Thunderstorm Wind, Smith
- When
- May 24, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -98.780
Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 24, 1983
11 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
- 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
11 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Smith
- When
- May 24, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.900, -98.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Smith
- When
- May 24, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.820, -98.550
Hail, Jewell
- When
- May 24, 6:36 PM CST
- Where
- Jewell County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.820, -98.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Jewell
- When
- May 24, 6:36 PM CST
- Where
- Jewell County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.820, -98.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Osborne
- When
- May 24, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Osborne County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.500, -98.550
Hail, Mitchell
- When
- May 24, 7:11 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.520, -98.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Mitchell
- When
- May 24, 7:11 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.520, -98.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Mitchell
- When
- May 24, 7:29 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.470, -98.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Russell
- When
- May 24, 8:12 PM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.870, -98.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- May 24, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.380, -95.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Reno
- When
- May 24, 9:47 PM CST
- Where
- Reno County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.070, -97.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- May 24, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Coordinates
- 38.620, -95.270
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 24, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 24, 1983
- Hail in Iowa, May 24, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 24, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 24, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 24, 1983
- Hail in North Carolina, May 24, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 24, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 24, 1983
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: 10020828, 10020829, 10020830, 10020831, 10020832, 10020833, 10020834, 10020835, 10020836, 10020837, 10020838, 10020839, 10020840.