph winds in northeast Phillips county.

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.

NWS Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 22, 5:30 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 22, 5:30 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
630 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007

.AVIATION...MAIN CONCERN FOR THIS PERIOD IS THUNDERSTORMS. SOME
THUNDERSTORMS ARE TO THE WEST OF THE KGRI AND SHOULD MOVE INTO THE
TERMINAL AREA AFTER 8 PM. LOW CLOUDS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT. BY MORNING THE CLOUDS SHOULD
LIFT ABOVE 3000 FT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP
TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 312 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007/

SHORT TERM...AN ACTIVE WEATHER NIGHT SHAPING UP FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA INTO NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AS A STRONG UPPER WAVE OVER THE
NORTHERN ROCKIES BEGINS TO SLIDE EAST INTO THE PLAINS.  THIS WILL
PUSH A COLD FRONT CURRENTLY ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS EAST INTO SOUTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING.   DEEP LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE IS ALREADY SEEN AHEAD OF THIS BOUNDARY WITH SURFACE
DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S SEEN ACROSS THE AREA.  GIVEN
STRONG UPPER FORCING ALONG WITH GOOD MOISTURE CONVERGENCE ALONG THE
BOUNDARY...CONVECTION LOOKS LIKELY TO INITIALLY DEVELOP LATE THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING FOR AREAS WEST OF HIGHWAY 281. WITH ML
CAPE VALUES OF 2000 TO 3000 J/KG AHEAD OF THIS FRONT AND 30 TO 40
KNOT DEEP LAYER SHEAR...THE POTENTIAL FOR THESE STORMS TO BECOME
SEVERE LOOKS VERY LIKELY.  SUPERCELLS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS LOOK VERY POSSIBLE ALONG WITH AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO.  THE
BIGGER PROBLEM AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES INVOLVES FLASH FLOOD
POTENTIAL AS PW VALUES AROUND 150 PERCENT NORMAL ALONG WITH A
TRAINING CONVECTION MAKES IT LOOK VERY FAVORABLE FOR FLASH
FLOODING.  BASED ON THIS...ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ENTIRE
AREA THROUGH TONIGHT.

AS THE AREA PROGRESSES INTO TOMORROW...THE FRONT IS SHOWN TO STALL
JUST SOUTHEAST OF A HEBRON TO BELOIT LINE AS OVERNIGHT CONVECTION
BEGINS TO SLIDE EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA.  EXPECT THIS WILL BRING A
CLOUDY AND COOLER DAY TO THE FORECAST AREA AS DECENT COLD ADVECTION
BEHIND THE FRONT DROPS TEMPERATURES BACK INTO THE 60S TO LOWER 70S
FOR HIGHS.  AN OCCASIONAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM BEHIND THE FRONT
LOOKS POSSIBLE THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY ALTHOUGH ACTIVITY WILL BEGIN
TO PICK UP AFTER DARK WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS A 40 TO 55 KT LLJ IS SHOWN
TO DEVELOP INTO THE FRONT.  ANTICIPATE CONVECTION ROLLING OUT OF THE
HIGH PLAINS DURING THE EVENING WILL START TO FEED OFF OF THIS LLJ
WITH A LARGE MCS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE REGION.  SEVERE THREAT SHOULD
BE DECENT WITH THIS MCS ALTHOUGH MAINLY LIMITED TO HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS.  HOWEVER...FLOODING WILL BE A PROBLEM AS PW VALUES WILL
REMAIN HIGH WHILE QPF VALUES LOOK TO BE OVER 2 TO 3 INCHES FOR
SEVERAL AREAS SOUTH OF A YORK TO PHILLIPSBURG LINE.

LONG TERM...12Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. MAIN FORECAST CONCERN
WILL BE INTERMITTENT CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE PERIOD.

AN UPPER WAVE WILL BE MOVING OUT OF THE AREA THURSDAY MORNING. THERE
WILL BE SOME REMAINING THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY MORNING BUT THEY
SHOULD COME TO AN END BY NOON AS THE UPPER WAVE MOVES TO THE EAST.

A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM SLIDES THROUGH THE AREA THURSDAY AND
THURSDAY NIGHT. BY FRIDAY THE WINDS WILL HAVE TURNED TO THE SOUTH
AND INCREASED...BRINGING IN ADDITIONAL MOISTURE. A WEAK UPPER WAVE
SLIDES THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING AND EXPECT THAT THERE MAY BE SOME
THUNDERSTORMS AROUND. BY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED
TO MOVE INTO THE FORECAST AREA WITH ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS
AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.

LATE IN THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES
SLIDE THROUGH THE AREA. WITH PLENTY OF AVAILABLE MOISTURE THERE IS A
CHANCE FOR SOME THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE MODELS HAVE
SOME DIFFERENCES IN TIMING AND LOCATION OF THE SURFACE FRONTS THAT
ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. THE FRONT THAT MOVES THROUGH
SATURDAY STALLS JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA SUNDAY. THE
NEXT FRONT SHOULD MOVE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. IT WILL NOT BE RAINING
ALL THE TIME...BUT THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE TIMING OF THE SHORT WAVES
AND SURFACE BOUNDARIES INDICATES THAT THERE WOULD BE A CHANCE FOR
PRECIPITATION.

&&

.GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 AM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR NEZ039>041-
     046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087.

KS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 AM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR KSZ005>007-
     017>019.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 3:30 PM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
430 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007

KSZ005-006-017-018-NEZ039-046-060-061-072>074-082>084-231100-
BUFFALO-DAWSON-FRANKLIN-FURNAS-GOSPER-HARLAN-KEARNEY-OSBORNE-PHELPS-
PHILLIPS-ROOKS-SHERMAN-SMITH-VALLEY-
430 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS WEST OF A LINE FROM ORD NEBRASKA
TO KEARNEY TO FRANKLIN NEBRASKA TO OSBORNE KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OR MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING AND
CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. LARGE HAIL IN EXCESS OF THE
SIZE OF GOLFBALLS AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED
TORNADOES.

IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL WITH SOME ISOLATED AREAS SEEING
AMOUNTS UP TO 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT. THIS MAY RESULT IN SOME AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

AN INTERMITTENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM WILL EXIST THROUGH THE ENTIRE
PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED TONIGHT. EMERGENCY MANAGERS...LAW ENFORCEMENT
AND SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR CONDITIONS AND DEPLOY
AS STORMS GET CLOSER.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE:
   HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS  (ALL LOWERCASE)

KSZ007-019-NEZ040-041-047>049-062>064-075>077-085>087-231100-
ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-GREELEY-HALL-HAMILTON-HOWARD-JEWELL-MERRICK-
MITCHELL-NANCE-NUCKOLLS-POLK-THAYER-WEBSTER-YORK-
430 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS EAST OF A LINE FROM GREELEY
NEBRASKA TO GRAND ISLAND TO RED CLOUD NEBRASKA TO BELOIT KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OR MOVE INTO THE REGION THIS
EVENING. LARGE HAIL IN EXCESS OF THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...
CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES.

IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL WITH SOME ISOLATED AREAS SEEING
AMOUNTS UP TO 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT. THIS MAY RESULT IN SOME AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST ONCE AGAIN
WEDNESDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT GENERALLY SOUTH OF A YORK NEBRASKA
TO RED CLOUD NEBRASKA TO BELOIT KANSAS LINE. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH FLASH FLOODING WILL ALL BE
POSSIBLE.

AN INTERMITTENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM WILL EXIST THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED TONIGHT. EMERGENCY MANAGERS...LAW ENFORCEMENT
AND SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR CONDITIONS AND BE
READY TO DEPLOY AS STORMS APPROACH.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE:
   HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS  (ALL LOWERCASE)

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 22, 7:22 PM CST, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
822 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007

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

0821 PM     HAIL             HOLDREGE                40.44N 99.38W
05/22/2007  E0.75 INCH       PHELPS             NE   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

PFANNKUCH

Local storm report, May 22, 7:24 PM CST, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
824 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007

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

0819 PM     HAIL             3 W RAGAN               40.31N 99.35W
05/22/2007  E0.25 INCH       HARLAN             NE   PUBLIC

            DRIFTS OF PEA SIZED HAIL

&&

PFANNKUCH

Local storm report, May 22, 7:35 PM CST, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
835 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007

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

0835 PM     HAIL             WILCOX                  40.36N 99.17W
05/22/2007  E0.75 INCH       KEARNEY            NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

PFANNKUCH

Special weather statement, May 22, 7:39 PM CST, 21 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
839 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007

NEZ046-230215-
SHERMAN-
839 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT FOR SHERMAN COUNTY...

AT 835 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LITCHFIELD...OR 35 MILES NORTH OF KEARNEY...
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LOUP CITY BY 855 PM CDT

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

Local storm report, May 22, 7:40 PM CST, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
840 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007

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

0838 PM     HAIL             HUNTLEY                 40.21N 99.29W
05/22/2007  E0.75 INCH       HARLAN             NE   PUBLIC

&&

PFANNKUCH

Local storm report, May 22, 7:53 PM CST, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
853 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007

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

0852 PM     HAIL             5 N LOUP CITY           41.35N 98.97W
05/22/2007  E1.50 INCH       SHERMAN            NE   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

PFANNKUCH

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 158 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:01 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Rooks

When: May 22, 8:00 PM CST
Where: Rooks County, 4 mi S of Palco
Measured: 1 in hail
Crop damage: $50,000
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 39.192, -99.570

Hail, Rooks

When: May 22, 8:15 PM CST
Where: Rooks County, 3 mi S of Zurich
Measured: 1 in hail
Crop damage: $50,000
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 39.187, -99.430

Thunderstorm Wind, Phillips

When: May 22, 9:30 PM CST
Where: Phillips County, 12 mi N of Gretna
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 39.944, -99.220

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Kansas in 2007 Every state in 2007 This day in weather history Warnings in Kansas, May 2007

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: 36876, 36874, 36878.