Thunderstorm Wind, Kiowa
- When
- July 4, 12:55 AM CST
- Where
- Kiowa County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.600, -99.300
Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 4, 1987
26 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
26 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Sumner
- When
- July 4, 1:25 AM CST
- Where
- Sumner County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.050, -97.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Lane
- When
- July 4, 3:45 AM CST
- Where
- Lane County
- Measured
- 68 kt (78 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.480, -100.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Finney
- When
- July 4, 3:53 AM CST
- Where
- Finney County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.970, -100.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Gray
- When
- July 4, 4:30 AM CST
- Where
- Gray County
- Coordinates
- 37.800, -100.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Chautauqua
- When
- July 4, 4:30 AM CST
- Where
- Chautauqua County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.230, -96.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Haskell
- When
- July 4, 4:43 AM CST
- Where
- Haskell County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.480, -100.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Chautauqua
- When
- July 4, 4:45 AM CST
- Where
- Chautauqua County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.130, -96.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Ford
- When
- July 4, 4:48 AM CST
- Where
- Ford County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.770, -99.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Clark
- When
- July 4, 5:23 AM CST
- Where
- Clark County
- Coordinates
- 37.430, -99.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Meade
- When
- July 4, 5:31 AM CST
- Where
- Meade County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.280, -100.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Clark
- When
- July 4, 5:33 AM CST
- Where
- Clark County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.180, -99.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Edwards
- When
- July 4, 5:48 AM CST
- Where
- Edwards County
- Measured
- 69 kt (79 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.770, -99.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Edwards
- When
- July 4, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Edwards County
- Coordinates
- 37.920, -99.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Reno
- When
- July 4, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Reno County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.800, -98.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- July 4, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.030, -95.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Kingman
- When
- July 4, 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- Kingman County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.650, -98.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Harper
- When
- July 4, 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- Harper County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.150, -98.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Reno
- When
- July 4, 7:10 AM CST
- Where
- Reno County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.780, -98.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Sedgwick
- When
- July 4, 7:35 AM CST
- Where
- Sedgwick County
- Measured
- 71 kt (82 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.500, -97.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Sumner
- When
- July 4, 7:40 AM CST
- Where
- Sumner County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.270, -97.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Sedgwick
- When
- July 4, 7:40 AM CST
- Where
- Sedgwick County
- Coordinates
- 37.830, -97.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Harvey
- When
- July 4, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Harvey County
- Measured
- 75 kt (86 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.050, -97.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Cowley
- When
- July 4, 8:20 AM CST
- Where
- Cowley County
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.250, -96.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Butler
- When
- July 4, 8:30 AM CST
- Where
- Butler County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.050, -97.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- July 4, 8:45 AM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.250, -97.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Sherman
- When
- July 4, 10:07 PM CST
- Where
- Sherman County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.370, -101.700
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
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- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 4, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 4, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 4, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 4, 1987
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 4, 1987
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 4, 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: 10035221, 10035222, 10035223, 10035224, 10035225, 10035226, 10035227, 10035228, 10035229, 10036076, 10036077, 10036291, 10036292, 10036293, 10036294, 10036295, 10036296, 10036297, 10036298, 10036299, 10036300, 10036301, 10036302, 10036303, 10036304, 10036305, 10036306.