Kansas, 1990

Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, April 9, 1990

April 9, 1990 · NWS DDC · 14 events in 7 counties and zones

10 hail, 4 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$50,000
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

10 hail, 4 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Finney

When
April 9, 4:02 PM CST
Where
Finney County
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
37.900, -100.980

Hail, Gray

When
April 9, 5:30 PM CST
Where
Gray County
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
37.800, -100.250

Hail, Reno

When
April 9, 5:34 PM CST
Where
Reno County
Measured
2 in hail
Coordinates
38.070, -97.920

Hail, Ford

When
April 9, 6:02 PM CST
Where
Ford County
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
37.670, -100.020

Tornado, Harvey

When
April 9, 6:12 PM CST
Where
Harvey County
Rating
F0
Path length
19 mi
Path width
210 yd
Property damage
$25,000
Coordinates
37.980, -97.650

Hail, Harvey

When
April 9, 6:18 PM CST
Where
Harvey County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
37.920, -97.350

Hail, Harvey

When
April 9, 6:45 PM CST
Where
Harvey County
Measured
3 in hail
Coordinates
38.000, -97.520

Hail, Harvey

When
April 9, 6:45 PM CST
Where
Harvey County
Measured
3 in hail
Coordinates
38.050, -97.580

Hail, Harvey

When
April 9, 6:57 PM CST
Where
Harvey County
Measured
3 in hail
Coordinates
38.000, -97.500

Tornado, Butler

When
April 9, 7:05 PM CST
Where
Butler County
Rating
F0
Path length
1 mi
Path width
210 yd
Property damage
$25,000
Coordinates
37.980, -97.170

Tornado, Kingman

When
April 9, 7:18 PM CST
Where
Kingman County
Rating
F1
Path length
7 mi
Path width
420 yd
Coordinates
37.400, -98.230

Hail, Butler

When
April 9, 7:34 PM CST
Where
Butler County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
37.970, -97.150

Hail, Butler

When
April 9, 7:47 PM CST
Where
Butler County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
37.730, -96.920

Tornado, Kingman

When
April 9, 7:50 PM CST
Where
Kingman County
Rating
F0
Path length
1 mi
Path width
210 yd
Coordinates
37.570, -98.120

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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.

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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: 10034317, 10034318, 10034319, 10034320, 10034321, 10034322, 10034323, 10034324, 10034325, 10034326, 10034327, 10034328, 10034329, 10034330.