Hail, Lincoln
- When
- June 21, 2:44 AM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.030, -98.150
Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 21, 1981
9 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
- 13
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
9 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Riley
- When
- June 21, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Riley County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.120, -96.720
Hail, Clay
- When
- June 21, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.380, -97.120
Hail, Clay
- When
- June 21, 5:10 AM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.480, -97.120
Hail, Riley
- When
- June 21, 5:45 AM CST
- Where
- Riley County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.180, -96.580
Hail, Shawnee
- When
- June 21, 6:15 AM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.100, -95.870
Hail, Sheridan
- When
- June 21, 6:45 AM CST
- Where
- Sheridan County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.050, -95.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Shawnee
- When
- June 21, 6:45 AM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.070, -95.620
Hail, Douglas
- When
- June 21, 7:15 AM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.970, -95.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson
- When
- June 21, 7:30 AM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Coordinates
- 38.850, -94.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Wyandotte
- When
- June 21, 7:36 AM CST
- Where
- Wyandotte County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.050, -94.880
Hail, Miami
- When
- June 21, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Miami County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.570, -94.870
Hail, Cherokee
- When
- June 21, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.880, -94.820
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 21, 1981
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 21, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 21, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in West Virginia, June 21, 1981
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 21, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, June 21, 1981
- Tornadoes in Florida, June 21, 1981
- Tornado in New Jersey, June 21, 1981
- Tornadoes in Pennsylvania, June 21, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 21, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, June 21, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 21, 1981
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: 10023789, 10023790, 10023791, 10023792, 10023793, 10023794, 10023795, 10023796, 10023797, 10023798, 10023799, 10023800, 10023801.