Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, March 31, 1959

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, March 31, 1959
Start: 1959-03-31T16:53
End: 1959-03-31T20:00
Location: Kansas

March 31, 1959 · 8 events in 6 counties and zones

6 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 8

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

Event by event

6 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Cowley

When: March 31, 4:53 PM CST
Where: Cowley County
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Coordinates: 37.080, -96.900

Hail, Pottawatomie

When: March 31, 6:16 PM CST
Where: Pottawatomie County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 39.200, -96.280

Hail, Johnson

When: March 31, 6:20 PM CST
Where: Johnson County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 38.880, -94.780

Hail, Butler

When: March 31, 6:23 PM CST
Where: Butler County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 37.780, -96.780

Hail, Johnson

When: March 31, 6:30 PM CST
Where: Johnson County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 39.000, -94.680

Thunderstorm Wind, Neosho

When: March 31, 6:48 PM CST
Where: Neosho County
Measured: 75 kt (86 mph)
Coordinates: 37.700, -95.500

Thunderstorm Wind, Shawnee

When: March 31, 7:18 PM CST
Where: Shawnee County
Measured: 70 kt (81 mph)
Coordinates: 39.080, -95.580

Hail, Johnson

When: March 31, 8:00 PM CST
Where: Johnson County
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Coordinates: 38.780, -94.900

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10026086, 10026087, 10026088, 10026089, 10026090, 10026091, 10026092, 10026093.