Hail in Rawlins County, Kansas

Hail September 16, 2025 · Rawlins County, Kansas

1.5 in

Hail diameter

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Trained spotter reports a lot of quarter to ping-pong ball size hail; enough to cover the ground.

The wider storm

Scattered thunderstorms developed over Northwest Kansas in the late afternoon and early evening. A thunderstorm moving over Atwood had the largest hail reported; golf ball size. Elsewhere wind gusts around 60 MPH were measured at St. Francis and Oberlin. A dust storm associated with thunderstorm winds was reported north of Blakeman along a broken line of thunderstorms as the storms moved north.

Began near Ludell (39.8800, -100.9500).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1289758. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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