Thunderstorm Wind, Smith
- When
- March 31, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -98.780
Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, March 31, 1986
22 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 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
- 27
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
22 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Osborne
- When
- March 31, 5:23 PM CST
- Where
- Osborne County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.430, -98.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Russell
- When
- March 31, 5:27 PM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.880, -98.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- March 31, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.020, -98.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Russell
- When
- March 31, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.050, -98.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Russell
- When
- March 31, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Coordinates
- 38.800, -98.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Cloud
- When
- March 31, 6:02 PM CST
- Where
- Cloud County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.550, -97.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Republic
- When
- March 31, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Republic County
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.820, -97.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Russell
- When
- March 31, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Coordinates
- 38.870, -98.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Cloud
- When
- March 31, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Cloud County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.400, -97.670
Hail, Edwards
- When
- March 31, 6:21 PM CST
- Where
- Edwards County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.850, -99.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- March 31, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.020, -98.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Kiowa
- When
- March 31, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Kiowa County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.620, -99.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Ellsworth
- When
- March 31, 6:36 PM CST
- Where
- Ellsworth County
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.820, -98.470
Hail, Edwards
- When
- March 31, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Edwards County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.770, -99.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Clay
- When
- March 31, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.380, -97.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Ottawa
- When
- March 31, 7:05 PM CST
- Where
- Ottawa County
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.130, -97.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Saline
- When
- March 31, 7:29 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.800, -97.650
Hail, Kiowa
- When
- March 31, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Kiowa County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.620, -99.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Dickinson
- When
- March 31, 7:49 PM CST
- Where
- Dickinson County
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.920, -97.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Rice
- When
- March 31, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Rice County
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.430, -98.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Pratt
- When
- March 31, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Pratt County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.630, -98.900
Hail, Comanche
- When
- March 31, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Comanche County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.330, -99.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Dickinson
- When
- March 31, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dickinson County
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.900, -97.120
Thunderstorm Wind, McPherson
- When
- March 31, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- McPherson County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.370, -97.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Barber
- When
- March 31, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Barber County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.380, -98.920
Hail, Barber
- When
- March 31, 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Barber County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.080, -98.970
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.
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: 10024446, 10024447, 10024448, 10024449, 10024450, 10024451, 10024452, 10024453, 10024454, 10024455, 10024456, 10024457, 10024458, 10024459, 10024460, 10024461, 10024462, 10024463, 10024464, 10024465, 10024466, 10024467, 10024468, 10024469, 10024470, 10024471, 10024472.