Kansas, 2000Hail and Lightning Strikes in Kansas, May 26, 2000
May 26, 2000 · NWS TOP · 4 events in 3 counties and zones
3 lightning, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
Lightning, Douglas
- When
- May 26, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Douglas County, Lawrence
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.885, -95.293 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning struck and knocked two co-located radio stations off the air for a time doing minor damage.
Lightning, Douglas
- When
- May 26, 1:35 AM CST
- Where
- Douglas County, Lawrence
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.885, -95.293 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning struck a bank and knocked some bricks off a chimney doing minor damage.
Lightning, Shawnee
- When
- May 26, 7:30 AM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County, Topeka
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.042, -95.756 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning struck electrical equipment and knocked out power to about 200 customers in Topeka for a time.
Hail, Dickinson
- When
- May 26, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Dickinson County, Solomon
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.917, -97.367
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornado in Kentucky, May 26, 20004 injured · $250,000 · F2 · 1 event
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Missouri, May 26 to 27, 2000$175,000 · F1 · 40 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 26 to 27, 2000$215,000 · 1.75 in hail · 49 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 26 to 27, 2000$136,000 · F1 · 12 events
- Flooding in Michigan, May 26, 2000$450,000 · 3 events
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 26, 2000$235,000 · 60 kt wind · 13 events
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 26 to 27, 2000$34,000 · F0 · 47 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, May 26, 2000$35,000 · F1 · 17 events
- Tornado in Missouri, May 26, 2000$75,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Kansas, May 26, 2000$200,000 · 1 event
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Oklahoma, May 26, 2000$23,000 · F0 · 41 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 26 to 27, 2000$22,000 · 1 in hail · 26 events
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: 5142987, 5142988, 5142989, 5142990.