Hail, Elk
- When
- August 28, 5:12 PM CST
- Where
- Elk County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.350, -96.450
Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 28, 1989
2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 1
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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
2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Pratt
- When
- August 28, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Pratt County
- Coordinates
- 37.650, -98.730
Hail, Elk
- When
- August 28, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Elk County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.550, -96.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Harvey
- When
- August 28, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Harvey County
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 38.050, -97.350
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, August 28, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 28, 1989
- Hail in North Dakota, August 28, 1989
- Hail in Minnesota, August 28, 1989
- Hail in Wyoming, August 28, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 28, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 28, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 28, 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: 10036537, 10036538, 10036539, 10036540.