Hail, Seward
- When
- May 18, 5:08 PM CST
- Where
- Seward County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.270, -100.780
Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 18, 1990
17 hail, 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $28,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 20
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
17 hail, 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Meade
- When
- May 18, 5:16 PM CST
- Where
- Meade County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.380, -100.550
Hail, Gray
- When
- May 18, 5:18 PM CST
- Where
- Gray County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.530, -100.630
Tornado, Rawlins
- When
- May 18, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Rawlins County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 39.830, -100.780
Hail, Gray
- When
- May 18, 5:37 PM CST
- Where
- Gray County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.800, -100.350
Tornado, Decatur
- When
- May 18, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Decatur County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.970, -100.700
Hail, Hodgeman
- When
- May 18, 5:56 PM CST
- Where
- Hodgeman County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.080, -100.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Sherman
- When
- May 18, 6:29 PM CST
- Where
- Sherman County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.370, -101.700
Hail, Rawlins
- When
- May 18, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Rawlins County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.820, -100.780
Hail, Decatur
- When
- May 18, 8:17 PM CST
- Where
- Decatur County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.820, -100.520
Hail, Gove
- When
- May 18, 8:58 PM CST
- Where
- Gove County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.100, -100.370
Hail, Lane
- When
- May 18, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lane County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.480, -100.530
Hail, Scott
- When
- May 18, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.480, -100.680
Hail, Ness
- When
- May 18, 9:40 PM CST
- Where
- Ness County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.650, -100.170
Hail, Ness
- When
- May 18, 9:48 PM CST
- Where
- Ness County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.430, -100.200
Hail, Rush
- When
- May 18, 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- Rush County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.520, -99.300
Hail, Ness
- When
- May 18, 10:07 PM CST
- Where
- Ness County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.450, -99.900
Hail, Russell
- When
- May 18, 10:48 PM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.850, -98.850
Hail, Rush
- When
- May 18, 10:50 PM CST
- Where
- Rush County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.470, -99.430
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- May 18, 11:33 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.020, -98.380
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
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: 10036582, 10036583, 10036584, 10036585, 10036586, 10036587, 10036588, 10036589, 10036590, 10036591, 10036592, 10036593, 10036594, 10036595, 10036596, 10036597, 10036598, 10036599, 10036600, 10036601.