Hail, Montgomery
- When
- May 14, 12:27 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.230, -95.720
Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 14, 1986
13 hail, 7 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
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 22
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
13 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Sumner
- When
- May 14, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sumner County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.280, -97.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Sedgwick
- When
- May 14, 1:20 PM CST
- Where
- Sedgwick County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.500, -97.500
Tornado, Stanton
- When
- May 14, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Stanton County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Coordinates
- 37.430, -101.880
Hail, Ellis
- When
- May 14, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.850, -99.150
Hail, Trego
- When
- May 14, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Trego County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.730, -99.800
Tornado, Stanton
- When
- May 14, 2:33 PM CST
- Where
- Stanton County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Coordinates
- 37.520, -101.750
Hail, Russell
- When
- May 14, 2:51 PM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.120, -98.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Grant
- When
- May 14, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.570, -101.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Haskell
- When
- May 14, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Haskell County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.630, -100.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Finney
- When
- May 14, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Finney County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.000, -100.650
Hail, Russell
- When
- May 14, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.100, -98.850
Hail, Osborne
- When
- May 14, 3:49 PM CST
- Where
- Osborne County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.250, -98.930
Hail, Gove
- When
- May 14, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Gove County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.950, -100.480
Hail, Gove
- When
- May 14, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Gove County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.030, -100.480
Hail, Riley
- When
- May 14, 5:09 PM CST
- Where
- Riley County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.180, -96.830
Hail, Republic
- When
- May 14, 5:31 PM CST
- Where
- Republic County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.930, -97.780
Hail, Logan
- When
- May 14, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Logan County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.780, -101.170
Hail, Thomas
- When
- May 14, 6:04 PM CST
- Where
- Thomas County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.400, -101.050
Hail, Decatur
- When
- May 14, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Decatur County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.820, -100.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Thomas
- When
- May 14, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Thomas County
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.400, -101.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Neosho
- When
- May 14, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Neosho County
- Coordinates
- 37.680, -95.470
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.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 14, 1986
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- Tornadoes in Colorado, May 14, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 14, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 14, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 14, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 14, 1986
- Tornado in Florida, May 14, 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: 10034406, 10034407, 10034408, 10034409, 10034410, 10034411, 10034412, 10034413, 10034414, 10034415, 10034416, 10034417, 10034418, 10034419, 10034420, 10034421, 10034422, 10034423, 10034424, 10034425, 10034426, 10034427.