Hail — Decatur, Kansas

2025-09-19 · near Jennings, Decatur, Kansas

Event narrative

Most of the hail was nickel to half dollar size, only a few were golf ball. Lasted around 10 minutes.

Wider weather episode

In the early afternoon of the 19th, a cold front moving over northwestern Kansas caused a few isolated storms to form that generally moved south-southeast, except one supercell that moved almost due east over Oberlin then moved south. This single storm was the source for the storm reports. Hail up to 2.25 inches were reported, the largest falling in eastern Sheridan County. The strongest reported gust was 69 MPH near Quinter.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1288182. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.