Hail in Ness County, Kansas

Hail May 14, 2022 · Ness County, Kansas

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Hail diameter

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

The hail was mostly nickel sized.

The wider storm

Marginal boundary layer moisture along combined with sufficient daytime warming was enough to generate mainly high based thunderstorms. Ample shear of over 30 kts and CAPE values over 1000 J/kg contributed to a number of nickel to quarter sized hail reports.

Began near Osgood (38.6100, -99.8100).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1032858. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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