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Hail in Sherman County, Kansas

Hail July 20, 2009 · Sherman County, Kansas

4.25 in
Hail diameter
$12.2M
Damage as recorded
$12.7M
Crop damage

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Roof and siding damage occurred to residence as a result of large hail and strong wind gusts. Property and crop damage estimates related to this specific event are actually for all of Sherman County.

The wider storm

An intense supercell developed in western Nebraska during the afternoon and moved south through the evening hours, producing golf ball to softball sized hail and damaging wind gusts to near 80 mph. Millions of dollars in property and crop damage and livestock fatalities and injuries occurred as a result.

Began near Goodland Arpt (39.5246, -101.6591).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

4 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 181513. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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