Hail — Rooks, Kansas

2024-05-06 · near Zurich, Rooks, Kansas

Event narrative

Hail up to the size of golf balls was reported in the area.

Wider weather episode

Potent upper level low brings widespread severe weather to much of the Central Plains, including portions of north central Kansas, during the afternoon and early evening hours of May 6th. The initial thunderstorms developed in the Norton, KS area between noon and 1PM CDT, then gradually shifted east into Phillips and Rooks Counties between 1-3PM. The initial threat with these more discrete cells was hail up to golf ball size. However, as storms transitioned weaker and more linear after 3PM along and east of Hwy 281, the primary severe hazard became strong to marginally severe wind gusts around 50-60 MPH. The leading edge of the line of thunderstorms that posed the damaging wind threat largely shifted east of the GID CWA by 6PM CDT. The severe threat persisted through the evening hours for much of eastern Kansas.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1178153. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.