Kansas, 1994Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 3, 1994
May 3, 1994 · 12 events in 5 counties and zones
11 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- $5.5 million
- 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.
Hail, Sherman
- When
- May 3, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Sherman County, Edson
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $500,000
- Coordinates
- 39.351, -101.720 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail up to golfball size caused about $381,000 damage to the wheat crop.
Hail, Sherman
- When
- May 3, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sherman County, Goodland
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.351, -101.720 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Logan
- When
- May 3, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Logan County, McAllaster
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.917, -101.148 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Wallace
- When
- May 3, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Wallace County, Weskan
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.917, -101.764 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Brief tornado occurred in open area.
Hail, Wallace
- When
- May 3, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Wallace County, Wallace
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.917, -101.764 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Brief tornado occurred in open area.
Hail, Wallace
- When
- May 3, 7:33 PM CST
- Where
- Wallace County, Weskan
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.917, -101.764 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Brief tornado occurred in open area.
Tornado, Wallace
- When
- May 3, 7:33 PM CST
- Where
- Wallace County, Weskan
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.720, -101.970
Brief tornado occurred in open area.
Hail, Wallace
- When
- May 3, 7:41 PM CST
- Where
- Wallace County, Sharon Springs
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.917, -101.764 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail caused about $675,000 damage to wheat crop.
Hail, Wallace
- When
- May 3, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wallace County, Sharon Spring
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $5.0 million
- Coordinates
- 38.917, -101.764 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail caused about $675,000 damage to wheat crop.
Hail, Wallace
- When
- May 3, 8:19 PM CST
- Where
- Wallace County, Sharon Spring
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.917, -101.764 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Greeley
- When
- May 3, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Greeley County, Tribune
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.481, -101.806 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Wichita
- When
- May 3, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Wichita County, Leoti
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.482, -101.347 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
- 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.
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 3, 19944 injured · $10 million · 1.75 in hail · 2 events
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, May 3, 19943 injured · $600,000 · F0 · 3 events
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, May 3, 1994$51,000 · F0 · 3 events
- Hail in South Dakota, May 3, 1994$55,000 · 0.5 in hail · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 3, 1994$50,000 · 2 events
- Hail in Texas, May 3, 19941 in hail · 5 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 3, 1994$10,000 · 0.75 in hail · 3 events
- Hail in New Mexico, May 3, 19941 in hail · 3 events
- Hail in Nebraska, May 3, 19940.75 in hail · 2 events
- Hail in Alabama, May 3, 19941.75 in hail · 1 event
- Hail in Colorado, May 3, 1994$50 · 2.5 in hail · 1 event
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: 10325168, 10325169, 10326849, 10325121, 10325122, 10325123, 10325124, 10325125, 10325126, 10325127, 10323661, 10325326.