Hail, Graham
- When
- August 17, 7:58 PM CST
- Where
- Graham County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.370, -99.720
Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 17, 1987
19 hail, 7 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
- 26
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
19 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Rooks
- When
- August 17, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Rooks County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.230, -99.300
Hail, Saline
- When
- August 17, 8:52 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.820, -97.600
Thunderstorm Wind, McPherson
- When
- August 17, 8:56 PM CST
- Where
- McPherson County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.380, -97.420
Hail, Saline
- When
- August 17, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.700, -97.420
Hail, Ellis
- When
- August 17, 9:06 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.870, -99.320
Hail, Ellis
- When
- August 17, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.950, -99.320
Hail, Dickinson
- When
- August 17, 9:36 PM CST
- Where
- Dickinson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.920, -97.300
Hail, Russell
- When
- August 17, 9:38 PM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.830, -99.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Russell
- When
- August 17, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.930, -98.550
Hail, Washington
- When
- August 17, 10:05 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.880, -96.880
Thunderstorm Wind, McPherson
- When
- August 17, 10:22 PM CST
- Where
- McPherson County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.380, -97.530
Hail, Barton
- When
- August 17, 10:25 PM CST
- Where
- Barton County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.630, -98.880
Hail, Marshall
- When
- August 17, 10:35 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.870, -96.650
Hail, Rush
- When
- August 17, 10:40 PM CST
- Where
- Rush County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.530, -99.050
Hail, Marshall
- When
- August 17, 10:50 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.850, -96.650
Hail, Barton
- When
- August 17, 10:59 PM CST
- Where
- Barton County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.520, -98.930
Hail, Barton
- When
- August 17, 11:02 PM CST
- Where
- Barton County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.370, -98.770
Hail, Marshall
- When
- August 17, 11:05 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.750, -96.480
Hail, Marshall
- When
- August 17, 11:10 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.700, -96.750
Hail, Riley
- When
- August 17, 11:15 PM CST
- Where
- Riley County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.520, -96.770
Hail, Washington
- When
- August 17, 11:20 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.580, -97.250
Hail, Marshall
- When
- August 17, 11:20 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.620, -96.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Rice
- When
- August 17, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Rice County
- Measured
- 71 kt (82 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.350, -98.230
Thunderstorm Wind, McPherson
- When
- August 17, 11:33 PM CST
- Where
- McPherson County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.380, -97.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Pottawatomie
- When
- August 17, 11:40 PM CST
- Where
- Pottawatomie County
- Coordinates
- 39.400, -96.420
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, August 17, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 17, 1987
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 17, 1987
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, August 17, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 17, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, August 17, 1987
- Tornado in North Dakota, August 17, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 17, 1987
- Hail in Minnesota, August 17, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 17, 1987
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: 10036370, 10036371, 10036372, 10036373, 10036374, 10036375, 10036376, 10036377, 10036378, 10036379, 10036380, 10036381, 10036382, 10036383, 10036384, 10036385, 10036386, 10036387, 10036388, 10036389, 10036390, 10036391, 10036392, 10036393, 10036394, 10036395.