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Kansas storm reports for May 6, 2015

NOAA recorded 27 hail reports, 1 wind report and 22 tornado reports in Kansas on May 6, 2015.

in Kansas
50
Storm reports
Near 37.78, -98.80, KS
1.75 in
Largest hail
About 6 miles from Wichita, KS
62 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, about 20 miles from Wichita, KS
22
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 May 6, 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

Hail27, most at 5 PM

Wind1, most at 10 PM

Tornado22, most at 5 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
2:24 PMEF0Near 38.91, -98.19, KS10.72 mi long, 100 yd wide
3:31 PMEF0Near 39.64, -98.44, KS1 mi long, 25 yd wide
3:55 PMEF2Near 39.78, -98.37, KS12.58 mi long, 350 yd wide
4:48 PMEF2Near 39.95, -97.97, KS20.12 mi long, 400 yd wide
4:49 PMEF3About 20 miles from Wichita, KS16.48 mi long, 300 yd wide
4:54 PMEF1Near 39.75, -97.96, KS4.28 mi long, 250 yd wide
5:04 PMEF1Near 39.58, -97.95, KS3.11 mi long, 60 yd wide
5:08 PMEF1Near 39.81, -97.93, KS2.13 mi long, 75 yd wide
5:10 PMEF0Near 39.86, -97.90, KS3.15 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:20 PMEF2Near 39.68, -97.90, KS36.24 mi long, 800 yd wide
5:38 PMEF0About 18 miles from Wichita, KS0.32 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:14 PMEF3Near 39.86, -97.55, KS1.87 mi long, 100 yd wide
Show all 22 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
7:28 PMEF0Near 39.95, -97.44, KS0.01 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:35 PMEF0About 59 miles from Wichita, KS0.25 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:38 PMEF1Near 39.71, -97.78, KS2.38 mi long, 75 yd wide
8:33 PMEF0Near 39.54, -97.44, KS0.25 mi long, 75 yd wide
8:38 PMEF0Near 39.06, -97.71, KS0.02 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:55 PMEF0Near 39.18, -97.56, KS0.25 mi long, 50 yd wide
9:10 PMEF0Near 39.78, -97.27, KS6.04 mi long, 50 yd wide
9:27 PMEF0Near 39.39, -97.47, KS8.8 mi long, 75 yd wide
9:56 PMEF1Near 39.60, -97.33, KS4.05 mi long, 75 yd wide
10:36 PMEF0Near 39.85, -97.09, KS0.25 mi long, 75 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

Reports within 15 miles of the center of each city we track.

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Wichita, KS0.88 in62 mph0

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