Hail, Morton
- When
- August 20, 12:15 AM CST
- Where
- Morton County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.270, -101.780
Tornado and Hail in Kansas, August 20, 1989
7 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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
7 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Stevens
- When
- August 20, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Stevens County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.180, -101.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Haskell
- When
- August 20, 1:35 AM CST
- Where
- Haskell County
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.650, -100.980
Hail, Seward
- When
- August 20, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Seward County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.170, -100.930
Hail, Reno
- When
- August 20, 2:46 AM CST
- Where
- Reno County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.070, -97.920
Hail, Reno
- When
- August 20, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Reno County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.070, -97.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Sumner
- When
- August 20, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sumner County
- Coordinates
- 37.400, -97.280
Tornado, Cowley
- When
- August 20, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Cowley County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 37.280, -96.800
Hail, Decatur
- When
- August 20, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Decatur County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.680, -100.280
Hail, Norton
- When
- August 20, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Norton County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.600, -100.120
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 20, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 20, 1989
- Damaging Wind in New Hampshire, August 20, 1989
- Damaging Wind in New York, August 20, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 20, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Montana, August 20, 1989
- Hail in Utah, August 20, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 20, 1989
- Hail in South Dakota, August 20, 1989
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1989Every state in 1989This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kansas, 1989Warnings in Kansas, August 1989
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: 10035435, 10035436, 10035437, 10036289, 10036290, 10036503, 10036504, 10036505, 10036506, 10036507.