Hail, Osborne
- When
- May 6, 2:02 PM CST
- Where
- Osborne County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.450, -98.780
Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 6, 1983
9 hail, 7 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 25
- Property damage
- $25 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 17
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, 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Osborne
- When
- May 6, 2:04 PM CST
- Where
- Osborne County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.430, -98.700
Hail, Mitchell
- When
- May 6, 2:41 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.500, -98.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Nemaha
- When
- May 6, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Nemaha County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.850, -96.180
Tornado, Shawnee
- When
- May 6, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 19 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 25 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25 million
- Coordinates
- 38.900, -95.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Morris
- When
- May 6, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Morris County
- Coordinates
- 38.580, -96.370
Hail, Shawnee
- When
- May 6, 5:48 PM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.900, -95.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Lyon
- When
- May 6, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon County
- Coordinates
- 38.400, -96.180
Hail, Osage
- When
- May 6, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Osage County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.780, -95.730
Hail, Douglas
- When
- May 6, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.920, -95.380
Hail, Cowley
- When
- May 6, 7:05 PM CST
- Where
- Cowley County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.250, -96.980
Hail, Cowley
- When
- May 6, 7:05 PM CST
- Where
- Cowley County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.050, -96.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Wyandotte
- When
- May 6, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Wyandotte County
- Coordinates
- 39.100, -94.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson
- When
- May 6, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.850, -94.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson
- When
- May 6, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Coordinates
- 38.870, -94.830
Hail, Cowley
- When
- May 6, 7:48 PM CST
- Where
- Cowley County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.030, -96.900
Hail, Cowley
- When
- May 6, 8:48 PM CST
- Where
- Cowley County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.030, -96.900
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Shawnee | 1983-05-06 | Direct |
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
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1983Every state in 1983This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kansas, 1983
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: 10023082, 10023083, 10023084, 10023085, 10023086, 10023087, 10023088, 10023089, 10023090, 10023091, 10023092, 10023093, 10023094, 10023095, 10023096, 10023097, 10023098.