Hail, Lyon
- When
- April 28, 2:03 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.370, -96.230
Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, April 28, 1991
12 hail, 4 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 18
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
12 hail, 4 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Ellis
- When
- April 28, 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.720, -99.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Smith
- When
- April 28, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County
- Coordinates
- 39.930, -99.030
Tornado, Pratt
- When
- April 28, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Pratt County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Coordinates
- 37.650, -98.820
Tornado, Pratt
- When
- April 28, 3:53 PM CST
- Where
- Pratt County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 37.820, -98.870
Tornado, Stafford
- When
- April 28, 3:57 PM CST
- Where
- Stafford County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 10 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 37.830, -98.870
Hail, Douglas
- When
- April 28, 3:59 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.970, -95.230
Hail, Leavenworth
- When
- April 28, 4:13 PM CST
- Where
- Leavenworth County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.050, -95.120
Hail, Osborne
- When
- April 28, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Osborne County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.370, -98.620
Hail, Russell
- When
- April 28, 4:22 PM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.880, -98.850
Tornado, Pratt
- When
- April 28, 4:23 PM CST
- Where
- Pratt County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.8 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 37.730, -98.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Leavenworth
- When
- April 28, 4:28 PM CST
- Where
- Leavenworth County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.130, -94.930
Hail, Russell
- When
- April 28, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.980, -98.550
Hail, Osborne
- When
- April 28, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Osborne County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.500, -98.570
Hail, Mitchell
- When
- April 28, 5:53 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.520, -98.430
Hail, Jewell
- When
- April 28, 6:32 PM CST
- Where
- Jewell County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.850, -98.300
Hail, Jewell
- When
- April 28, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Jewell County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.670, -98.080
Hail, Jewell
- When
- April 28, 7:05 PM CST
- Where
- Jewell County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -98.000
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.
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 28, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, April 28, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 28, 1991
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, April 28, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, April 28, 1991
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, April 28, 1991
- Hail in Pennsylvania, April 28, 1991
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: 10035659, 10035660, 10035661, 10035662, 10035663, 10035664, 10035665, 10035666, 10035667, 10035668, 10035669, 10035670, 10035671, 10035672, 10035673, 10035674, 10035675, 10035676.