Hail, Gove
- When
- March 22, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Gove County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.070, -100.230
Tornado and Hail in Kansas, March 22, 1987
15 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 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
- $250,000
- 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
15 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Meade
- When
- March 22, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Meade County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.380, -100.200
Hail, Meade
- When
- March 22, 5:17 PM CST
- Where
- Meade County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.280, -100.330
Hail, Meade
- When
- March 22, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Meade County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.270, -100.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Ford
- When
- March 22, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Ford County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.580, -100.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Clark
- When
- March 22, 5:21 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.430, -100.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Gray
- When
- March 22, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Gray County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.600, -100.450
Hail, Ford
- When
- March 22, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Ford County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.780, -99.880
Hail, Haskell
- When
- March 22, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Haskell County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.480, -100.850
Tornado, Rooks
- When
- March 22, 6:37 PM CST
- Where
- Rooks County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -99.230
Hail, Kiowa
- When
- March 22, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Kiowa County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.450, -99.180
Hail, Gray
- When
- March 22, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Gray County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.530, -100.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Pawnee
- When
- March 22, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pawnee County
- Coordinates
- 38.070, -99.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Edwards
- When
- March 22, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Edwards County
- Coordinates
- 37.830, -99.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Ford
- When
- March 22, 7:04 PM CST
- Where
- Ford County
- Coordinates
- 37.550, -99.630
Hail, Haskell
- When
- March 22, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Haskell County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.480, -100.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Gray
- When
- March 22, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Gray County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.580, -100.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Gray
- When
- March 22, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Gray County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.970, -100.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Clark
- When
- March 22, 8:35 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County
- Coordinates
- 37.100, -99.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Ford
- When
- March 22, 8:58 PM CST
- Where
- Ford County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.550, -99.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Comanche
- When
- March 22, 9:10 PM CST
- Where
- Comanche County
- Coordinates
- 37.200, -99.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Kiowa
- When
- March 22, 9:17 PM CST
- Where
- Kiowa County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.450, -99.080
Hail, Republic
- When
- March 22, 9:23 PM CST
- Where
- Republic County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.920, -97.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Comanche
- When
- March 22, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Comanche County
- Coordinates
- 37.270, -99.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Clark
- When
- March 22, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County
- Coordinates
- 37.100, -99.770
Hail, Washington
- When
- March 22, 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.980, -97.350
Hail, Cloud
- When
- March 22, 9:56 PM CST
- Where
- Cloud County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.320, -97.680
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
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: 10035152, 10035153, 10035154, 10035155, 10035156, 10035157, 10035158, 10036005, 10036006, 10036220, 10036221, 10036222, 10036223, 10036224, 10036225, 10036226, 10036227, 10036228, 10036229, 10036230, 10036231, 10036232, 10036233, 10036234, 10036235, 10036236, 10036237.