Hail — Decatur, Kansas

2024-07-06 · near Norcatur, Decatur, Kansas

Event narrative

Dime to penny sized hail reported.

Wider weather episode

During the afternoon hours, scattered storms developed along the dryline as it moved over Northwest Kansas. One supercell produced an EF-Unknown tornado southeast of Atwood in Rawlins County The Rawlins County Storm and numerous others throughout the remainder of the afternoon produced pea to ping pong ball sized hail across Rawlins, Decatur, Thomas, Sheridan, Logan, and Gove counties. The largest hail fell near the town of Herndon in Rawlins County. The storms also produced damaging wind gusts of 58 to estimated 90 mph with damage to trees and a few overturned semi trucks across Logan, Gove, and Thomas counties.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1202120. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.