Hail, Mitchell
- When
- August 4, 5:39 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.370, -98.120
Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 4, 1986
17 hail, 6 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
- 23
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, 6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Osborne
- When
- August 4, 5:43 PM CST
- Where
- Osborne County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.400, -98.700
Hail, Smith
- When
- August 4, 5:43 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.680, -98.920
Hail, Republic
- When
- August 4, 5:59 PM CST
- Where
- Republic County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.730, -97.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Mitchell
- When
- August 4, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County
- Coordinates
- 39.530, -97.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Republic
- When
- August 4, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Republic County
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -97.900
Hail, Mitchell
- When
- August 4, 6:06 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.430, -98.120
Hail, Osborne
- When
- August 4, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Osborne County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.270, -98.700
Hail, Jewell
- When
- August 4, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Jewell County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.630, -98.050
Hail, Mitchell
- When
- August 4, 6:31 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.500, -98.300
Hail, Republic
- When
- August 4, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Republic County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.800, -97.450
Hail, Sherman
- When
- August 4, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Sherman County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.480, -101.880
Hail, Sherman
- When
- August 4, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Sherman County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.480, -101.530
Hail, Osborne
- When
- August 4, 7:27 PM CST
- Where
- Osborne County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.500, -98.600
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- August 4, 7:34 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.180, -98.050
Hail, Mitchell
- When
- August 4, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.330, -98.480
Hail, Republic
- When
- August 4, 8:08 PM CST
- Where
- Republic County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.800, -97.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- August 4, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.020, -98.380
Hail, Decatur
- When
- August 4, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Decatur County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.820, -100.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Republic
- When
- August 4, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Republic County
- Coordinates
- 39.700, -97.780
Hail, Cloud
- When
- August 4, 8:35 PM CST
- Where
- Cloud County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.630, -97.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- August 4, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.850, -97.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Russell
- When
- August 4, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.870, -98.680
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: 10037331, 10037332, 10037333, 10037334, 10037335, 10037336, 10037337, 10037338, 10037339, 10037340, 10037341, 10037342, 10037343, 10037344, 10037345, 10037346, 10037347, 10037348, 10037349, 10037350, 10037351, 10037352, 10037353.