Hail in Kansas, April 8, 2013

Name: Hail in Kansas, April 8, 2013
Start: 2013-04-08T18:55
End: 2013-04-08T19:18
Location: Kansas

April 8, 2013 · NWS GLD · 3 events in 1 county or zone

Thunderstorms developed by mid-afternoon in eastern Colorado and later moved into northwest Kansas and southwest Nebraska. Several reports of large hail were received west of St Francis, some up to two inches in diameter.

Where it happened

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Tropical storms and surge
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Wind
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Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
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 GLD wrote it up.

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 Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 8, 5:11 PM CST, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 5:11 PM CST, 1 hour 44 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
511 PM MDT MON APR 8 2013

.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 459 PM MDT MON APR 8 2013

BASED ON CURRENT STORM MOVEMENT/DEVELOPMENT HAVE EXTENDED THE SVR
THUNDERSTORM WATCH INTO SHERMAN...CHEYENNE AND DUNDY COUNTIES. THE
WATCH LASTS UNTIL 9PM MDT.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 257 PM MDT MON APR 8 2013

AN UPPER LOW WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST UTAH TONIGHT AND THE 4-CORNERS
REGION TUESDAY. BY TUESDAY NIGHT THE UPPER LOW WILL BE OVER THE
SOUTHEAST CORNER OF WYOMING AND INTO THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE
WEDNESDAY. THE LOW WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS WEDNESDAY NIGHT
AND INTO THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY THURSDAY. SURFACE LOW PRESSURE
WILL BE OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO TONIGHT WITH A COLD FRONT ENTERING
NORTHEAST COLORADO. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING. BY AFTERNOON, THE FRONT WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL
KANSAS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS TUESDAY
NIGHT AND CONTINUE OVER THE REGION THROUGH THURSDAY.

FOR THIS EVENING EXPECT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING ACROSS THE
AREA. CURRENT RADAR DETECTING STORMS OVER EASTERN COLORADO. STORMS
WILL MOVE NORTHEAST PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND.
SHORTWAVE SHOULD MOVE THROUGH QUICKLY AND CONVECTIVE INHIBITION SETS
IN BY 03Z WITH SEVERE THREAT ENDING. SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE
ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHWEST ZONES. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE
NORTHWEST AROUND MIDNIGHT WITH PRECIPITATION CHANGING OVER TO SNOW
RATHER QUICKLY. FORECAST SOUNDINGS ARE INDICATING THAT MID AND UPPER
LEVELS WILL BE DRY FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH ABOUT NOON TUESDAY.
THIS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE. IN FACT, THERE
MAY BE MORE LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE THAN ANYTHING ELSE UNTIL TUESDAY
AFTERNOON WHEN THE SOUNDING SATURATES WITH ICE.  SNOW WILL MOVE
THROUGH THE FA IN EARNEST TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW CHANCES WILL
DECREASE SOME FROM SOUTH TO NORTH TUESDAY EVENING AS THE UPPER LOW
SHIFTS INTO SOUTHEAST WYOMING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF AND
FINALLY END DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE EVENT
WILL RANGE FROM 4-7 INCHES IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF YUMA COUNTY
COLORADO WITH 1-3 INCHES WEST OF A LINE FROM TRENTON NEBRASKA TO
CHEYENNE WELLS COLORADO. AMOUNTS EAST OF THAT LINE WILL RANGE UP TO
AN INCH. BECAUSE OF THE HIGH AMOUNTS IN YUMA COUNTY AND STRONG WIND
WILL ISSUE A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THAT COUNTY. AMOUNTS UP TO 3
INCHES AND WIND WILL FAVOR A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY OVER DUNDY
COUNTY NEBRASKA AND CHEYENNE COUNTY KANSAS. STRONG WIND WITH THE
FRONT WILL NECESSITATE A WIND ADVISORY FOR ALL OTHER ZONES FOR
TUESDAY. SEE DETAILS BELOW.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY SHOULD BE DRY. THE GFS/NAM BOTH
INDICATED SOME LIGHT QPF FOR THE WEDNESDAY NIGHT PERIOD BUT LEFT
THAT OUT FOR NOW SINCE THE MAIN SYSTEM SHOULD BE EAST OF THE FA.
SUBSIDENCE WILL BE IN PLACE THURSDAY.

MAX TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 20S TO MID 40S TUESDAY.
HIGH TEMPERATURES THURSDAY WILL BE IN THE LOWER 30S MODERATING TO
THE MID 40S THURSDAY. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE TEENS TO
THE LOWER 20S.

.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 257 PM MDT MON APR 8 2013

NORTHWEST FLOW WILL BRING SOME WEAK DISTURBANCES THROUGH DURING THIS
PART OF THE FORECAST. THE FIRST WAVE COMES THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AND
THE SECOND SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY. MOISTURE IS MARGINAL AND DYNAMICS
ARE WEAK FOR FRIDAY NIGHT.  THE SYSTEM THAT COMES THROUGH SUNDAY
NIGHT/MONDAY LOOKS MORE FAVORABLE BUT SINCE IT IS SEVERAL DAYS OUT
WILL HOLD TO SLIGHT CHANCE POPS. SLIGHT CHANCE POPS SHOULD WORK FOR
THE FRIDAY NIGHT SYSTEM AS WELL.

MIN TEMPERATURES THURSDAY NIGHT WILL BE IN THE MID 20S. A WARMING
TREND WILL MODERATE LOWS FROM THE LOWER 30S FRIDAY NIGHT TO THE
UPPER 30S MONDAY NIGHT. HIGH TEMPERATURES FRIDAY WILL BE IN THE
LOWER 50S WARMING TO THE 60S SATURDAY AND CONTINUING IN THE 60S
THROUGH MONDAY.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z TUESDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 507 PM MDT MON APR 8 2013

COMPLICATED WEATHER SITUATION UNDERWAY AS FRONT DRAPED ACROSS THE
AREA JUST TO THE SOUTH OF GLD. GIVEN RECENT TRENDS...SEEMS
UNLIKELY A THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT THIS TERMINAL...BUT AS FORCING
INCREASES OVERNIGHT EXPECT BETTER POTENTIAL AT MCK.
OTHERWISE...STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS AREA BTWN 07 AND
10Z DROPPING TEMPS SIG AND BRINGING IFR/LOW MVFR CEILING. GIVEN
THE EXPECTED TEMP PROFILES...WILL BE A DRIZZLE/FREEZING DRIZZLE
THREAT FOR THE MORNING HOURS BEFORE LOW LEVELS COOL BELOW -10C
RESULTING IN LIGHT SNOW FORMATION. WINDS WILL BE STRONG BOTH AHEAD
AND BEHIND FRONT WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 39 KTS POSSIBLE.

&&

.GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KS...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 1 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY
     FOR KSZ001.

     WIND ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT MDT /1 AM CDT/ TONIGHT TO 7 PM MDT
     /8 PM CDT/ TUESDAY FOR KSZ002>004-013>016-027>029-041-042.

CO...WIND ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR
     COZ091-092.

     WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY
     FOR COZ090.

NE...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM MDT
     WEDNESDAY FOR NEZ079.

     WIND ADVISORY FROM 1 AM TO 8 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR NEZ080-081.

&&

UPDATE...JTL
SHORT TERM...FS/JTL
LONG TERM...FS
AVIATION...JRM

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 8, 3:05 PM CST, 3 hours 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
305 PM MDT MON APR 8 2013

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-091700-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
305 PM MDT MON APR 8 2013 /405 PM CDT MON APR 8 2013/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS
MAY PRODUCE TORNADOES MAINLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 24 IN NORTHWEST
KANSAS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. SEVERE
OUTFLOW WINDS WILL BE A POSSIBILITY WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP.

MUCH COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT BEHIND A COLD
FRONT CAUSING RAIN TO CHANGE TO SNOW.  IN ADDITION THERE WILL BE
PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE LATE TONIGHT FOR LOCATIONS WEST OF HIGHWAY
27.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

TUESDAY PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE DURING THE MORNING FOR
LOCATIONS WEST OF A LEOTI TO OBERLIN AND MCCOOK LINE. DURING THE
AFTERNOON THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW...WITH ANY
LINGERING ACTIVITY TAPERING OFF FROM THE WEST TO THE EAST WEDNESDAY
MORNING.

TUESDAY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL GUST AROUND 40 MPH...WHICH WILL CREATE
AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON AND MAY REDUCE
VISIBILITIES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY
EVENING. PLEASE DIRECT ANY STORM REPORTS TO THE WEATHER OFFICE IN GOODLAND.

JTL

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 8, 5:37 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
537 PM MDT MON APR 08 2013

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

0527 PM     TSTM WND GST     10 N BURLINGTON         39.45N 102.26W
04/08/2013  M59 MPH          KIT CARSON         CO   STORM CHASER

            REPORTED VIA SPOTTER NETWORK.

&&

LUNDQUIST

Local storm report, Apr 8, 5:40 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
540 PM MDT MON APR 08 2013

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

0536 PM     HAIL             5 W BONNY RESERVOIR     39.60N 102.26W
04/08/2013  E0.75 INCH       YUMA               CO   STORM CHASER

            REPORTED VIA SPOTTER NETWORK.

&&

LUNDQUIST

Local storm report, Apr 8, 5:42 PM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
542 PM MDT MON APR 08 2013

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

0523 PM     HAIL             5 NNW YUMA              40.19N 102.77W
04/08/2013  E0.75 INCH       YUMA               CO   PUBLIC

&&

JMARTIN

Local storm report, Apr 8, 5:51 PM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
551 PM MDT MON APR 08 2013

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

0539 PM     HAIL             8 NNW YUMA              40.23N 102.78W
04/08/2013  E1.00 INCH       YUMA               CO   PUBLIC

            STORM PRODUCED A LARGE AMOUNT OF HAIL, COVERING GROUND

&&

JMARTIN

Special weather statement, Apr 8, 6:18 PM CST, 37 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
618 PM MDT MON APR 8 2013

COZ090-090045-
YUMA COUNTY-
618 PM MDT MON APR 8 2013

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...

AT 614 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CLARKVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE.

&&

LAT...LON 4044 10233 4026 10252 4026 10279 4026 10280
      4035 10280 4036 10279 4042 10279 4044 10278
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 219DEG 13KT 4034 10255

THEDE

Local storm report, Apr 8, 6:19 PM CST, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
619 PM MDT MON APR 08 2013

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

0617 PM     TORNADO          5 SE BONNY RESERVOIR    39.57N 102.10W
04/08/2013                   KIT CARSON         CO   STORM CHASER

            BRIEF LANDSPOUT TORNADO OBSERVED, HAS DISSAPATED.

&&

JRM

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:56 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Cheyenne

When: April 8, 6:55 PM CST
Where: Cheyenne County, 4.25 mi W of St Francis
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 39.770, -101.880

Hail, Cheyenne

When: April 8, 6:58 PM CST to 7:07 PM CST
Where: Cheyenne County, 10.11 mi W of St Francis
Measured: 2 in hail
Reported by: Storm Chaser
Coordinates: 39.760, -101.990

Several reports from a storm chaser over a 9 minute period were relayed via The Spotter Network with hail sizes ranging from 3/4 to 2.

Hail, Cheyenne

When: April 8, 7:18 PM CST
Where: Cheyenne County, 11.07 mi N of Wheeler
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.930, -101.710

What these are

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

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Kansas in 2013 Every state in 2013 This day in weather history Warnings in Kansas, April 2013

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: 439791, 439792, 439793.