Hail, Ford
- When
- September 10, 3:42 PM CST
- Where
- Ford County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.550, -99.630
Tornado and Hail in Kansas, September 10, 1986
12 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
- $250
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 19
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
12 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Kiowa
- When
- September 10, 4:22 PM CST
- Where
- Kiowa County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.580, -99.550
Hail, Ottawa
- When
- September 10, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Ottawa County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.020, -97.870
Hail, Ottawa
- When
- September 10, 4:38 PM CST
- Where
- Ottawa County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.130, -97.720
Hail, Pratt
- When
- September 10, 5:47 PM CST
- Where
- Pratt County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.650, -98.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Reno
- When
- September 10, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Reno County
- Coordinates
- 37.920, -97.870
Tornado, Saline
- When
- September 10, 6:23 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 23 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 38.830, -97.550
Hail, Hamilton
- When
- September 10, 6:31 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.900, -101.750
Hail, Dickinson
- When
- September 10, 6:47 PM CST
- Where
- Dickinson County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.000, -97.330
Hail, Kearny
- When
- September 10, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kearny County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.030, -101.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Finney
- When
- September 10, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Finney County
- Coordinates
- 38.000, -100.980
Hail, Finney
- When
- September 10, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Finney County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.130, -100.870
Hail, Riley
- When
- September 10, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Riley County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.180, -96.800
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- September 10, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.970, -98.150
Hail, Ottawa
- When
- September 10, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ottawa County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.030, -97.550
Thunderstorm Wind, McPherson
- When
- September 10, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- McPherson County
- Coordinates
- 38.350, -97.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Ness
- When
- September 10, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ness County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.650, -99.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Barton
- When
- September 10, 10:10 PM CST
- Where
- Barton County
- Coordinates
- 38.350, -98.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Rice
- When
- September 10, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Rice County
- Coordinates
- 38.250, -98.320
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 Michigan, September 10, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, September 10, 1986
- Hail in Nebraska, September 10, 1986
- Hail in Minnesota, September 10, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, September 10, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Texas, September 10, 1986
- Hail in Iowa, September 10, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, September 10, 1986
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1986Every state in 1986This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kansas, 1986Warnings in Kansas, September 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: 10034020, 10034021, 10034022, 10034023, 10034024, 10034025, 10034026, 10034027, 10034873, 10034874, 10034875, 10035091, 10035092, 10035093, 10035094, 10035095, 10035096, 10035097, 10035098.