Hail, Bourbon
- When
- May 24, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Bourbon County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.700, -94.680
Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 24, 1962
22 hail, 6 tornado, 6 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.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 6
- Property damage
- $503,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 34
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
22 hail, 6 tornado, 6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, McPherson
- When
- May 24, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- McPherson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.280, -97.680
Hail, Morris
- When
- May 24, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Morris County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.780, -96.780
Tornado, Reno
- When
- May 24, 4:37 PM CST
- Where
- Reno County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 38.150, -98.100
Hail, Rice
- When
- May 24, 4:37 PM CST
- Where
- Rice County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.200, -98.080
Tornado, Reno
- When
- May 24, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Reno County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 37.980, -98.070
Tornado, Reno
- When
- May 24, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Reno County
- Rating
- F3
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 38.050, -98.180
Hail, Reno
- When
- May 24, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Reno County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.780, -98.080
Hail, Saline
- When
- May 24, 5:29 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.780, -97.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Chase
- When
- May 24, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Chase County
- Coordinates
- 38.380, -96.780
Hail, Jackson
- When
- May 24, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.380, -95.900
Hail, Ottawa
- When
- May 24, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Ottawa County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.280, -97.680
Hail, Mitchell
- When
- May 24, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.500, -98.080
Hail, Geary
- When
- May 24, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Geary County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.880, -96.500
Hail, Lyon
- When
- May 24, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.580, -96.000
Hail, Morris
- When
- May 24, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Morris County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.580, -96.580
Hail, Osage
- When
- May 24, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Osage County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.500, -95.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Ottawa
- When
- May 24, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ottawa County
- Coordinates
- 39.280, -97.400
Hail, Reno
- When
- May 24, 6:07 PM CST
- Where
- Reno County
- Measured
- 4 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.880, -98.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Reno
- When
- May 24, 6:07 PM CST
- Where
- Reno County
- Coordinates
- 37.880, -98.000
Hail, Ottawa
- When
- May 24, 6:13 PM CST
- Where
- Ottawa County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.280, -97.780
Tornado, Lyon
- When
- May 24, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 38.580, -96.030
Tornado, Reno
- When
- May 24, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Reno County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 10.4 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 38.000, -97.520
Hail, Harvey
- When
- May 24, 6:28 PM CST
- Where
- Harvey County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.000, -97.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Cloud
- When
- May 24, 6:29 PM CST
- Where
- Cloud County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.500, -97.680
Tornado, Harvey
- When
- May 24, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Harvey County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 8.4 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 38.030, -97.670
Hail, Cloud
- When
- May 24, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cloud County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.380, -97.580
Hail, Harvey
- When
- May 24, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Harvey County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.000, -97.400
Hail, Osage
- When
- May 24, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Osage County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.580, -95.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Harvey
- When
- May 24, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Harvey County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.000, -97.400
Hail, Johnson
- When
- May 24, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.780, -94.900
Hail, Saline
- When
- May 24, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.700, -97.780
Hail, Marion
- When
- May 24, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.200, -97.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Shawnee
- When
- May 24, 11:34 PM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.080, -95.580
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Connecticut, May 24, 1962
- Tornado and Hail in New Jersey, May 24, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 24, 1962
- Tornado and Hail in Pennsylvania, May 24, 1962
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, May 24, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 24, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 24, 1962
- Damaging Winds in New York, May 24, 1962
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 24, 1962
- Hail in Massachusetts, May 24, 1962
- Tornado in Wyoming, May 24, 1962
More
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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: 10027743, 10027744, 10027745, 10027963, 10027964, 10027965, 10027966, 10027967, 10027968, 10027969, 10027970, 10027971, 10027972, 10027973, 10027974, 10027975, 10027976, 10027977, 10027978, 10027979, 10027980, 10027981, 10027982, 10027983, 10027984, 10027985, 10027986, 10027987, 10027988, 10027989, 10027990, 10027991, 10027992, 10027993.