Hail in Rooks County, Kansas

Hail August 18, 2025 · Rooks County, Kansas

1.5 in

Hail diameter

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

The wider storm

A severe thunderstorm dropped ping pong ball sized hail southeast of Codell in southeast Rooks County around 5:30 PM. This particular storm was among a line of thunderstorms that formed along a weak surface warm front emanating east along Interstate 70 from low pressure in northeast Colorado. Surface based CAPE reached 4,000 J/kg as moisture pooled along the front. While upper forcing was limited, there was just enough energy from a weak shortwave moving east out of northeast Colorado to fire up the thunderstorms.

Began near Codell (39.1900, -99.1200).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1295373. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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