Kansas, 1993

Tornado and Hail in Kansas, April 28, 1993

April 28, 1993 · 5 events in 3 counties and zones

4 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$50,000
Crop damage
$550,000
Events
5

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

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

Hail, Greeley

When
April 28, 2:55 PM CST to 3:00 PM CST
Where
Greeley County, Sharon Springs to To 16 Nw
Measured
0.75 in hail
Crop damage
$50,000
Coordinates
38.481, -101.806 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A thunderstorm moving southeast dropped hail which damaged wheat.

Hail, Greeley

When
April 28, 3:20 PM CST
Where
Greeley County to Tribune
Measured
1 in hail
Crop damage
$500,000
Coordinates
38.481, -101.806 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A thunderstorm moving southeast dropped hail which damaged wheat.

Hail, Greeley

When
April 28, 3:35 PM CST
Where
Greeley County, Tribune
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
38.481, -101.806 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Seward

When
April 28, 4:00 PM CST
Where
Seward County, S of Lib
Measured
1 in hail
Property damage
$50,000
Coordinates
37.193, -100.851 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tornado, Pratt

When
April 28, 5:15 PM CST to 5:28 PM CST
Where
Pratt County, To 7 Sw to Pratt
Rating
F0
Path length
5 mi
Path width
10 yd
Coordinates
37.650, -98.820

A tornado moved over open farmland.

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.

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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: 10323647, 10323648, 10323649, 10326213, 10326268.