Hail, Osborne
- When
- April 27, 7:15 AM CST
- Where
- Osborne County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.430, -98.700
Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, April 27, 1975
5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 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
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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
5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Republic
- When
- April 27, 9:45 AM CST
- Where
- Republic County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.920, -97.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Sedgwick
- When
- April 27, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sedgwick County
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.650, -97.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Russell
- When
- April 27, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.870, -98.820
Hail, Russell
- When
- April 27, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.880, -98.850
Tornado, Mitchell
- When
- April 27, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 39.230, -98.420
Hail, Mitchell
- When
- April 27, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.330, -98.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Mitchell
- When
- April 27, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.330, -98.480
Tornado, Jewell
- When
- April 27, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Jewell County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 39.600, -98.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Labette
- When
- April 27, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Labette County
- Coordinates
- 37.370, -95.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Neosho
- When
- April 27, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Neosho County
- Coordinates
- 37.650, -95.250
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, April 27, 1975
- Tornado in Georgia, April 27, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 27, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 27, 1975
- Hail in Iowa, April 27, 1975
- Hail in North Dakota, April 27, 1975
- Tornado in Florida, April 27, 1975
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, April 27, 1975
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1975Every state in 1975This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kansas, 1975
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: 10024336, 10024551, 10024552, 10024553, 10024554, 10024555, 10024556, 10024557, 10024558, 10024559, 10024560.