Severe thunderstorms developed along an outflow boundary near the Nebraska/Kansas border during the afternoon hours of the 26th. The boundary was kicked out by an MCS over central Nebraska. Large hail was the predominant adverse weather feature reported. Stones with diameters up to the size of softballs were reported. Public reports of hail also came in with observations that the hail fell in several batches, likely due to several storms passing over the same area. Some minor crop and property damage was noted.

Hail in RILEY, KANSAS
From 26-JUN-08 18:14:00 to 26-JUN-08 18:14:00 (CST-6)
Location: KEATS
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Hail in NEMAHA, KANSAS
From 26-JUN-08 14:00:00 to 26-JUN-08 14:05:00 (CST-6)
Location: BERN
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Report relayed by nssl shave project.

Hail in CLOUD, KANSAS
From 26-JUN-08 19:00:00 to 26-JUN-08 19:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: JAMESTOWN
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Several public reports of golfball size hail in the town of Jamestown.

Thunderstorm Wind in CLOUD, KANSAS
From 26-JUN-08 19:32:00 to 26-JUN-08 19:32:00 (CST-6)
Location: GLASCO
Magnitude: 52.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Four to six inch tree limbs reported to be down.

Hail in CLAY, KANSAS
From 26-JUN-08 18:02:00 to 26-JUN-08 18:05:00 (CST-6)
Location: FACT
Magnitude: 2.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Report relayed by nssl shave project. Hail stone was oblong. Some minor crop damage was reported, as was the siding of the home of the citizen.

Hail in WASHINGTON, KANSAS
From 26-JUN-08 15:40:00 to 26-JUN-08 15:40:00 (CST-6)
Location: BARNES
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Hail in WABAUNSEE, KANSAS
From 26-JUN-08 18:58:00 to 26-JUN-08 18:58:00 (CST-6)
Location: ALMA
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Hail in CLOUD, KANSAS
From 26-JUN-08 18:50:00 to 26-JUN-08 18:50:00 (CST-6)
Location: JAMESTOWN
Magnitude: 2.50 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Thunderstorm Wind in WABAUNSEE, KANSAS
From 26-JUN-08 18:58:00 to 26-JUN-08 18:58:00 (CST-6)
Location: ALMA
Magnitude: 52.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Trees blown over Highway 99.

Hail in CLOUD, KANSAS
From 26-JUN-08 18:36:00 to 26-JUN-08 18:36:00 (CST-6)
Location: JAMESTOWN
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Hail in CLOUD, KANSAS
From 26-JUN-08 19:08:00 to 26-JUN-08 19:08:00 (CST-6)
Location: GLASCO
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Hail in MARSHALL, KANSAS
From 26-JUN-08 16:15:00 to 26-JUN-08 16:15:00 (CST-6)
Location: AXTELL
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Hail in NEMAHA, KANSAS
From 26-JUN-08 13:33:00 to 26-JUN-08 13:33:00 (CST-6)
Location: SABETHA
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Hail in MARSHALL, KANSAS
From 26-JUN-08 15:32:00 to 26-JUN-08 15:32:00 (CST-6)
Location: OKETO
Magnitude: 0.75 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Thunderstorm Wind in CLOUD, KANSAS
From 26-JUN-08 17:45:00 to 26-JUN-08 17:45:00 (CST-6)
Location: JAMESTOWN
Magnitude: 52.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Hail in POTTAWATOMIE, KANSAS
From 26-JUN-08 18:10:00 to 26-JUN-08 18:10:00 (CST-6)
Location: ST GEORGE
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Hail in POTTAWATOMIE, KANSAS
From 26-JUN-08 18:15:00 to 26-JUN-08 18:15:00 (CST-6)
Location: ST GEORGE
Magnitude: 1.50 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Hail in CLOUD, KANSAS
From 26-JUN-08 18:34:00 to 26-JUN-08 18:34:00 (CST-6)
Location: JAMESTOWN
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Hail in WASHINGTON, KANSAS
From 26-JUN-08 16:40:00 to 26-JUN-08 16:40:00 (CST-6)
Location: BARNES
Magnitude: 1.25 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Hail in MARSHALL, KANSAS
From 26-JUN-08 15:39:00 to 26-JUN-08 15:39:00 (CST-6)
Location: WATERVILLE
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Hail in MARSHALL, KANSAS
From 26-JUN-08 15:48:00 to 26-JUN-08 16:05:00 (CST-6)
Location: WATERVILLE
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Several reports of quarter size hail.

Hail in CLOUD, KANSAS
From 26-JUN-08 16:50:00 to 26-JUN-08 16:50:00 (CST-6)
Location: JAMESTOWN
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Hail in CLOUD, KANSAS
From 26-JUN-08 17:40:00 to 26-JUN-08 17:40:00 (CST-6)
Location: JAMESTOWN
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Hail in CLAY, KANSAS
From 26-JUN-08 18:22:00 to 26-JUN-08 18:22:00 (CST-6)
Location: WAKEFIELD
Magnitude: 0.88 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Hail in RILEY, KANSAS
From 26-JUN-08 18:25:00 to 26-JUN-08 18:25:00 (CST-6)
Location: MANHATTAN
Magnitude: 0.75 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Hail in CLOUD, KANSAS
From 26-JUN-08 17:05:00 to 26-JUN-08 17:05:00 (CST-6)
Location: JAMESTOWN
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Hail in CLOUD, KANSAS
From 26-JUN-08 17:08:00 to 26-JUN-08 17:08:00 (CST-6)
Location: JAMESTOWN
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Hail in CLOUD, KANSAS
From 26-JUN-08 17:34:00 to 26-JUN-08 17:34:00 (CST-6)
Location: JAMESTOWN
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Hail in RILEY, KANSAS
From 26-JUN-08 17:42:00 to 26-JUN-08 17:42:00 (CST-6)
Location: RANDOLPH
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Hail in CLOUD, KANSAS
From 26-JUN-08 18:25:00 to 26-JUN-08 18:30:00 (CST-6)
Location: JAMESTOWN
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Hail in REPUBLIC, KANSAS
From 26-JUN-08 16:15:00 to 26-JUN-08 16:15:00 (CST-6)
Location: SCANDIA
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: County Official

Hail in REPUBLIC, KANSAS
From 26-JUN-08 16:19:00 to 26-JUN-08 16:27:00 (CST-6)
Location: NORWAY
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

The same spotter reported several times as the continuous hail grew in size at his residence. Stones with diameters up to the size of golf balls were observed.

Hail in REPUBLIC, KANSAS
From 26-JUN-08 16:16:00 to 26-JUN-08 16:16:00 (CST-6)
Location: BELLEVILLE
Magnitude: 0.75 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Employee

Fifty mile per hour winds also reported.

Hail in CLOUD, KANSAS
From 26-JUN-08 20:13:00 to 26-JUN-08 20:13:00 (CST-6)
Location: JAMESTOWN
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Hail in RILEY, KANSAS
From 26-JUN-08 18:40:00 to 26-JUN-08 18:40:00 (CST-6)
Location: MANHATTAN
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Hail in CLOUD, KANSAS
From 26-JUN-08 19:05:00 to 26-JUN-08 19:10:00 (CST-6)
Location: JAMESTOWN
Magnitude: 2.75 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Hail fell for nearly an hour.  For the most part, stones were small, but the largest were baseball size. Time notes when the baseball size hail fell.

Flash Flood in CLOUD, KANSAS
From 26-JUN-08 19:12:00 to 26-JUN-08 21:20:00 (CST-6)
Location: JAMESTOWN
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Water flowing over Highway 28 west of Jamestown, several back roads, and across the roadway four miles north of town. South of Jamestown, a trained spotter reported that three inches of rain fell through the duration of the storm. A spotter in Jamestown measured four inches of rain. Creeks had spilled out of their banks, and were flowing over roadways. Several retention ponds were also full and spilling out of their banks.

Hail in NEMAHA, KANSAS
From 26-JUN-08 13:45:00 to 26-JUN-08 13:45:00 (CST-6)
Location: BERN
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Report relayed by nssl shave project.

Hail in NEMAHA, KANSAS
From 26-JUN-08 14:40:00 to 26-JUN-08 14:40:00 (CST-6)
Location: BERN
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Report relayed by nssl shave project.

Hail in MARSHALL, KANSAS
From 26-JUN-08 15:20:00 to 26-JUN-08 15:20:00 (CST-6)
Location: WATERVILLE
Magnitude: 4.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Report relayed by nssl shave project. Hail stone measured four inches by one and a half inches. Smaller, non severe hail fell for several minutes on either side of the large hail report.

Thunderstorm Wind in CLAY, KANSAS
From 26-JUN-08 17:59:00 to 26-JUN-08 18:02:00 (CST-6)
Location: FACT
Magnitude: 52.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

An eighteen inch tree branch was reported to have been broken off.

Hail in MARSHALL, KANSAS
From 26-JUN-08 15:21:00 to 26-JUN-08 15:21:00 (CST-6)
Location: WATERVILLE
Magnitude: 3.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Report relayed by nssl shave project. The size of the hail stone was estimated based on the fact that the citizen found golf ball size hail on the ground twenty minutes after it stopped hailing.  Smaller, non-severe hail fell for several minutes on either side of the large hail stones. The citizen also reported that 2.20 inches of rain had fallen.

Hail in MARSHALL, KANSAS
From 26-JUN-08 15:43:00 to 26-JUN-08 15:46:00 (CST-6)
Location: WATERVILLE
Magnitude: 2.75 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Several public reports of two and a half inch to two and three quarter inch hail in the Waterville area collected by the nssl shave project. Smaller, non-severe hail for several minutes on either side of the time for the larger hail stones.