Hail in Bourbon County, Kansas

Hail April 7, 2013 · Bourbon County, Kansas

2.5 in

Hail diameter

$30.0M

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Hen egg to tennis ball size hail was reported in Fort Scott, Kansas. It was estimated that two thirds of the homes in Fort Scott had damage because of hail. Windows to houses and cars were broken across the Fort Scott area. Damage was reported to siding and roofing of homes. The courthouse lost 66 windows as well as suffered damage to the roof, air conditioning and weather unit. One auto dealership had over a million dollar in damages to cars. The estimate damage cost for this storm for the entire county will be in this report.

The wider storm

A long lived and long tracked high precipitation supercell produced very large and damaging hail across the area.

Began near Ft Scott (37.8400, -94.7100).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 436016. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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