Hail, Ellis
- When
- May 23, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Ellis County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.870, -99.320
Hail in Kansas, May 23, 1974
20 hail, 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
- 20
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
20 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Reno
- When
- May 23, 4:30 AM CST
- Where
- Reno County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.970, -98.080
Hail, Rush
- When
- May 23, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Rush County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.470, -99.300
Hail, Rice
- When
- May 23, 5:30 AM CST
- Where
- Rice County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.350, -98.200
Hail, Ness
- When
- May 23, 6:30 AM CST
- Where
- Ness County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.450, -99.900
Hail, McPherson
- When
- May 23, 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- McPherson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.370, -97.670
Hail, Marion
- When
- May 23, 7:30 AM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.350, -97.020
Hail, Butler
- When
- May 23, 7:30 AM CST
- Where
- Butler County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.820, -96.870
Hail, Ellsworth
- When
- May 23, 7:30 AM CST
- Where
- Ellsworth County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.620, -98.320
Hail, Barton
- When
- May 23, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Barton County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.370, -98.770
Hail, Harvey
- When
- May 23, 8:30 AM CST
- Where
- Harvey County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.050, -97.350
Hail, Sedgwick
- When
- May 23, 8:45 AM CST
- Where
- Sedgwick County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.670, -97.580
Hail, Kingman
- When
- May 23, 9:45 AM CST
- Where
- Kingman County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.550, -98.130
Hail, Harper
- When
- May 23, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Harper County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.150, -98.030
Hail, Sumner
- When
- May 23, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Sumner County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.120, -97.550
Hail, Chautauqua
- When
- May 23, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Chautauqua County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.130, -96.180
Hail, Cowley
- When
- May 23, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cowley County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.100, -96.850
Hail, Montgomery
- When
- May 23, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.230, -95.800
Hail, Labette
- When
- May 23, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Labette County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.300, -95.420
Hail, Cowley
- When
- May 23, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Cowley County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.070, -97.050
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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: 10023640, 10023641, 10023642, 10023643, 10023644, 10023645, 10023646, 10023647, 10023648, 10023649, 10023650, 10023651, 10023652, 10023653, 10023654, 10023655, 10023656, 10023657, 10023658, 10023659.