Hail, Kiowa
- When
- September 8, 2:51 PM CST
- Where
- Kiowa County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.600, -99.300
Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, September 8, 1989
15 thunderstorm wind, 5 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 22
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
15 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Comanche
- When
- September 8, 3:17 PM CST
- Where
- Comanche County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.150, -99.330
Tornado, Jewell
- When
- September 8, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Jewell County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.700, -98.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Russell
- When
- September 8, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Coordinates
- 38.780, -98.850
Hail, Cloud
- When
- September 8, 4:14 PM CST
- Where
- Cloud County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.500, -97.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Clark
- When
- September 8, 5:22 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.180, -99.670
Hail, Washington
- When
- September 8, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.730, -96.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Sumner
- When
- September 8, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sumner County
- Coordinates
- 37.270, -97.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- September 8, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Coordinates
- 39.630, -97.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Sedgwick
- When
- September 8, 6:13 PM CST
- Where
- Sedgwick County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.650, -97.430
Hail, Leavenworth
- When
- September 8, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Leavenworth County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.180, -95.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Sumner
- When
- September 8, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Sumner County
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.350, -97.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Butler
- When
- September 8, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Butler County
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.520, -97.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Riley
- When
- September 8, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Riley County
- Coordinates
- 39.180, -96.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Morris
- When
- September 8, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Morris County
- Coordinates
- 38.850, -96.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Dickinson
- When
- September 8, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Dickinson County
- Coordinates
- 38.880, -97.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Pottawatomie
- When
- September 8, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Pottawatomie County
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -96.430
Tornado, Jackson
- When
- September 8, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 350 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.450, -95.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- September 8, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Coordinates
- 39.450, -95.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Sedgwick
- When
- September 8, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Sedgwick County
- Coordinates
- 37.630, -97.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Sedgwick
- When
- September 8, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Sedgwick County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.700, -97.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Sedgwick
- When
- September 8, 10:20 PM CST
- Where
- Sedgwick County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.700, -97.330
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.
- 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
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, September 8, 1989
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, September 8, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, September 8, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, September 8, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, September 8, 1989
- Hail in Colorado, September 8, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, September 8, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, September 8, 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: 10036544, 10036545, 10036546, 10036547, 10036548, 10036549, 10036550, 10036551, 10036552, 10036553, 10036554, 10036555, 10036556, 10036557, 10036558, 10036559, 10036560, 10036561, 10036562, 10036563, 10036564, 10036565.