Kansas, 1991

Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, April 2, 1991

April 2, 1991 · 6 events in 2 counties and zones

5 tornado, 1 hail, 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
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
6

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

5 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Barber

When
April 2, 4:30 PM CST
Where
Barber County
Rating
F0
Path length
1 mi
Path width
17 yd
Coordinates
37.080, -98.980

Tornado, Comanche

When
April 2, 5:28 PM CST
Where
Comanche County
Rating
F1
Path length
1.7 mi
Path width
20 yd
Coordinates
37.020, -99.300

Hail, Comanche

When
April 2, 5:45 PM CST
Where
Comanche County
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
37.080, -99.430

Tornado, Comanche

When
April 2, 6:17 PM CST
Where
Comanche County
Rating
F0
Path length
2.2 mi
Path width
27 yd
Coordinates
37.000, -99.000

Tornado, Comanche

When
April 2, 6:26 PM CST
Where
Comanche County
Rating
F0
Path length
0.3 mi
Path width
17 yd
Coordinates
37.200, -99.250

Tornado, Barber

When
April 2, 7:10 PM CST
Where
Barber County
Rating
F0
Path length
1.5 mi
Path width
20 yd
Coordinates
37.080, -98.980

What these are

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

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 10036729, 10036730, 10036731, 10036732, 10036733, 10036734.