Hail, Smith
- When
- August 20, 3:13 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -98.780
Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 20, 1986
6 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 8
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
6 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Osborne
- When
- August 20, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Osborne County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.570, -98.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Trego
- When
- August 20, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Trego County
- Coordinates
- 39.020, -99.880
Hail, Osborne
- When
- August 20, 4:09 PM CST
- Where
- Osborne County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.500, -98.620
Hail, Smith
- When
- August 20, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.650, -98.700
Hail, Smith
- When
- August 20, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.930, -98.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Mitchell
- When
- August 20, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.520, -98.430
Hail, Jewell
- When
- August 20, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Jewell County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.820, -98.430
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
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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: 10034007, 10034008, 10034009, 10034010, 10034011, 10034012, 10034013, 10034014.