Hail, Reno
- When
- May 22, 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Reno County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.080, -97.900
Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 22, 1972
16 tornado, 4 hail, 1 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 21
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
16 tornado, 4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Sedgwick
- When
- May 22, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Sedgwick County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.880, -97.680
Hail, Osborne
- When
- May 22, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Osborne County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.500, -99.000
Tornado, Rooks
- When
- May 22, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Rooks County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 7.9 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.320, -99.270
Hail, Rooks
- When
- May 22, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Rooks County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.380, -99.080
Tornado, Rooks
- When
- May 22, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Rooks County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.250, -99.250
Tornado, Hodgeman
- When
- May 22, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hodgeman County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 7.1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.180, -100.020
Tornado, Hodgeman
- When
- May 22, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hodgeman County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.180, -100.020
Tornado, Hodgeman
- When
- May 22, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hodgeman County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 9.4 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.180, -100.080
Tornado, Hodgeman
- When
- May 22, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Hodgeman County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.080, -100.080
Tornado, Hodgeman
- When
- May 22, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Hodgeman County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.080, -100.080
Tornado, Hodgeman
- When
- May 22, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Hodgeman County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.170, -99.780
Tornado, Ness
- When
- May 22, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Ness County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.280, -99.900
Tornado, Hodgeman
- When
- May 22, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Hodgeman County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.030, -99.820
Tornado, Hodgeman
- When
- May 22, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Hodgeman County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 5.1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.000, -99.900
Tornado, Ellis
- When
- May 22, 6:39 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 220 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.000, -99.530
Tornado, Ellis
- When
- May 22, 6:39 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 220 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.000, -99.530
Tornado, Ellis
- When
- May 22, 6:39 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 220 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.000, -99.530
Tornado, Ellis
- When
- May 22, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 250 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 38.930, -99.570
Tornado, Ellis
- When
- May 22, 6:42 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 220 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.930, -99.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Riley
- When
- May 22, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Riley County
- Measured
- 66 kt (76 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -96.680
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
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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: 10021255, 10021256, 10021257, 10021258, 10021259, 10021260, 10021261, 10021262, 10021263, 10021264, 10021265, 10021266, 10021267, 10021268, 10021269, 10021270, 10021271, 10021272, 10021273, 10021274, 10021275.