Tornado and Hail in Kansas, July 24, 1994

Name: Tornado and Hail in Kansas, July 24, 1994
Start: 1994-07-24T16:42
End: 1994-07-24T20:30
Location: Kansas

July 24, 1994 · 19 events in 8 counties and zones

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

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 18 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: $60,000
Crop damage: $50,000
Events: 19

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

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

Hail, Sherman

When: July 24, 4:42 PM CST
Where: Sherman County, Brewster
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 39.351, -101.720 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Sherman

When: July 24, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Sherman County, Edson
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 39.351, -101.720 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Thomas

When: July 24, 5:07 PM CST
Where: Thomas County, Brewster
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 39.351, -101.055 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Thomas

When: July 24, 5:20 PM CST
Where: Thomas County, Brewster
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 39.351, -101.055 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tornado, Sherman

When: July 24, 5:25 PM CST to 5:26 PM CST
Where: Sherman County, Edson
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Coordinates: 39.280, -101.480

Small tornado, observed for 30 seconds by weather service employee, moved southeast over open country.

Hail, Logan

When: July 24, 5:40 PM CST
Where: Logan County, Winona
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 38.917, -101.148 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Golf ball-size hail dented vehicles and broke windshield.

Hail, Cheyenne

When: July 24, 6:10 PM CST
Where: Cheyenne County, Wheeler
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 39.786, -101.731 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Logan

When: July 24, 6:15 PM CST
Where: Logan County, Russell Sprg
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Coordinates: 38.917, -101.148 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Sherman

When: July 24, 6:37 PM CST
Where: Sherman County, Goodland
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 39.351, -101.720 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Sherman

When: July 24, 6:40 PM CST
Where: Sherman County, Goodland
Measured: 3 in hail
Property damage: $50,000
Crop damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 39.351, -101.720 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Weather service employee reported hail slightly larger than baseballs at the Goodland softball field.

Hail, Logan

When: July 24, 6:40 PM CST
Where: Logan County, Russell Sprg
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 38.917, -101.148 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Wichita

When: July 24, 6:50 PM CST
Where: Wichita County, Leoti
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 38.482, -101.347 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Wichita

When: July 24, 7:07 PM CST
Where: Wichita County, Leoti
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 38.482, -101.347 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail broke windshields.

Hail, Wichita

When: July 24, 7:19 PM CST
Where: Wichita County, Leoti
Measured: 2.5 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 38.482, -101.347 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail broke windshields.

Hail, Wallace

When: July 24, 8:00 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, Cheyenne

When: July 24, 8:10 PM CST
Where: Cheyenne County, Bird City
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 39.786, -101.731 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Greeley

When: July 24, 8:15 PM CST
Where: Greeley County, Horace
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 38.481, -101.806 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Rawlins

When: July 24, 8:20 PM CST
Where: Rawlins County, McDonald
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 39.785, -101.076 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Rawlins

When: July 24, 8:30 PM CST
Where: Rawlins County, McDonald
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 39.785, -101.076 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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 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: 10325280, 10325281, 10325017, 10325018, 10325282, 10326881, 10324210, 10326882, 10325283, 10325284, 10326883, 10325412, 10325413, 10325414, 10325207, 10324211, 10326432, 10326361, 10326143.