Hail, Gove
- When
- May 8, 3:02 AM CST
- Where
- Gove County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.130, -100.630
Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 8, 1990
14 hail, 13 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 27
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
14 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Sherman
- When
- May 8, 8:08 PM CST
- Where
- Sherman County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.130, -101.720
Hail, Sherman
- When
- May 8, 8:08 PM CST
- Where
- Sherman County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.130, -101.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Decatur
- When
- May 8, 8:18 PM CST
- Where
- Decatur County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.680, -100.280
Hail, Thomas
- When
- May 8, 8:22 PM CST
- Where
- Thomas County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.250, -101.380
Hail, Thomas
- When
- May 8, 8:26 PM CST
- Where
- Thomas County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.400, -101.050
Hail, Logan
- When
- May 8, 8:51 PM CST
- Where
- Logan County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.100, -101.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Decatur
- When
- May 8, 9:11 PM CST
- Where
- Decatur County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.820, -100.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Decatur
- When
- May 8, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Decatur County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.620, -100.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Sheridan
- When
- May 8, 9:25 PM CST
- Where
- Sheridan County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -100.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Sheridan
- When
- May 8, 9:25 PM CST
- Where
- Sheridan County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -100.430
Hail, Trego
- When
- May 8, 9:56 PM CST
- Where
- Trego County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.030, -100.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Graham
- When
- May 8, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Graham County
- Measured
- 74 kt (85 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.370, -99.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Rooks
- When
- May 8, 10:05 PM CST
- Where
- Rooks County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.430, -99.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Trego
- When
- May 8, 10:10 PM CST
- Where
- Trego County
- Measured
- 80 kt (92 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.800, -99.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Ellis
- When
- May 8, 10:26 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.930, -99.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Ellis
- When
- May 8, 10:37 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.870, -99.320
Hail, Osborne
- When
- May 8, 10:39 PM CST
- Where
- Osborne County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.470, -98.950
Hail, Smith
- When
- May 8, 10:45 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.650, -98.930
Hail, Osborne
- When
- May 8, 10:56 PM CST
- Where
- Osborne County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.570, -98.700
Hail, Smith
- When
- May 8, 10:59 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -98.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- May 8, 11:18 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.080, -98.470
Hail, Jewell
- When
- May 8, 11:22 PM CST
- Where
- Jewell County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.670, -98.350
Hail, Mitchell
- When
- May 8, 11:23 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.330, -98.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Jewell
- When
- May 8, 11:35 PM CST
- Where
- Jewell County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -98.220
Hail, Mitchell
- When
- May 8, 11:40 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.470, -98.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Mitchell
- When
- May 8, 11:50 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.400, -97.930
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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: 10034357, 10034358, 10034359, 10034360, 10034361, 10034362, 10034363, 10034364, 10034365, 10034366, 10034367, 10034368, 10034369, 10034370, 10034371, 10034372, 10034373, 10034374, 10034375, 10034376, 10034377, 10034378, 10034379, 10034380, 10035230, 10035231, 10035441.