Hail, Barber
- When
- May 22, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Barber County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.080, -98.970
Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 22, 1981
5 hail, 4 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
- 10
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 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Pratt
- When
- May 22, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pratt County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.080, -98.970
Hail, Pratt
- When
- May 22, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Pratt County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.500, -98.720
Tornado, Lincoln
- When
- May 22, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.020, -97.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- May 22, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.030, -98.150
Hail, Reno
- When
- May 22, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Reno County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.780, -98.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Lyon
- When
- May 22, 6:58 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.330, -96.180
Hail, Harvey
- When
- May 22, 7:06 PM CST
- Where
- Harvey County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.000, -97.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Shawnee
- When
- May 22, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.950, -95.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Douglas
- When
- May 22, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.020, -95.220
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
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: 10022632, 10022633, 10022634, 10022635, 10022636, 10022637, 10022638, 10022639, 10022640, 10022641.