Thunderstorm Wind, Smith
- When
- August 1, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Smith County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.900, -98.630
Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, August 1, 1986
17 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
- 22
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 33
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
17 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Jewell
- When
- August 1, 11:10 AM CST
- Where
- Jewell County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.670, -98.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Mitchell
- When
- August 1, 12:55 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.470, -98.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Dickinson
- When
- August 1, 2:25 PM CST
- Where
- Dickinson County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.900, -97.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Geary
- When
- August 1, 2:33 PM CST
- Where
- Geary County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.050, -96.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Morris
- When
- August 1, 2:52 PM CST
- Where
- Morris County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.850, -96.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Morris
- When
- August 1, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Morris County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 38.650, -96.480
Hail, Morris
- When
- August 1, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Morris County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.580, -96.370
Hail, Lyon
- When
- August 1, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.550, -96.430
Hail, Edwards
- When
- August 1, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Edwards County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.920, -99.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Lyon
- When
- August 1, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon County
- Measured
- 78 kt (90 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.370, -95.980
Hail, Coffey
- When
- August 1, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Coffey County
- Measured
- 3.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.200, -95.750
Hail, Coffey
- When
- August 1, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Coffey County
- Measured
- 3.5 in hail
- Injuries
- 18 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 38.080, -95.630
Hail, Anderson
- When
- August 1, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Anderson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.280, -95.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Anderson
- When
- August 1, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Anderson County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.070, -95.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Woodson
- When
- August 1, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Woodson County
- Measured
- 87 kt (100 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.920, -95.530
Hail, Allen
- When
- August 1, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Allen County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.920, -95.400
Hail, Grant
- When
- August 1, 4:38 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.580, -101.370
Hail, Kiowa
- When
- August 1, 4:39 PM CST
- Where
- Kiowa County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.600, -99.300
Hail, Haskell
- When
- August 1, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Haskell County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.480, -100.850
Hail, Gray
- When
- August 1, 4:42 PM CST
- Where
- Gray County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.600, -100.450
Hail, Allen
- When
- August 1, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Allen County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.920, -95.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Meade
- When
- August 1, 4:47 PM CST
- Where
- Meade County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.400, -100.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Bourbon
- When
- August 1, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Bourbon County
- Coordinates
- 37.850, -94.980
Hail, Kiowa
- When
- August 1, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Kiowa County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.580, -99.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Bourbon
- When
- August 1, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bourbon County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.830, -94.750
Hail, Barber
- When
- August 1, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Barber County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.380, -98.920
Hail, Stevens
- When
- August 1, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Stevens County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.270, -101.350
Tornado, Kiowa
- When
- August 1, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Kiowa County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4 mi
- Path width
- 250 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 37.450, -99.080
Tornado, Barber
- When
- August 1, 5:23 PM CST
- Where
- Barber County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 250 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 37.450, -98.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Crawford
- When
- August 1, 5:58 PM CST
- Where
- Crawford County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.420, -94.700
Hail, Barber
- When
- August 1, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Barber County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.020, -98.650
Hail, Linn
- When
- August 1, 11:54 PM CST
- Where
- Linn County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.150, -94.820
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.
- 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 Arkansas, August 1, 1986
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, August 1, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 1, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 1, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 1, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 1, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Florida, August 1, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 1, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 1, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 1, 1986
- Hail in Ohio, August 1, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 1, 1986
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: 10037294, 10037295, 10037296, 10037297, 10037298, 10037299, 10037300, 10037301, 10037302, 10037303, 10037304, 10037305, 10037306, 10037307, 10037308, 10037309, 10037310, 10037311, 10037312, 10037313, 10037314, 10037315, 10037316, 10037317, 10037318, 10037319, 10037320, 10037321, 10037322, 10037323, 10037324, 10037325, 10037326.