Hail, Reno
- When
- August 31, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Reno County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.800, -98.430
Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 31, 1980
16 hail, 10 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 26
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 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Saline
- When
- August 31, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.750, -97.600
Hail, Pottawatomie
- When
- August 31, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Pottawatomie County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -96.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Reno
- When
- August 31, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Reno County
- Coordinates
- 37.970, -98.080
Hail, Cheyenne
- When
- August 31, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cheyenne County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.870, -101.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Dickinson
- When
- August 31, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dickinson County
- Coordinates
- 38.670, -96.880
Hail, Ellsworth
- When
- August 31, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Ellsworth County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.650, -98.030
Hail, Rawlins
- When
- August 31, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Rawlins County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.920, -101.220
Hail, Smith
- When
- August 31, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.770, -98.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Cloud
- When
- August 31, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cloud County
- Coordinates
- 39.470, -97.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Rice
- When
- August 31, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Rice County
- Coordinates
- 38.350, -98.200
Hail, Cheyenne
- When
- August 31, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Cheyenne County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.770, -101.800
Hail, Marshall
- When
- August 31, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.700, -96.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Clay
- When
- August 31, 7:22 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.250, -97.330
Hail, Riley
- When
- August 31, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Riley County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.420, -96.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Clay
- When
- August 31, 7:37 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Coordinates
- 39.380, -97.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Cloud
- When
- August 31, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Cloud County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.600, -97.400
Hail, Rawlins
- When
- August 31, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Rawlins County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -101.370
Hail, Decatur
- When
- August 31, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Decatur County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.980, -100.720
Hail, Decatur
- When
- August 31, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Decatur County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.700, -100.670
Hail, Norton
- When
- August 31, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Norton County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.670, -99.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Norton
- When
- August 31, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Norton County
- Coordinates
- 39.830, -99.880
Hail, Phillips
- When
- August 31, 10:03 PM CST
- Where
- Phillips County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.750, -99.370
Hail, Nemaha
- When
- August 31, 10:08 PM CST
- Where
- Nemaha County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.900, -95.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Phillips
- When
- August 31, 10:10 PM CST
- Where
- Phillips County
- Coordinates
- 39.750, -99.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Shawnee
- When
- August 31, 10:14 PM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.950, -95.670
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.
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: 10020335, 10020336, 10020337, 10020338, 10020339, 10020340, 10020341, 10020342, 10020343, 10020344, 10020345, 10020346, 10020347, 10020348, 10020349, 10020350, 10020351, 10020352, 10020353, 10020354, 10020355, 10020356, 10020357, 10020358, 10020359, 10020360.