Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 8, 1994

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 8, 1994
Start: 1994-06-08T00:30
End: 1994-06-08T23:56
Location: Kansas

June 8, 1994 · 37 events in 17 counties and zones

20 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 34 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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Wind
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $232,000
Crop damage: $5.5 million
Events: 37

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

20 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Phillips

When: June 8, 12:30 AM CST
Where: Phillips County, Logan
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 39.785, -99.347 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds damaged garage roof.

Hail, Miami

When: June 8, 1:05 AM CST
Where: Miami County, Hillsdale
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 38.564, -94.838 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Johnson

When: June 8, 1:30 AM CST
Where: Johnson County, Leawood
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 38.884, -94.822 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Miami

When: June 8, 1:50 AM CST
Where: Miami County, Paola
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 38.564, -94.838 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Cheyenne

When: June 8, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Cheyenne County, St. Francis
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 39.786, -101.731 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Franklin

When: June 8, 2:10 AM CST
Where: Franklin County, Ottawa
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 38.565, -95.286 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin

When: June 8, 2:20 AM CST
Where: Franklin County, Ottawa
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $5,000
Crop damage: $500
Coordinates: 38.565, -95.286 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High winds, hail, and heavy rain once again caused damage in and around the Ottawa area.

Hail, Miami

When: June 8, 2:34 AM CST
Where: Miami County, Hillsdale
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 38.564, -94.838 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Miami

When: June 8, 2:40 AM CST
Where: Miami County, Paola
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 38.564, -94.838 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Osage

When: June 8, 2:46 AM CST
Where: Osage County, Lyndon
Coordinates: 38.652, -95.727 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Power lines and several trees were knocked down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin

When: June 8, 2:50 AM CST
Where: Franklin County, Richmond
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $500
Crop damage: $500
Coordinates: 38.565, -95.286 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High winds knocked over several trees.

Hail, Rawlins

When: June 8, 3:06 AM CST
Where: Rawlins County, Beardsley
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 39.785, -101.076 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Linn

When: June 8, 3:18 AM CST
Where: Linn County, Centerville
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 38.212, -94.843 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High winds downed power lines in Centerville.

Hail, Coffey

When: June 8, 3:45 AM CST
Where: Coffey County, J. Redmond Lk
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 38.237, -95.734 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Decatur

When: June 8, 3:54 AM CST
Where: Decatur County, Cedar Bluffs
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 39.785, -100.460 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson

When: June 8, 4:07 AM CST
Where: Johnson County, Gardner
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 38.884, -94.822 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds damaged barns, flipped a pickup truck and tore a roof off of a house. Lightning strikes also knocked out power to 18,000 homes in southern Johnson County.

Hail, Decatur

When: June 8, 4:10 AM CST
Where: Decatur County, Oberlin
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 39.785, -100.460 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Linn

When: June 8, 4:15 AM CST
Where: Linn County, Mound City
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 38.212, -94.843 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Barns were damaged by high winds at Mound City and trees uprooted near Blue Mound.

Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson

When: June 8, 4:19 AM CST
Where: Johnson County, Spring Hill
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 38.884, -94.822 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees and limbs were blown down from Olathe to the northern portion of Spring Hill.

Thunderstorm Wind, Bourbon

When: June 8, 4:23 AM CST
Where: Bourbon County, Fort Scott
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 37.855, -94.849 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Miami

When: June 8, 4:25 AM CST
Where: Miami County, Paola
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph)
Coordinates: 38.564, -94.838 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A repeat of thunderstorm activity produced over four inches of rain leading to flash flooding of several county roads in Paola, Hillsdale, and Oak Grove.

Thunderstorm Wind, Crawford

When: June 8, 5:00 AM CST
Where: Crawford County, Pittsburg
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 37.507, -94.852 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Six inch diameter tree limbs were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Anderson

When: June 8, 3:30 PM CST
Where: Anderson County, Garnett
Measured: 62 kt (71 mph)
Property damage: $5,000
Crop damage: $500
Coordinates: 38.214, -95.293 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High winds downed trees, tree limbs, and power lines. Winds were estimated at 70 mph.

Tornado, Rawlins

When: June 8, 8:36 PM CST to 8:43 PM CST
Where: Rawlins County, Atwood
Rating: F1
Path length: 3 mi
Path width: 200 yd
Coordinates: 39.900, -101.180

Spotter observed tornado on ground for seven minutes moving southeast over open country.

Hail, Cheyenne

When: June 8, 8:40 PM CST
Where: Cheyenne County, St. Francis
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Coordinates: 39.786, -101.731 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Spotter reported one- to one and one-half-inch hail.

Hail, Cheyenne

When: June 8, 8:50 PM CST
Where: Cheyenne County, St. Francis
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 39.786, -101.731 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tornado, Rawlins

When: June 8, 9:10 PM CST to 9:11 PM CST
Where: Rawlins County, Atwood
Rating: F0
Path length: 1 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Coordinates: 39.700, -101.050

Brief tornado observed just west of Highway 25.

Hail, Thomas

When: June 8, 10:00 PM CST
Where: Thomas County, Gem
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 39.351, -101.055 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail broke several windows and destroyed crops.

Hail, Thomas

When: June 8, 10:15 PM CST
Where: Thomas County, Gem
Measured: 3.5 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Crop damage: $500,000
Coordinates: 39.351, -101.055 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail broke several windows and destroyed crops.

Hail, Norton

When: June 8, 10:17 PM CST
Where: Norton County, Norton
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 39.784, -99.903 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Golf ball-size hail broke windows.

Hail, Decatur

When: June 8, 10:18 PM CST
Where: Decatur County, Norcatur
Measured: 2.5 in hail
Coordinates: 39.785, -100.460 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Golf ball- to tennis ball-size hail observed by Norcatur Fire and Rescue.

Hail, Thomas

When: June 8, 10:30 PM CST to 10:40 PM CST
Where: Thomas County, Colby
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $50,000
Crop damage: $5.0 million
Coordinates: 39.351, -101.055 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail accompanied by winds 50 to 70 mph destroyed crops and caused extensive damage to several farmsteads and vehicles. Damage was one to four miles wide and seven miles long.

Hail, Decatur

When: June 8, 10:35 PM CST
Where: Decatur County, Norcatur
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 39.785, -100.460 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tornado, Thomas

When: June 8, 10:40 PM CST to 10:45 PM CST
Where: Thomas County, Colby
Rating: F1
Path length: 2 mi
Path width: 300 yd
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 39.130, -101.050

Tornado observed by spotters knocked down power poles and moved south into Logan County.

Tornado, Logan

When: June 8, 10:45 PM CST to 10:50 PM CST
Where: Logan County, Monument
Rating: F1
Path length: 2 mi
Path width: 300 yd
Coordinates: 38.917, -101.148 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tornado moved into Logan County from Thomas County.

Thunderstorm Wind, Logan

When: June 8, 10:50 PM CST
Where: Logan County, Monument
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Coordinates: 38.917, -101.148 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Ham radio spotter measured 70 mph winds.

Hail, Gove

When: June 8, 11:56 PM CST
Where: Gove County, Gove
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 38.916, -100.483 (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

Every storm in Kansas in 1994 Every state in 1994 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Kansas, 1994 Warnings in Kansas, June 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: 10326412, 10325940, 10325825, 10325941, 10324156, 10323339, 10323340, 10325942, 10325943, 10326132, 10323341, 10326351, 10326837, 10323164, 10323259, 10325826, 10323260, 10326838, 10325827, 10323712, 10325944, 10323233, 10324283, 10326352, 10324157, 10324158, 10326353, 10325004, 10325005, 10326118, 10323261, 10325006, 10323262, 10325007, 10326872, 10326873, 10323415.