Hail, Marshall
- When
- July 15, 4:27 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.850, -96.650
Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, July 15, 1988
9 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 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
- $500
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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
9 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Marshall
- When
- July 15, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Coordinates
- 39.700, -96.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Marshall
- When
- July 15, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Coordinates
- 39.650, -96.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Nemaha
- When
- July 15, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Nemaha County
- Coordinates
- 39.920, -96.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Marshall
- When
- July 15, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Coordinates
- 39.620, -96.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Riley
- When
- July 15, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Riley County
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.450, -96.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Rush
- When
- July 15, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Rush County
- Coordinates
- 38.530, -99.300
Tornado, Clay
- When
- July 15, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 39.100, -97.170
Tornado, Clay
- When
- July 15, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 39.380, -96.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- July 15, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Coordinates
- 39.700, -96.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Dickinson
- When
- July 15, 7:29 PM CST
- Where
- Dickinson County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.920, -97.220
Hail, Ottawa
- When
- July 15, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ottawa County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.030, -97.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Ottawa
- When
- July 15, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Ottawa County
- Coordinates
- 39.130, -97.720
Hail, Ellsworth
- When
- July 15, 8:37 PM CST
- Where
- Ellsworth County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.920, -98.000
Hail, Saline
- When
- July 15, 8:56 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.830, -97.600
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 Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 15, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, July 15, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 15, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 15, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 15, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 15, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 15, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 15, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 15, 1988
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, July 15, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 15, 1988
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, July 15, 1988
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: 10034213, 10034214, 10034215, 10034216, 10034217, 10034218, 10034219, 10034220, 10034221, 10034222, 10034223, 10034224, 10034225, 10034226, 10034227.