Hail, Doniphan
- When
- March 30, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Doniphan County, Troy
- Measured
- 0.9 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.788, -95.147 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, March 30, 1993
11 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 17 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
- $1.1 million
- 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
11 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Coffey
- When
- March 30, 3:49 PM CST
- Where
- Coffey County, Lebo
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.237, -95.734 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Osage
- When
- March 30, 4:09 PM CST
- Where
- Osage County, Lebo
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.652, -95.727 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Osage
- When
- March 30, 4:22 PM CST
- Where
- Osage County, Melvern Lake Dam
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.652, -95.727 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Coffey
- When
- March 30, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Coffey County, Le Roy
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.237, -95.734 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dime-size hail piled up two inches deep in and around Le Roy.
Hail, Osage
- When
- March 30, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Osage County, Lyndon
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.652, -95.727 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail from 0.75-inch to golfball-size did minor damage to cars across parts of Osage County
Hail, Osage
- When
- March 30, 4:59 PM CST
- Where
- Osage County, Overbrook
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 38.652, -95.727 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail from 0.75-inch to golfball-size did minor damage to cars across parts of Osage County
Thunderstorm Wind, Douglas
- When
- March 30, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas County, Pleasant Grove
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.885, -95.293 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Douglas
- When
- March 30, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas County, Zarko
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.885, -95.293 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Golfball-size hail accompanied the high winds but no damage was reported.
Hail, Franklin
- When
- March 30, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County, Centropolis
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 38.565, -95.286 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Large hail dented some cars and roofs as it fell briefly in far western and northwest Franklin County.
Thunderstorm Wind, Douglas
- When
- March 30, 6:08 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas County, Eudora
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 38.885, -95.293 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winds estimated at 60 mph moved through the Eudora area producing only minor damage to roofs and trees.
Tornado, Johnson
- When
- March 30, 6:18 PM CST to 6:19 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County, Desoto to 0.25 to Ne Desoto
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 15 yd
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Coordinates
- 38.980, -94.970
A small tornado began in De Soto and ended north of Lenape in Leavenworth County.
Tornado, Leavenworth
- When
- March 30, 6:19 PM CST to 6:22 PM CST
- Where
- Leavenworth County, Desoto to Lenape
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.3 mi
- Path width
- 15 yd
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Coordinates
- 39.199, -95.038 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A small tornado touched down near 8th and Lexington in DeSoto in Johnson County and moved northeast lifting one mile north of Lenape in Leavenworth County. The tornado was witnessed by a citizen in De Soto who described the circulation as about 50 feet in diameter. Property damage was estimated at between $100,000 and $125,000. Hail the size of baseballs and severe straight-line winds accompanied the parent thunderstorm.
Hail, Leavenworth
- When
- March 30, 6:33 PM CST
- Where
- Leavenworth County, Lenape
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.199, -95.038 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Wyandotte
- When
- March 30, 6:39 PM CST
- Where
- Wyandotte County, Bonner Springs
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.115, -94.764 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Wyandotte
- When
- March 30, 6:39 PM CST
- Where
- Wyandotte County, Bonner Springs
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.115, -94.764 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Leavenworth
- When
- March 30, 6:53 PM CST
- Where
- Leavenworth County, Basehor
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.199, -95.038 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson
- When
- March 30, 7:05 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County, Stilwell
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 38.884, -94.822 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A barn was blown down by the high winds just west of Stilwell.
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, March 30, 1993
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- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, March 30, 1993
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, March 30, 1993
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, March 30, 1993
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, March 30, 1993
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, March 30, 1993
- Hail in Alabama, March 30, 1993
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, March 30, 1993
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 30, 1993
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, March 30, 1993
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: 10323288, 10323157, 10326122, 10326123, 10323158, 10326124, 10326125, 10323298, 10323299, 10323632, 10323300, 10326741, 10326645, 10326646, 10325535, 10325615, 10326647, 10326742.