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Kansas storm reports for April 8, 2015

NOAA recorded 21 hail reports, 16 wind reports and 5 tornado reports in Kansas on April 8, 2015.

in Kansas
42
Storm reports
Near 37.43, -98.42, KS
2.75 in
Largest hail
Near 37.13, -96.18, KS
81 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF0, near 37.12, -99.17, KS
5
Tornado reports
Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

  • 0.75
  • 1
  • 1.5
  • 2
  • 2.5
  • 3+

Dots: reports.

  • Wind report
  • Tornado and its path
  • Surveyed tornado path

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on April 8, 2015 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. NWS survey teams walked the shaded paths after the storm; each is drawn at the widest width they found, so it can look wider than the damage at any one spot.

Reports by hour

Hail21, most at 6 PM

Wind16, most at 2 PM

Tornado5, most at 8 PM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
6:24 PMEF0Near 37.12, -99.17, KS1.91 mi long, 75 yd wide
6:49 PMEF0Near 37.19, -98.95, KS16.24 mi long, 250 yd wide
8:15 PMEF0Near 37.26, -98.80, KS0.57 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:32 PMEF0About 19 miles from Wichita, KS3.09 mi long, 75 yd wide
8:43 PMEF0About 46 miles from Wichita, KS0.73 mi long, 75 yd wide

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.