Hail, Ness
- When
- August 5, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Ness County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.630, -99.930
Tornado and Hail in Kansas, August 5, 1980
16 hail, 10 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
- $250,000
- 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
16 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Rooks
- When
- August 5, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Rooks County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.430, -99.280
Hail, Riley
- When
- August 5, 1:25 PM CST
- Where
- Riley County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.430, -96.770
Hail, Pottawatomie
- When
- August 5, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Pottawatomie County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -96.320
Hail, Seward
- When
- August 5, 3:49 PM CST
- Where
- Seward County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.050, -100.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Shawnee
- When
- August 5, 3:53 PM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.070, -95.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Shawnee
- When
- August 5, 4:12 PM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County
- Coordinates
- 39.050, -95.770
Tornado, Seward
- When
- August 5, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Seward County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 10 mi
- Path width
- 23 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 37.000, -100.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Shawnee
- When
- August 5, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County
- Coordinates
- 39.080, -95.720
Hail, Rush
- When
- August 5, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Rush County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.650, -99.150
Hail, Rush
- When
- August 5, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Rush County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.650, -99.180
Hail, Dickinson
- When
- August 5, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Dickinson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.920, -97.220
Hail, Gray
- When
- August 5, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Gray County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.800, -100.500
Hail, Osage
- When
- August 5, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Osage County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.780, -95.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Barton
- When
- August 5, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Barton County
- Coordinates
- 38.420, -98.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Saline
- When
- August 5, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.870, -97.600
Hail, Saline
- When
- August 5, 6:28 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.880, -97.650
Hail, Ford
- When
- August 5, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ford County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.750, -99.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Dickinson
- When
- August 5, 6:38 PM CST
- Where
- Dickinson County
- Coordinates
- 38.920, -97.220
Hail, Hodgeman
- When
- August 5, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Hodgeman County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.000, -99.830
Hail, Barton
- When
- August 5, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Barton County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.520, -98.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Barton
- When
- August 5, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Barton County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.520, -98.770
Hail, Pawnee
- When
- August 5, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pawnee County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.250, -99.200
Hail, Saline
- When
- August 5, 7:05 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.730, -97.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Ellsworth
- When
- August 5, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Ellsworth County
- Coordinates
- 38.730, -98.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Dickinson
- When
- August 5, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dickinson County
- Coordinates
- 38.930, -97.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Sedgwick
- When
- August 5, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sedgwick County
- Coordinates
- 37.830, -97.370
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
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 5, 1980
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 5, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 5, 1980
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 5, 1980
- Hail in Virginia, August 5, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, August 5, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 5, 1980
- Hail in Nebraska, August 5, 1980
- Tornado in New Mexico, August 5, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 5, 1980
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: 10023722, 10023723, 10023724, 10023725, 10023726, 10023727, 10023728, 10023729, 10023730, 10023731, 10023732, 10023733, 10023734, 10023735, 10023736, 10023737, 10023738, 10023739, 10023740, 10023741, 10023742, 10023743, 10023744, 10023745, 10023746, 10023747, 10023748.