Hail, Harvey
- When
- May 18, 10:10 AM CST
- Where
- Harvey County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.130, -97.430
Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 18, 1989
8 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
- $250,000
- 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
8 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- May 18, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.330, -95.570
Hail, Leavenworth
- When
- May 18, 12:25 PM CST
- Where
- Leavenworth County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.120, -95.080
Hail, Leavenworth
- When
- May 18, 12:45 PM CST
- Where
- Leavenworth County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.130, -94.930
Hail, Leavenworth
- When
- May 18, 12:45 PM CST
- Where
- Leavenworth County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.000, -95.030
Hail, Leavenworth
- When
- May 18, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Leavenworth County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.120, -95.080
Hail, Wyandotte
- When
- May 18, 1:10 PM CST
- Where
- Wyandotte County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.120, -94.670
Hail, Johnson
- When
- May 18, 1:25 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.880, -94.820
Tornado, Lyon
- When
- May 18, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 38.270, -96.170
Tornado, Clay
- When
- May 18, 1:35 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.480, -97.170
What these are
- 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
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- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 18, 1989
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, May 18, 1989
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, May 18, 1989
- Hail in Texas, May 18, 1989
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, May 18, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 18, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 18, 1989
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1989Every state in 1989This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kansas, 1989Warnings in Kansas, May 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: 10035851, 10035852, 10035853, 10035854, 10035855, 10035856, 10035857, 10035858, 10035859, 10035860.