Hail, Dickinson
- When
- October 6, 5:57 PM CST
- Where
- Dickinson County, Abilene
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.867, -97.153 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, October 6, 1994
4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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
4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Riley
- When
- October 6, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Riley County, May Day
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.297, -96.735 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Riley
- When
- October 6, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Riley County, Ft. Riley
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.297, -96.735 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Geary
- When
- October 6, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Geary County, Ogden
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.002, -96.752 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Rice
- When
- October 6, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Rice County, Westmoreland
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.347, -98.201 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dime-size hail fell near Bushton, 20 miles northeast of Great Bend.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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: 10323274, 10325243, 10325244, 10323403, 10325151.