Tornado and Hail in Kansas, July 15, 1994

Name: Tornado and Hail in Kansas, July 15, 1994
Start: 1994-07-15T06:45
End: 1994-07-15T19:05
Location: Kansas

July 15, 1994 · 23 events in 13 counties and zones

16 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 23 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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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $26,000
Crop damage: $20,000
Events: 23

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

16 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Russell

When: July 15, 6:45 AM CST
Where: Russell County, Lucas
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 38.915, -98.762 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln

When: July 15, 6:55 AM CST
Where: Lincoln County, Denmark
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 39.045, -98.208 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winds up to 70 miles an hour toppled an emergency services radio repeater tower system. A mile and a half away trees were uprooted and a large tree limb fell on a house. Golf ball-size hail fell two miles south of Ash Grove, while hail the size of mothballs fell at Sylvan Grove.

Thunderstorm Wind, Saline

When: July 15, 7:47 AM CST
Where: Saline County, Salina
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Property damage: $50
Coordinates: 38.784, -97.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Thomas

When: July 15, 4:45 PM CST
Where: Thomas County, Mingo
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 39.351, -101.055 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Thomas

When: July 15, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Thomas County, Mingo
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 39.351, -101.055 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Logan

When: July 15, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Logan County, Monument
Measured: 2.5 in hail
Coordinates: 38.917, -101.148 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Republic

When: July 15, 5:05 PM CST
Where: Republic County, Belleville
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Crop damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 39.828, -97.651 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Wallace

When: July 15, 5:05 PM CST
Where: Wallace County, Weskan
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 38.917, -101.764 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Wallace

When: July 15, 5:05 PM CST
Where: Wallace County, Sharon Sprg
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 38.917, -101.764 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Logan

When: July 15, 5:15 PM CST
Where: Logan County, Monument
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 38.917, -101.148 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Spotter also reported rotating wall cloud.

Hail, Republic

When: July 15, 5:20 PM CST
Where: Republic County, Agenda
Measured: 1 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Crop damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 39.828, -97.651 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Republic

When: July 15, 5:25 PM CST
Where: Republic County, Belleville
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Crop damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 39.828, -97.651 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Logan

When: July 15, 5:30 PM CST
Where: Logan County, Oakley
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 38.917, -101.148 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Also rainfall totalled four inches. Three-quarter inch hail also reported in Oakley at 1739CST.

Thunderstorm Wind, Wichita

When: July 15, 5:35 PM CST
Where: Wichita County, Leoti
Measured: 66 kt (76 mph)
Coordinates: 38.482, -101.347 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Thomas

When: July 15, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Thomas County, Mingo
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 39.351, -101.055 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Logan

When: July 15, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Logan County, Oakley
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 38.917, -101.148 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Gove

When: July 15, 6:15 PM CST
Where: Gove County, Gove
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 38.916, -100.483 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Scott

When: July 15, 6:23 PM CST
Where: Scott County, Scott City
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 38.482, -100.907 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Decatur

When: July 15, 6:40 PM CST
Where: Decatur County, Oberlin
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 39.785, -100.460 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tornado, Gove

When: July 15, 6:45 PM CST
Where: Gove County, Quinter
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 20 yd
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 38.916, -100.483 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tornado briefly touched down over the west edge of Quinter. There was one power pole that was snapped by the tornado.

Hail, Washington

When: July 15, 6:47 PM CST
Where: Washington County, Linn
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Crop damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 39.784, -97.087 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Lane

When: July 15, 6:50 PM CST
Where: Lane County, Healy
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 38.481, -100.466 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Wichita

When: July 15, 7:05 PM CST
Where: Wichita County, Marienthal
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Coordinates: 38.482, -101.347 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winds estimated to 70 mph broke two to three inch diameter branches.

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

Every storm in Kansas in 1994 Every state in 1994 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Kansas, 1994 Warnings in Kansas, July 1994

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: 10325460, 10326782, 10325556, 10325014, 10325015, 10326877, 10325071, 10325205, 10325206, 10326878, 10325072, 10325073, 10326879, 10325407, 10325016, 10326880, 10323416, 10325658, 10323265, 10323417, 10325314, 10326640, 10325408.