Hail, Phillips
- When
- May 18, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Phillips County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.750, -99.320
Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 18, 1974
23 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 27
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
23 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Mitchell
- When
- May 18, 1:45 AM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.470, -98.120
Hail, Clay
- When
- May 18, 2:20 AM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.220, -97.120
Hail, Cloud
- When
- May 18, 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Cloud County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.570, -97.670
Hail, Clay
- When
- May 18, 2:40 AM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.380, -97.120
Hail, Riley
- When
- May 18, 3:22 AM CST
- Where
- Riley County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.150, -96.670
Hail, Ellsworth
- When
- May 18, 2:23 PM CST
- Where
- Ellsworth County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.730, -98.230
Hail, Ellsworth
- When
- May 18, 2:41 PM CST
- Where
- Ellsworth County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.730, -98.120
Hail, Ellsworth
- When
- May 18, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Ellsworth County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.730, -98.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Saline
- When
- May 18, 4:22 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.800, -97.850
Hail, Saline
- When
- May 18, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.700, -97.770
Tornado, Saline
- When
- May 18, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.830, -97.650
Hail, Barton
- When
- May 18, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Barton County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.370, -98.770
Hail, Ottawa
- When
- May 18, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Ottawa County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.030, -97.600
Hail, Saline
- When
- May 18, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.700, -97.420
Hail, Dickinson
- When
- May 18, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dickinson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.680, -97.230
Hail, Dickinson
- When
- May 18, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dickinson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.920, -97.220
Hail, Morris
- When
- May 18, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Morris County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.650, -96.800
Hail, Geary
- When
- May 18, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Geary County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.030, -96.830
Hail, McPherson
- When
- May 18, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- McPherson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.370, -97.670
Hail, Marion
- When
- May 18, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.480, -97.150
Hail, Rice
- When
- May 18, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Rice County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.350, -98.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Pottawatomie
- When
- May 18, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Pottawatomie County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.180, -96.580
Hail, Pottawatomie
- When
- May 18, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pottawatomie County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -96.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Pottawatomie
- When
- May 18, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pottawatomie County
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -96.320
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- May 18, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.020, -97.970
Hail, Reno
- When
- May 18, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Reno County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.070, -97.920
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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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: 10022519, 10022520, 10022521, 10022522, 10022523, 10022524, 10022525, 10022526, 10022527, 10022528, 10022529, 10022530, 10022531, 10022532, 10022533, 10022534, 10022535, 10022536, 10022537, 10022538, 10022539, 10022540, 10023401, 10023402, 10023403, 10023620, 10023621.