Thunderstorm Wind, Hodgeman
- When
- May 8, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Hodgeman County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.080, -99.900
Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 8, 1986
4 hail, 2 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
- $5,000
- 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
4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Gove
- When
- May 8, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Gove County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.870, -100.230
Hail, Lane
- When
- May 8, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lane County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.580, -100.350
Hail, Gove
- When
- May 8, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Gove County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.770, -100.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Kingman
- When
- May 8, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Kingman County
- Coordinates
- 37.520, -98.300
Tornado, Kingman
- When
- May 8, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Kingman County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 37.450, -97.850
Tornado, Kingman
- When
- May 8, 7:46 PM CST
- Where
- Kingman County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 37.500, -97.920
Hail, Reno
- When
- May 8, 7:46 PM CST
- Where
- Reno County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.950, -98.100
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 8, 1986
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 8, 1986
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 8, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 8, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 8, 1986
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 8, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 8, 1986
- Hail in West Virginia, May 8, 1986
- Hail in Illinois, May 8, 1986
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1986Every state in 1986This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kansas, 1986Warnings in Kansas, May 1986
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: 10035077, 10035078, 10035079, 10035080, 10035081, 10035082, 10035083, 10035084.