Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, April 30, 1993

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, April 30, 1993
Start: 1993-04-30T14:25
End: 1993-04-30T21:00
Location: Kansas

April 30, 1993 · 40 events in 14 counties and zones

28 hail, 6 tornado, 6 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 36 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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: $5.7 million
Crop damage: $50,000
Events: 40

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

28 hail, 6 tornado, 6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Greeley

When: April 30, 2:25 PM CST to 2:30 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, Greeley

When: April 30, 3:15 PM CST to 3:20 PM CST
Where: Greeley County, Tribune
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 38.481, -101.806 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Greeley

When: April 30, 3:25 PM CST
Where: Greeley County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 38.481, -101.806 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Ness

When: April 30, 3:50 PM CST
Where: Ness County, Utica
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 38.479, -99.916 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Greeley

When: April 30, 3:55 PM CST to 4:05 PM CST
Where: Greeley County, Tribune
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Crop damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 38.481, -101.806 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail damaged crops in northwest Greeley county.

Hail, Ness

When: April 30, 4:04 PM CST
Where: Ness County, Utica
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 38.479, -99.916 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Gray

When: April 30, 4:12 PM CST
Where: Gray County, Haggard
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 37.738, -100.438 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Ness

When: April 30, 4:13 PM CST
Where: Ness County, Utica
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 38.479, -99.916 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Wallace

When: April 30, 4:15 PM CST
Where: Wallace County, Weskan
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 38.917, -101.764 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Clark

When: April 30, 4:17 PM CST
Where: Clark County, Englewood
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 37.236, -99.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Ness

When: April 30, 4:52 PM CST to 5:09 PM CST
Where: Ness County, Utica
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 38.479, -99.916 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tornado, Ness

When: April 30, 5:12 PM CST
Where: Ness County
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 10 yd
Coordinates: 38.479, -99.916 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Wichita

When: April 30, 5:50 PM CST
Where: Wichita County, Leoti
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 38.482, -101.347 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tornado, Ness

When: April 30, 5:50 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Ness County, To 4 Ne to Ness City
Rating: F1
Path length: 4 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 38.520, -99.900

Two grain bins were destroyed north of Ness City. Five telephone poles were also knocked down.

Hail, Hamilton

When: April 30, 5:54 PM CST
Where: Hamilton County, Syracuse
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 37.999, -101.791 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Kearny

When: April 30, 6:01 PM CST
Where: Kearny County, Kendall
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 38.000, -101.320 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Finney

When: April 30, 6:15 PM CST
Where: Finney County, Holcomb
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 38.044, -100.737 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tornado touched down briefly in an open field near Jennie Baker Road and Mary Street.

Tornado, Finney

When: April 30, 6:20 PM CST
Where: Finney County, Garden City
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 20 yd
Coordinates: 37.980, -100.830

Tornado touched down briefly in an open field near Jennie Baker Road and Mary Street.

Hail, Meade

When: April 30, 6:25 PM CST
Where: Meade County to Meade
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 37.238, -100.366 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Meade

When: April 30, 6:28 PM CST
Where: Meade County, Meade
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 37.238, -100.366 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Finney

When: April 30, 6:30 PM CST
Where: Finney County, Garden City
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 38.044, -100.737 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A semi-trailer blown over by winds on Highway 83.

Thunderstorm Wind, Finney

When: April 30, 6:30 PM CST
Where: Finney County, Garden City
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 38.044, -100.737 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A semi-trailer blown over by winds on Highway 83.

Hail, Ness

When: April 30, 6:38 PM CST
Where: Ness County, Bazine
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 38.479, -99.916 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Finney

When: April 30, 6:39 PM CST
Where: Finney County, Garden City
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 38.044, -100.737 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Roof blown off a mobile home by the winds.

Hail, Ford

When: April 30, 6:42 PM CST
Where: Ford County, Dodge City
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Property damage: $5.0 million
Coordinates: 37.692, -99.888 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A severe thunderstorm developed on the west side of Dodge City and slowly moved to the northeast. Golfball- to baseball-size hail occurred in the west and northwest areas of Dodge City from 1842 CST CST to 1855 CST.

Hail, Ford

When: April 30, 6:45 PM CST
Where: Ford County, Dodge City
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 37.692, -99.888 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail fell across the west side of the city.

Hail, Ford

When: April 30, 6:50 PM CST
Where: Ford County, Dodge City
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Coordinates: 37.692, -99.888 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The hail fell across the northwest side of the city.

Hail, Ford

When: April 30, 6:52 PM CST
Where: Ford County, Dodge City
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 37.692, -99.888 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail fell across the northwest part of the city.

Hail, Finney

When: April 30, 6:58 PM CST to 7:01 PM CST
Where: Finney County, Garden City to To 3 S
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 38.044, -100.737 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Three center pivot sprinkler systems were damaged or destroyed. A semi-trailer was knocked over onto a pickup truck.

Tornado, Finney

When: April 30, 7:20 PM CST
Where: Finney County, Garden City
Rating: F1
Path length: 6 mi
Path width: 30 yd
Property damage: $500,000
Coordinates: 38.044, -100.737 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Three center pivot sprinkler systems were damaged or destroyed. A semi-trailer was knocked over onto a pickup truck.

Hail, Clark

When: April 30, 7:20 PM CST
Where: Clark County, Englewood
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 37.236, -99.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tornado, Gray

When: April 30, 7:27 PM CST
Where: Gray County, Ingalls
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 10 yd
Coordinates: 37.850, -100.420

Tornado touched down briefly in an open field. No damage reported or observed.

Hail, Gray

When: April 30, 7:30 PM CST
Where: Gray County, Cimarron
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 37.738, -100.438 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tornado, Haskell

When: April 30, 7:55 PM CST
Where: Haskell County, Sublette
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 10 yd
Coordinates: 37.630, -100.930

Tornado briefly touched down in an open field.

Hail, Hodgeman

When: April 30, 7:55 PM CST
Where: Hodgeman County, Hanston
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Coordinates: 38.088, -99.898 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Gray

When: April 30, 8:10 PM CST
Where: Gray County, Cimarron
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 37.738, -100.438 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Ford

When: April 30, 8:24 PM CST
Where: Ford County to Dodge City
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 37.692, -99.888 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail fell across the south side of the city.

Thunderstorm Wind, Comanche

When: April 30, 8:30 PM CST
Where: Comanche County, Coldwater
Measured: 70 kt (81 mph)
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 37.191, -99.272 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A tin roof was blown off a hangar.

Thunderstorm Wind, Comanche

When: April 30, 8:45 PM CST
Where: Comanche County, Coldwater
Measured: 70 kt (81 mph)
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 37.191, -99.272 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winds blew two large doors off a barn.

Thunderstorm Wind, Comanche

When: April 30, 9:00 PM CST
Where: Comanche County, Wilmore
Measured: 80 kt (92 mph)
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 37.191, -99.272 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds blew out the side of a barn and the tin roofs of a grainery and a carport.

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

Every storm in Kansas in 1993 Every state in 1993 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Kansas, 1993 Warnings in Kansas, April 1993

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: 10323650, 10323651, 10323652, 10326066, 10323653, 10326067, 10323573, 10326068, 10325115, 10324225, 10326069, 10326070, 10325316, 10326071, 10326481, 10326618, 10323529, 10323530, 10325889, 10325890, 10323531, 10323532, 10326072, 10323533, 10324447, 10324448, 10324449, 10324450, 10323534, 10323535, 10324226, 10323574, 10323575, 10326562, 10326578, 10323576, 10324451, 10323167, 10323168, 10323169.