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Kansas storm reports for May 18, 2017

NOAA recorded 77 hail reports, 44 wind reports and 9 tornado reports in Kansas on May 18, 2017.

in Kansas
130
Storm reports
About 26 miles from Kansas City, MO
2.85 in
Largest hail
About 25 miles from Topeka, KS
90 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF0, near 38.16, -98.80, KS
9
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 18, 2017 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

Hail77, most at 5 PM

Wind44, most at 6 PM

Tornado9, most at 4 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
4:03 PMEF0Near 38.16, -98.80, KS0.58 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:14 PMEF0Near 37.52, -99.94, KS0.49 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:18 PMEF0Near 37.59, -99.88, KS0.35 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:30 PMEF0Near 38.35, -98.82, KS0.11 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:33 PMEF0Near 38.24, -98.77, KS0.56 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:23 PMEF0Near 38.39, -98.85, KS0.21 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:49 PMEF0Near 38.38, -98.83, KS0.62 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:52 PMEF0About 43 miles from Topeka, KS0.01 mi long, 25 yd wide
6:31 PMEF0Near 38.80, -97.67, KS0.34 mi long, 50 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Topeka, KS1.5 in81 mph0
Wichita, KSNone60 mph0

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