Hail, Morris
- When
- May 26, 10:50 PM CST
- Where
- Morris County, 3 mi W of Burdick
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.567, -96.883
Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 26 to 27, 2000
2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- 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.
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:50 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Franklin
- When
- May 26, 11:43 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County, Rantoul
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.550, -95.100
Tornado, Lyon
- When
- May 26, 11:50 PM CST to May 27, 12:10 AM CST
- Where
- Lyon County, 7 mi SW of Emporia
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 8 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.333, -96.267
A tornado touched down on the Kansas Turnpike 7 miles southwest of Emporia and moved northeast over open country before lifting about 3 miles southeast of Emporia.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lyon
- When
- May 26, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon County, Emporia Arpt
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.333, -96.183
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.
- 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
- Tornado in Kentucky, May 26, 2000
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Missouri, May 26 to 27, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 26 to 27, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 26 to 27, 2000
- Flooding in Michigan, May 26, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 26, 2000
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 26 to 27, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, May 26, 2000
- Tornado in Missouri, May 26, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Kansas, May 26, 2000
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Oklahoma, May 26, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 26 to 27, 2000
More
Every storm in Kansas in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kansas, 2000Warnings in Kansas, May 2000
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: 5144889, 5144890, 5144891, 5144892.