Hail in Bourbon County, Kansas

Hail July 8, 2009 · Bourbon County, Kansas

1.75 in

Hail diameter

$2.0M

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

A supercell thunderstorm produced golf ball sized hail over the community of Bronson. Nearly every home in Bronson sustained window damage and siding damage from this wind driven large hail.

The wider storm

An isolated supercell developed over Bourbon County and moved into portions of Crawford County. This storm produced large hail up to the size of golf balls along with damaging winds up to 70 mph.

Began near Bronson (37.9000, -95.0700).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 185623. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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