Hail, Phillips
- When
- October 13, 9:35 PM CST
- Where
- Phillips County, 2 mi SE of Long Is
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 39.930, -99.503
Hail in Kansas, October 13, 2007
Phillips County in north central Kansas was the recipient of late evening thunderstorms which produced hail ranging in size from pennies to golf balls. The hail was confined to the far northern part of the county.
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
- $30,000
- 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 GID wrote it up.
Phillips County in north central Kansas was the recipient of late evening thunderstorms which produced hail ranging in size from pennies to golf balls. The hail was confined to the far northern part of the county.
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:33 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Phillips
- When
- October 13, 9:38 PM CST to 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Phillips County, 10.5 mi N of Phillipsburg
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 39.902, -99.320
Hail, Phillips
- When
- October 13, 9:52 PM CST
- Where
- Phillips County, 4 mi NW of Prairie View
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 39.871, -99.623
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.
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More
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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: 55671, 55672, 55673.