Hail, Dickinson
- When
- May 8, 6:59 AM CST
- Where
- Dickinson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.700, -97.000
Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 8, 1988
21 hail, 4 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
- 25
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
21 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Pottawatomie
- When
- May 8, 7:35 AM CST
- Where
- Pottawatomie County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -96.320
Hail, Pottawatomie
- When
- May 8, 8:15 AM CST
- Where
- Pottawatomie County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.300, -96.180
Hail, Jackson
- When
- May 8, 8:28 AM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.570, -95.870
Hail, Brown
- When
- May 8, 9:05 AM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.850, -95.530
Hail, Shawnee
- When
- May 8, 9:50 AM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.900, -95.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Doniphan
- When
- May 8, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Doniphan County
- Coordinates
- 39.730, -95.150
Hail, Osage
- When
- May 8, 10:05 AM CST
- Where
- Osage County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.780, -95.550
Hail, Doniphan
- When
- May 8, 10:10 AM CST
- Where
- Doniphan County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.850, -95.270
Hail, Shawnee
- When
- May 8, 10:18 AM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.050, -95.680
Hail, Douglas
- When
- May 8, 10:26 AM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.970, -95.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Doniphan
- When
- May 8, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Doniphan County
- Coordinates
- 39.750, -94.880
Hail, Leavenworth
- When
- May 8, 10:41 AM CST
- Where
- Leavenworth County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -95.070
Hail, Shawnee
- When
- May 8, 11:03 AM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.050, -95.680
Hail, Johnson
- When
- May 8, 11:05 AM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.770, -94.970
Hail, Leavenworth
- When
- May 8, 11:05 AM CST
- Where
- Leavenworth County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.300, -94.900
Hail, Leavenworth
- When
- May 8, 11:06 AM CST
- Where
- Leavenworth County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.130, -94.930
Hail, Wyandotte
- When
- May 8, 11:13 AM CST
- Where
- Wyandotte County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.100, -94.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson
- When
- May 8, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.950, -94.620
Hail, Johnson
- When
- May 8, 11:31 AM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.880, -94.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Linn
- When
- May 8, 11:32 AM CST
- Where
- Linn County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.150, -94.820
Hail, Miami
- When
- May 8, 11:34 AM CST
- Where
- Miami County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.520, -94.870
Hail, Johnson
- When
- May 8, 11:54 AM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.780, -94.650
Hail, Crawford
- When
- May 8, 12:10 PM CST
- Where
- Crawford County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.370, -95.000
Hail, Crawford
- When
- May 8, 12:25 PM CST
- Where
- Crawford County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.420, -94.700
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 Iowa, May 8, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 8, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, May 8, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, May 8, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 8, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 8, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 8, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 8, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 8, 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: 10037535, 10037536, 10037537, 10037538, 10037539, 10037540, 10037541, 10037542, 10037543, 10037544, 10037545, 10037546, 10037547, 10037548, 10037549, 10037550, 10037551, 10037552, 10037553, 10037554, 10037555, 10037556, 10037557, 10037558, 10037559.