Thunderstorm Wind, Kingman
- When
- March 29, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Kingman County, Near Midway
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 37.559, -98.136 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado and Hail in Kansas, March 29, 1993
10 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 11 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $530,000
- Crop damage
- $17,000
- Events
- 12
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
10 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Harvey
- When
- March 29, 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Harvey County, Newton
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 38.043, -97.427 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, McPherson
- When
- March 29, 8:34 PM CST
- Where
- McPherson County, Moundridge
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 38.392, -97.648 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Marion
- When
- March 29, 8:57 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County, Peabody
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 38.359, -97.097 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Saline
- When
- March 29, 9:05 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County, Mentor
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 38.784, -97.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Marion
- When
- March 29, 9:10 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County, Peabody
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 38.359, -97.097 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A thunderstorm developed near Kingman and moved northeast toward Newton and Marion. It initially produced wind gusts estimated at 75 mph, then dropped 1.00-inch diameter hail. Little damage resulted.
Hail, Geary
- When
- March 29, 10:07 PM CST
- Where
- Geary County, Junction City
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.002, -96.752 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail about the size of golfballs fell briefly in Junction City.
Tornado, Pottawatomie
- When
- March 29, 10:40 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pottawatomie County, To 4 N to Manhattan
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 39.180, -96.580
A small tornado cut a broken path about four miles long causing spotty damage to several buildings, a truck bed manufacturing business and some greenhouses. The damage was estimated at $200,000.
Hail, Pottawatomie
- When
- March 29, 11:05 PM CST
- Where
- Pottawatomie County, Wamego
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.379, -96.342 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Pottawatomie
- When
- March 29, 11:10 PM CST
- Where
- Pottawatomie County, Fostoria
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.379, -96.342 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Marshall
- When
- March 29, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County, Lillis
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.784, -96.523 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Nemaha
- When
- March 29, 11:50 PM CST
- Where
- Nemaha County, Axtell
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.784, -96.014 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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: 10326757, 10326540, 10325873, 10325845, 10325550, 10325846, 10323350, 10326198, 10326199, 10326200, 10325857, 10326031.