Tornado, Saline
- When
- August 3, 4:52 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 38.880, -97.450
Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, August 3, 1985
10 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 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
- $5,000
- 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
10 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Saline
- When
- August 3, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 3 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.880, -97.480
Tornado, Dickinson
- When
- August 3, 5:11 PM CST
- Where
- Dickinson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 38.920, -97.350
Hail, Harvey
- When
- August 3, 5:38 PM CST
- Where
- Harvey County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.080, -97.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Saline
- When
- August 3, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.750, -97.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Dickinson
- When
- August 3, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Dickinson County
- Coordinates
- 38.830, -97.170
Hail, Dickinson
- When
- August 3, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Dickinson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.830, -97.170
Hail, Saline
- When
- August 3, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.850, -97.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Reno
- When
- August 3, 7:54 PM CST
- Where
- Reno County
- Coordinates
- 38.070, -97.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Kingman
- When
- August 3, 8:58 PM CST
- Where
- Kingman County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.680, -97.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Kingman
- When
- August 3, 8:58 PM CST
- Where
- Kingman County
- Coordinates
- 37.630, -98.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Reno
- When
- August 3, 9:24 PM CST
- Where
- Reno County
- Coordinates
- 38.070, -97.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Sedgwick
- When
- August 3, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Sedgwick County
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.650, -97.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Harper
- When
- August 3, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Harper County
- Coordinates
- 37.280, -98.020
Hail, McPherson
- When
- August 3, 10:16 PM CST
- Where
- McPherson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.370, -97.780
Thunderstorm Wind, McPherson
- When
- August 3, 10:16 PM CST
- Where
- McPherson County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.370, -97.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Sumner
- When
- August 3, 10:35 PM CST
- Where
- Sumner County
- Coordinates
- 37.270, -97.400
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
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: 10020744, 10020745, 10020746, 10020747, 10020963, 10020964, 10020965, 10020966, 10020967, 10020968, 10020969, 10020970, 10020971, 10020972, 10020973, 10020974, 10020975.