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Kansas storm reports for May 8, 2016

NOAA recorded 51 hail reports, 4 wind reports and 5 tornado reports in Kansas on May 8, 2016.

in Kansas
60
Storm reports
Near 38.02, -99.41, KS
3.0 in
Largest hail
About 47 miles from Topeka, KS
81 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, near 39.05, -99.22, 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 May 8, 2016 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

Hail51, most at 12 AM

Wind4, most at 11 PM

Tornado5, most at 7 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
5:33 PMEF0Near 38.89, -100.52, KS8.85 mi long, 25 yd wide
6:00 PMEF0Near 38.79, -99.92, KS1.9 mi long, 25 yd wide
7:00 PMEF0Near 39.02, -99.53, KS0.9 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:08 PMEF2Near 39.05, -99.22, KS6.88 mi long, 440 yd wide
7:27 PMEF1Near 39.14, -99.16, KS2.82 mi long, 500 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.