Hail — Wichita, Kansas

2023-08-07 · near St Theresa, Wichita, Kansas

Event narrative

Quarter hail reported at location that broke skylight windows.

Wider weather episode

During the late afternoon and evening hours of August 7th, a frontal boundary moved across Northwestern Kansas allowing for showers and thunderstorms to develop within the region. Some of these thunderstorms became severe and produced large hail up to softballs in size, a brief landspout, damaging wind gusts up to an estimated 70 mph, and heavy rainfall leading to flash flooding. Winds from the storms also caused a brief dust storm. Flooding in at least one location continued overnight until sunrise of August 8th.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1136980. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.