Kansas, 2007

Hail in Kansas, October 21, 2007

October 21, 2007 · NWS ICT · 4 events in 3 counties and zones

A powerful cold front surged southeast across the area during the evening hours of October 30th. Strong to severe elevated thunderstorms developed behind the cold front across Southeast Kansas during the late evening hours, as a potent upper level disturbance approached from the west.

Where it happened

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  • Tropical storms and surge
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  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
4

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 ICT wrote it up.

A powerful cold front surged southeast across the area during the evening hours of October 30th. Strong to severe elevated thunderstorms developed behind the cold front across Southeast Kansas during the late evening hours, as a potent upper level disturbance approached from the west.

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 Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 21, 5:29 PM CST, 3 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 21, 5:29 PM CST, 3 hours 17 minutes before
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The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:47 UTC.

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Event by event

4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Chautauqua

When
October 21, 8:46 PM CST
Where
Chautauqua County, 4.42 mi W of Hewins
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
37.030, -96.500

Hail, Chautauqua

When
October 21, 9:12 PM CST
Where
Chautauqua County, 4.42 mi W of Hewins
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
37.030, -96.500

Hail, Wilson

When
October 21, 9:15 PM CST
Where
Wilson County, 4.85 mi ENE of Coyville
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
37.710, -95.820

Hail, Woodson

When
October 21, 9:27 PM CST
Where
Woodson County, 0.88 mi SW of Yates Center
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
37.870, -95.740

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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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: 61028, 61029, 61030, 61031.