Hail, Thomas
- When
- April 17, 2:33 PM CST
- Where
- Thomas County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.400, -101.120
Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 17, 1986
19 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 21
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
19 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Rawlins
- When
- April 17, 2:55 PM CST
- Where
- Rawlins County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.700, -101.050
Hail, Meade
- When
- April 17, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Meade County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.150, -100.330
Hail, Ford
- When
- April 17, 5:07 PM CST
- Where
- Ford County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.580, -99.750
Hail, Ford
- When
- April 17, 5:17 PM CST
- Where
- Ford County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.770, -99.970
Hail, Edwards
- When
- April 17, 5:22 PM CST
- Where
- Edwards County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.800, -99.420
Hail, Kiowa
- When
- April 17, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Kiowa County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.720, -99.480
Hail, Edwards
- When
- April 17, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Edwards County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.880, -99.550
Hail, Graham
- When
- April 17, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Graham County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.370, -100.070
Hail, Norton
- When
- April 17, 6:09 PM CST
- Where
- Norton County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.830, -99.880
Hail, Barton
- When
- April 17, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Barton County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.370, -98.920
Hail, Edwards
- When
- April 17, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Edwards County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.930, -99.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Russell
- When
- April 17, 7:02 PM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.870, -98.820
Hail, Pawnee
- When
- April 17, 7:05 PM CST
- Where
- Pawnee County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.050, -99.100
Hail, Barton
- When
- April 17, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Barton County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.370, -98.770
Hail, Pawnee
- When
- April 17, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Pawnee County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.180, -98.950
Hail, Stafford
- When
- April 17, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Stafford County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.220, -98.900
Hail, Barton
- When
- April 17, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Barton County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.350, -98.580
Hail, Ellsworth
- When
- April 17, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Ellsworth County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.570, -98.320
Hail, Ellsworth
- When
- April 17, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Ellsworth County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.730, -98.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Rice
- When
- April 17, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Rice County
- Coordinates
- 38.420, -98.350
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.
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: 10033827, 10033828, 10033829, 10033830, 10033831, 10033832, 10033833, 10033834, 10033835, 10033836, 10033837, 10033838, 10033839, 10033840, 10033841, 10033842, 10033843, 10033844, 10033845, 10033846, 10033847.