Hail, Russell
- When
- May 26, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.880, -99.020
Hail in Kansas, May 26, 1981
16 hail, 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
- 16
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. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Russell
- When
- May 26, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.770, -99.020
Hail, Grant
- When
- May 26, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.570, -101.300
Hail, Stevens
- When
- May 26, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Stevens County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.200, -101.300
Hail, Seward
- When
- May 26, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Seward County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.030, -100.930
Hail, Seward
- When
- May 26, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Seward County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.180, -100.850
Hail, Haskell
- When
- May 26, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Haskell County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.450, -100.820
Hail, Rawlins
- When
- May 26, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Rawlins County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.820, -101.230
Hail, Meade
- When
- May 26, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Meade County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.270, -100.600
Hail, Cheyenne
- When
- May 26, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Cheyenne County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.770, -101.800
Hail, Scott
- When
- May 26, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.550, -100.720
Hail, Cheyenne
- When
- May 26, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Cheyenne County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -101.720
Hail, Rawlins
- When
- May 26, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Rawlins County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -101.080
Hail, Thomas
- When
- May 26, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Thomas County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -101.050
Hail, Lane
- When
- May 26, 10:45 PM CST
- Where
- Lane County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.480, -100.670
Hail, Rush
- When
- May 26, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Rush County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.500, -99.300
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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: 10022650, 10022651, 10022652, 10022653, 10022654, 10022655, 10022656, 10022657, 10022658, 10022659, 10022660, 10022661, 10022662, 10022663, 10022664, 10022665.