Thunderstorm Wind, Miami
- When
- August 21, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Miami County
- Coordinates
- 38.570, -94.870
Tornado and Hail in Kansas, August 21, 1989
7 thunderstorm wind, 6 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
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 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Republic
- When
- August 21, 3:48 PM CST
- Where
- Republic County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.920, -97.500
Tornado, Osborne
- When
- August 21, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Osborne County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.180, -98.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Woodson
- When
- August 21, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Woodson County
- Coordinates
- 37.830, -95.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Wilson
- When
- August 21, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wilson County
- Coordinates
- 37.520, -95.770
Hail, Osborne
- When
- August 21, 6:26 PM CST
- Where
- Osborne County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.170, -98.700
Hail, Osborne
- When
- August 21, 6:26 PM CST
- Where
- Osborne County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.430, -98.770
Hail, Mitchell
- When
- August 21, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.330, -98.380
Hail, Russell
- When
- August 21, 6:58 PM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.050, -98.850
Hail, Russell
- When
- August 21, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.000, -98.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Russell
- When
- August 21, 8:05 PM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Measured
- 78 kt (90 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.900, -98.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Russell
- When
- August 21, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Measured
- 91 kt (105 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.100, -98.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- August 21, 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.020, -98.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Ellsworth
- When
- August 21, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ellsworth County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.830, -98.370
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.
- 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 South Dakota, August 21, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, August 21, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 21, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 21, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Maine, August 21, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 21, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Connecticut, August 21, 1989
- Tornado in Michigan, August 21, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 21, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 21, 1989
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: 10036508, 10036509, 10036510, 10036511, 10036512, 10036513, 10036514, 10036515, 10036516, 10036517, 10036518, 10036519, 10036520, 10036521.