Hail, Barton
- When
- May 24, 3:44 PM CST
- Where
- Barton County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.520, -98.770
Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 24, 1990
9 hail, 8 tornado, 2 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
- 6
- Property damage
- $8.3 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 19
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
9 hail, 8 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Rush
- When
- May 24, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Rush County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.520, -99.300
Tornado, Rush
- When
- May 24, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Rush County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 18 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 38.380, -99.180
Tornado, Barton
- When
- May 24, 4:03 PM CST
- Where
- Barton County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.450, -99.000
Tornado, Barton
- When
- May 24, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Barton County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 4 mi
- Path width
- 1,320 yd
- Injuries
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 38.450, -98.550
Tornado, Rice
- When
- May 24, 4:26 PM CST
- Where
- Rice County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 6 mi
- Path width
- 1,320 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 38.480, -98.450
Tornado, Ellsworth
- When
- May 24, 4:38 PM CST
- Where
- Ellsworth County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 16 mi
- Path width
- 1,320 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 38.530, -98.420
Tornado, Ellsworth
- When
- May 24, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Ellsworth County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 12 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 38.500, -98.180
Tornado, McPherson
- When
- May 24, 5:14 PM CST
- Where
- McPherson County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 30 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 38.520, -97.900
Tornado, Marion
- When
- May 24, 6:14 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 18 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 38.480, -97.370
Hail, Anderson
- When
- May 24, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Anderson County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.280, -95.230
Hail, Marion
- When
- May 24, 7:38 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.350, -97.300
Hail, Marion
- When
- May 24, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.530, -97.250
Hail, Marion
- When
- May 24, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.550, -97.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Lyon
- When
- May 24, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.330, -96.180
Hail, Marion
- When
- May 24, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.380, -97.130
Hail, Chase
- When
- May 24, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Chase County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.430, -96.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Coffey
- When
- May 24, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Coffey County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.270, -95.830
Hail, Franklin
- When
- May 24, 9:05 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.620, -95.130
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.
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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: 10036615, 10036616, 10036617, 10036618, 10036619, 10036620, 10036621, 10036622, 10036623, 10036624, 10036625, 10036626, 10036627, 10036628, 10036629, 10036630, 10036631, 10036632, 10036633.