Hail, Nemaha
- When
- April 8, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Nemaha County, Seneca
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.784, -96.014 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, April 8, 1995
7 hail, 2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 8 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
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
7 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Brown
- When
- April 8, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County, Hiawatha
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.827, -95.564 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Nemaha
- When
- April 8, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Nemaha County, Seneca
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.784, -96.014 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado, Pottawatomie
- When
- April 8, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pottawatomie County, Fostoria
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.500, -96.600
A Storm Chaser reported a small tornado touched down very briefly in open county causing no damage.
Hail, Doniphan
- When
- April 8, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Doniphan County, Highland
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Coordinates
- 39.788, -95.147 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A severe thunderstorm produced golf ball- to baseball-size hail from Highland to just north of Denton. An apparant tornado formed two miles north of Denton and tracked east for 12 miles to near Wathena. Damage was intermittant along the narrow path, which averaged about 100-yards in width. Roofs were blown off of several barns and outbuildings. (F0)
Hail, Doniphan
- When
- April 8, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Doniphan County, Highland to Denton to
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $35
- Coordinates
- 39.788, -95.147 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A severe thunderstorm produced golf ball- to baseball-size hail from Highland to just north of Denton. An apparant tornado formed two miles north of Denton and tracked east for 12 miles to near Wathena. Damage was intermittant along the narrow path, which averaged about 100-yards in width. Roofs were blown off of several barns and outbuildings. (F0)
Hail, Doniphan
- When
- April 8, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Doniphan County, Denton
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.788, -95.147 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A severe thunderstorm produced golf ball- to baseball-size hail from Highland to just north of Denton. An apparant tornado formed two miles north of Denton and tracked east for 12 miles to near Wathena. Damage was intermittant along the narrow path, which averaged about 100-yards in width. Roofs were blown off of several barns and outbuildings. (F0)
Hail, Brown
- When
- April 8, 7:14 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County, Morrill
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.827, -95.564 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail accumulated to depth of several inches and had to be scooped off roads with graders to prevent accidents.
Tornado, Doniphan
- When
- April 8, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Doniphan County
- Path length
- 12 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Coordinates
- 39.788, -95.147 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A severe thunderstorm produced golf ball- to baseball-size hail from Highland to just north of Denton. An apparant tornado formed two miles north of Denton and tracked east for 12 miles to near Wathena. Damage was intermittant along the narrow path, which averaged about 100-yards in width. Roofs were blown off of several barns and outbuildings. (F0)
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1995Every state in 1995This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kansas, 1995Warnings in Kansas, April 1995
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: 10326037, 10323763, 10326038, 10326262, 10323292, 10323293, 10323294, 10323764, 10323295.