Hail, Miami
- When
- August 6, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Miami County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.570, -94.870
Tornado and Hail in Kansas, August 6, 1985
21 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 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
- 2
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 34
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
21 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Miami
- When
- August 6, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Miami County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.570, -94.870
Hail, Mitchell
- When
- August 6, 2:56 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.400, -98.200
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- August 6, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.170, -98.350
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- August 6, 4:34 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.030, -98.150
Tornado, Ellsworth
- When
- August 6, 4:48 PM CST
- Where
- Ellsworth County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 6 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 38.770, -98.230
Hail, Russell
- When
- August 6, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.880, -98.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Russell
- When
- August 6, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.880, -98.850
Hail, Stafford
- When
- August 6, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Stafford County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 38.020, -98.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Nemaha
- When
- August 6, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Nemaha County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.930, -95.820
Hail, Brown
- When
- August 6, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.830, -95.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Brown
- When
- August 6, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.850, -95.650
Hail, Washington
- When
- August 6, 5:33 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.820, -97.050
Hail, Nemaha
- When
- August 6, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Nemaha County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.730, -96.130
Hail, Washington
- When
- August 6, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.880, -96.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Saline
- When
- August 6, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.830, -97.600
Hail, Republic
- When
- August 6, 5:43 PM CST
- Where
- Republic County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.800, -97.450
Hail, Pratt
- When
- August 6, 5:46 PM CST
- Where
- Pratt County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.650, -98.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Pratt
- When
- August 6, 5:46 PM CST
- Where
- Pratt County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.650, -98.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Marshall
- When
- August 6, 5:52 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.850, -96.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Riley
- When
- August 6, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Riley County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.150, -96.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Sumner
- When
- August 6, 6:36 PM CST
- Where
- Sumner County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.400, -97.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Barber
- When
- August 6, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Barber County
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.280, -98.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Sumner
- When
- August 6, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sumner County
- Measured
- 69 kt (79 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.270, -97.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Morris
- When
- August 6, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Morris County
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.800, -96.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Harper
- When
- August 6, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Harper County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.270, -98.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Morris
- When
- August 6, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Morris County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.650, -96.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Cowley
- When
- August 6, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Cowley County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.280, -97.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Greenwood
- When
- August 6, 7:53 PM CST
- Where
- Greenwood County
- Measured
- 74 kt (85 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.820, -96.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson
- When
- August 6, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.950, -94.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Greenwood
- When
- August 6, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Greenwood County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.670, -96.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Wyandotte
- When
- August 6, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wyandotte County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.080, -94.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Anderson
- When
- August 6, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Anderson County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.280, -95.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Cherokee
- When
- August 6, 10:35 PM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County
- Coordinates
- 37.020, -94.730
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 6, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 6, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 6, 1985
- Hail in Nebraska, August 6, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 6, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 6, 1985
- Hail in Iowa, August 6, 1985
- Hail in Texas, August 6, 1985
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 6, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 6, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 6, 1985
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1985Every state in 1985This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kansas, 1985
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: 10020977, 10020978, 10020979, 10020980, 10020981, 10020982, 10020983, 10020984, 10020985, 10020986, 10020987, 10020988, 10020989, 10020990, 10020991, 10020992, 10020993, 10020994, 10020995, 10020996, 10020997, 10020998, 10020999, 10021000, 10021001, 10021002, 10021003, 10021004, 10021005, 10021006, 10021007, 10021008, 10021009, 10021010.