Hail, Ellsworth
- When
- October 13, 3:36 PM CST to 3:37 PM CST
- Where
- Ellsworth County, 0.69 mi N of Ellsworth
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 38.740, -98.230
Hail in Kansas, October 13, 2012
Multicell storms moved across portions of Central and South Central Kansas producing lower end severe criteria hail.
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Multicell storms moved across portions of Central and South Central Kansas producing lower end severe criteria hail.
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 13, 12:59 PM CST, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 13, 12:59 PM CST, 2 hours 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 159 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012 .DISCUSSION... MAIN FORECAST HIGHLIGHT IS STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. THIS AFTERNOON-TONIGHT...MAIN QUESTION REGARDING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MAGNITUDE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING IS EXTENT OF LOW CLOUDS AND ASSOCIATED DESTABILIZATION. MUCH OF THE AREA STILL REMAINS SOCKED IN WITH LOW CLOUDS DUE TO A VERY MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER. HOWEVER...PER VISIBLE SATELLITE TRENDS...THERE APPEARS TO BE SOME THINNING/BREAKS IN OVERCAST STEADILY INCREASING FROM SOUTH-CENTRAL KS SOUTH INTO WESTERN OK. THINKING THIS TREND SHOULD SLOWLY CONTINUE EASTWARD AS AFTERNOON PROGRESSES...ALLOWING FOR MLCAPES UP TO 1500-2000 J/KG. AREAS OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEAST KS THROUGH MID/LATE AFTERNOON IN ZONE OF STRONG MOISTURE TRANSPORT UNDERNEATH UPPER DIFFLUENCE...BUT THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD ONLY POSE A MARGINAL HAIL THREAT AT BEST...ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. THINKING SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL WILL INCREASE GENERALLY ALONG/WEST OF THE I-135/35 CORRIDOR BY MID/LATE AFTERNOON...AS STRONG MID-LEVEL COOLING BEGINS TO OVERSPREAD A SHARPENING DRYLINE/PACIFIC COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS ARE LIKELY GIVEN THE AFOREMENTIONED INSTABILITY IN TANDEM WITH THE STRONG DEEP LAYER FORCING AND 50-60 KTS DEEP LAYER SHEAR. THINKING DOMINANT STORM MODE WILL BE LINE SEGMENTS WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELL STRUCTURES DUE TO DEEP LAYER SHEAR VECTOR'S SHALLOW ANGLE ACROSS THE DRYLINE. HOWEVER...SHEAR VECTOR SHOULD BE A BIT MORE PERPENDICULAR TO DRYLINE FROM SOUTH-CENTRAL KS INTO WESTERN OK...WHICH WOULD FAVOR A FEW MORE DISCRETE SUPERCELLS...WITH NORTHEAST STORM MOTIONS BRINGING THIS ACTIVITY INTO SOUTH-CENTRAL/PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KS. GIVEN LOW CLOUD BASES...STRONG LOW-LEVEL SHEAR AND MODEST/STRONG LOW-LEVEL CAPE...A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE...EVEN FURTHER NORTH INTO CENTRAL/EAST-CENTRAL KS. OTHER THREATS WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR INTENSE STRAIGHT-LINE DAMAGING WINDS WITH ANY INTENSE LINE/BOW SEGMENTS...ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL...ALTHOUGH LARGE HAIL WILL BE CONFINED TO ROTATING STORMS. TORNADO/HAIL THREAT SHOULD TEND TO WAVE BY LATE EVENING...AS ACTIVITY CONGEALS INTO ONE OR MORE SQUALL LINES OVER EASTERN KS...WITH A CONTINUED THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS. ALL ACTIVITY SHOULD EXIT FAR EAST/SOUTHEAST KS AROUND MIDNIGHT OR SHORTLY AFTER. ADDITIONALLY...COULD ALSO SEE SOME LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING OF TYPICAL FLOOD-PRONE AREAS OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. ONCE THIS SYSTEM EXITS...FAIRLY NICE FALL WEATHER ANTICIPATED THROUGH TUE/WED...WITH DRY WEATHER AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S/LOW 80S. STOUT/GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ANTICIPATED SUNDAY IN WAKE OF THIS STORM SYSTEM. MOST MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE AND ASSOCIATED GFS ENSEMBLE MEMBERS STRONGLY SUGGEST A PRETTY GOOD COOL DOWN FROM WED AND BEYOND...AS A DEEP TROUGH DIGS SOUTH AND AMPLIFIES ACROSS THE CENTRAL/EASTERN CONUS. ALTHOUGH THERE REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY...LATEST GFS/ECMWF WOULD INDICATE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S-LOW 60S THU-SAT. NORMAL HIGHS THIS TIME OF YEAR ARE IN THE UPPER 60S-LOW 70S. ADK && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 53 76 48 81 / 60 0 0 0 HUTCHINSON 52 77 47 81 / 40 0 0 0 NEWTON 53 76 48 79 / 60 0 0 0 ELDORADO 53 76 48 79 / 80 10 0 0 WINFIELD-KWLD 55 77 49 80 / 80 0 0 0 RUSSELL 49 76 45 82 / 20 0 0 0 GREAT BEND 50 76 46 82 / 20 0 0 0 SALINA 52 76 48 81 / 40 0 0 0 MCPHERSON 52 76 47 80 / 40 0 0 0 COFFEYVILLE 58 78 50 79 / 90 10 0 0 CHANUTE 56 76 49 78 / 90 10 0 0 IOLA 56 76 49 77 / 90 10 0 0 PARSONS-KPPF 56 77 49 79 / 90 10 0 0 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 13, 12:51 PM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 151 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-141900- RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE- RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER- SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- 151 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST EAST OF I-35 FOR MOST OF THE AFTERNOON. AN ISOLATED STRONG STORM WITH SMALL HAIL AND WINDS TO 45 MPH CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. THE SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...ROUGHLY ALONG OR WEST OF HIGHWAY 14...AND SPREAD RAPIDLY NORTHEAST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE MOST LIKELY THREAT WILL BE 60 TO 70 MPH DAMAGING WINDS. GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THE GREATEST TORNADO THREAT IS IN THE AREA ROUGHLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM HUTCHINSON TO MARION...AND NORTHWEST OF OF A LINE FROM YATES CENTER TO SEDAN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE FLINT HILLS INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS. AT THIS TIME...SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP HOWERTON
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 13, 10:09 AM CST, 5 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1109 AM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
KSZ094-098-099-131715-
CHAUTAUQUA-ELK-MONTGOMERY-
1109 AM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHAUTAUQUA...ELK AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...
AT 1106 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CHAUTAUQUA...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF
SEDAN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
&&
LAT...LON 3701 9643 3738 9623 3738 9574 3701 9575
3699 9583 3699 9639
TIME...MOT...LOC 1609Z 227DEG 41KT 3703 9619
SMITHSpecial weather statement, Oct 13, 2:11 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
311 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
KSZ091-092-132045-
HARPER-SUMNER-
311 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HARPER AND SUMNER COUNTIES...
AT 309 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BLUFF CITY...OR 7 MILES EAST OF ANTHONY...
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
&&
LAT...LON 3700 9807 3739 9783 3739 9781 3743 9781
3747 9779 3746 9737 3700 9762
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 219DEG 47KT 3715 9787
JAKUBSpecial weather statement, Oct 13, 2:47 PM CST, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
347 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
KSZ083-092-132115-
SEDGWICK-SUMNER-
347 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SEDGWICK AND SUMNER COUNTIES...
AT 346 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF CONWAY SPRINGS...OR 11 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WELLINGTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
&&
LAT...LON 3777 9734 3771 9715 3747 9716 3712 9751
3733 9779
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 224DEG 43KT 3740 9751
JAKUBSpecial weather statement, Oct 13, 2:59 PM CST, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
359 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
KSZ033-047-048-132130-
BARTON-ELLSWORTH-LINCOLN-
359 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BARTON...ELLSWORTH AND LINCOLN COUNTIES...
AT 355 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CLAFLIN...OR 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREAT
BEND...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
&&
LAT...LON 3844 9892 3870 9856 3870 9849 3875 9849
3896 9819 3880 9801 3852 9838 3852 9848
3844 9848 3828 9870
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 224DEG 43KT 3854 9849
JAKUBSpecial weather statement, Oct 13, 3:24 PM CST, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
424 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
KSZ048>050-132215-
ELLSWORTH-RICE-SALINE-
424 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ELLSWORTH...RICE AND SALINE COUNTIES...
AT 419 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF GENESEO...OR 21 MILES SOUTH OF
ELLSWORTH...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
&&
LAT...LON 3877 9768 3861 9784 3861 9793 3852 9793
3834 9810 3847 9830 3890 9790
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 222DEG 39KT 3847 9812The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 139 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:33 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Sedgwick
- When
- October 13, 4:13 PM CST to 4:14 PM CST
- Where
- Sedgwick County, 0.55 mi E of Mt Hope
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 37.870, -97.660
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
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, October 13, 2012
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, October 13, 2012
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Oklahoma, October 13, 2012
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, October 13 to 14, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Texas, October 13, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, October 13, 2012
- High Wind in Montana, October 13 to 16, 2012
- Frost and Freeze in Virginia, October 13, 2012
- Frost and Freeze in West Virginia, October 13, 2012
- Frost and Freeze in Maryland, October 13, 2012
- Hail and Heavy Rain in Iowa, October 13 to 14, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, October 13, 2012
More
Every storm in Kansas in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, October 2012
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: 418225, 418226.