Hail, Saline
- When
- May 11, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.780, -97.870
Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 11, 1992
11 hail, 3 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
- $250
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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
11 hail, 3 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Russell
- When
- May 11, 12:35 PM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 38.900, -98.880
Hail, Saline
- When
- May 11, 12:45 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.750, -97.850
Tornado, Russell
- When
- May 11, 12:57 PM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 73 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.820, -98.770
Tornado, Russell
- When
- May 11, 1:10 PM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 73 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.780, -98.730
Hail, Russell
- When
- May 11, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.770, -98.580
Hail, Ellsworth
- When
- May 11, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ellsworth County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.820, -98.470
Hail, Ellsworth
- When
- May 11, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Ellsworth County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.820, -98.450
Hail, Ellsworth
- When
- May 11, 2:53 PM CST
- Where
- Ellsworth County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.730, -98.230
Hail, Clay
- When
- May 11, 3:26 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.400, -97.120
Hail, Sumner
- When
- May 11, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sumner County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.400, -97.650
Hail, McPherson
- When
- May 11, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- McPherson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.230, -97.670
Hail, Ottawa
- When
- May 11, 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- Ottawa County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.020, -97.880
Hail, Ottawa
- When
- May 11, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Ottawa County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.130, -97.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Sumner
- When
- May 11, 4:15 PM PST
- Where
- Sumner County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.400, -97.650
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 11, 1992
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 11, 1992
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 11, 1992
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 11, 1992
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 11, 1992
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 11, 1992
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, May 11, 1992
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1992Every state in 1992This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kansas, 1992Warnings in Kansas, May 1992
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: 10161285, 10033619, 10161287, 10033620, 10033621, 10161291, 10161296, 10159024, 10159031, 10159035, 10159037, 10159039, 10159040, 10159047, 10033622.