{"id":2964,"date":"2010-09-19T03:53:22","date_gmt":"2010-09-19T09:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=2964"},"modified":"2010-09-19T04:45:47","modified_gmt":"2010-09-19T10:45:47","slug":"record-setting-hail-falls-near-wichita-kansas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/national-weather\/record-setting-hail-falls-near-wichita-kansas\/","title":{"rendered":"Record-setting hail falls near Wichita, Kansas"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 288px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" title=\"A monstrous hailstone measuring 7.75 inches in diameter fell near Wichita on September 15, 2010, setting a new record for Kansas.\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_qM6V6-HRzM0\/TJXbkt4LzbI\/AAAAAAAAD2w\/revMMhOmeOw\/s288\/ks-hail.jpg\" alt=\"A monstrous hailstone measuring 7.75 inches in diameter fell near Wichita on September 15, 2010, setting a new record for Kansas.\" width=\"288\" height=\"216\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A monstrous hailstone measuring 7.75 inches in diameter fell near Wichita on September 15, 2010, setting a new record for Kansas. (National Weather Service \/ Melissa McCarter)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Severe weather rolled through south-central and southeastern Kansas on the evening of Wednesday, September 15, 2010\u00a0and dropped tornadoes and potentially record-setting hail.\u00a0 The supercell thunderstorms developed in the late afternoon and caused significant damage in the Wichita area.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Watch video of the hail pounding Wichita below<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In Sedgwick and Cowley counties one supercell generated monstrous hail on the western side of Wichita.\u00a0 The largest stone, right, was measured at 7.75 inches and fell at about 6:00pm in West Wichita.\u00a0 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.crh.noaa.gov\/news\/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=ict&amp;storyid=57687&amp;source=0\" target=\"_blank\">According to the National Weather Service<\/a> the chunk of ice weighted 1.1 pounds and was 15.5 inches in circumference.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It has been preliminarily confirmed that\u00a0the diameter of the hailstone from Wednesday easily eclipsed the state\u2019s previous record setter of 5.7 inches in diameter \u2013 a hailstone that fell on September 3, 1970 near Coffeyville.\u00a0 It does fall short of <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/natural-disasters-in-national\/south-dakota-hailstone-officially-sets-world-records\">the all-time largest hailstone which fell on July 23rdof this year and measured 8.0 inches in diameter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hail from golf ball to softball sized swept across a large area breaking windows in homes and smashing vehicles. At Mid-Continent Airport the hail broke through skylights and damaged the facilities airport.\u00a0 Several planes sustained damage as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/natural-disasters-in-national\/monstrous-hail-pounds-wichita-kansas-september-15-2010-video\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Video - Monstrous hail falls in Wichita, Kansas on Wednesday, September 15, 2010.\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_qM6V6-HRzM0\/TJXcuTFJagI\/AAAAAAAAD24\/IZOvBSaeFlA\/s800\/ks-hail-video.jpg\" alt=\"Video - Monstrous hail falls in Wichita, Kansas on Wednesday, September 15, 2010.\" width=\"238\" height=\"322\" \/><\/a>Strong, straight-line winds up to 80 mph were recorded in Cowley, Wilson, Labette and Cherryvale counties.\u00a0 Downed power lines resulted in 10,000 people being without power at one point.<\/p>\n<p>Five tornadoes were reported south, southeast and east of Wichita.\u00a0 The twisters were on the ground for short periods of time and did not appear to directly cause any damage.\u00a0 All have been rated EF0 with winds from 65 mph to 85 mph by the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related stories on Examiner.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/natural-disasters-in-national\/south-dakota-hailstone-officially-sets-world-records\">South Dakota hailstone officially sets world records<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/natural-disasters-in-national\/storm-chasers-witness-mother-nature-s-fury-and-beauty\">Storm chasers witness Mother Nature&#8217;s fury and beauty<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/weather-in-denver\/storm-chase-2010-intercepts-tornadoes-southeastern-colorado\">Storm Chase 2010 intercepts tornadoes in southeastern Colorado<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/so-what-is-the-story-with-examiner-com\/\"><em>Why do we link to Examiner.com?<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Severe weather rolled through south-central and southeastern Kansas on the evening of Wednesday, September 15, 2010\u00a0and dropped tornadoes and potentially record-setting hail.\u00a0 The supercell thunderstorms developed in the late afternoon and caused significant damage in the Wichita area. Watch video of the hail pounding Wichita below In Sedgwick and Cowley counties one supercell generated monstrous &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/national-weather\/record-setting-hail-falls-near-wichita-kansas\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Record-setting hail falls near Wichita, Kansas<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[16,406,15],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2964"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2964"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2977,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2964\/revisions\/2977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}