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Kansas storm reports for May 1, 2018

NOAA recorded 64 hail reports, 7 wind reports and 8 tornado reports in Kansas on May 1, 2018.

in Kansas
79
Storm reports
Near 38.64, -98.77, KS
4.0 in
Largest hail
Near 38.85, -98.45, KS
70 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, near 38.94, -97.88, KS
8
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 1, 2018 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

Hail64, most at 5 PM

Wind7, most at 5 PM

Tornado8, most at 7 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
5:44 PMEF0Near 39.97, -97.67, KS8.17 mi long, 125 yd wide
6:09 PMEF0Near 39.25, -98.15, KS0.01 mi long, 25 yd wide
6:59 PMEF1Near 39.40, -97.73, KS8.9 mi long, 225 yd wide
7:08 PMEF0Near 38.84, -98.24, KS0.35 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:15 PMEF0Near 39.45, -97.61, KS7.79 mi long, 30 yd wide
7:41 PMEF3Near 38.94, -97.88, KS15.78 mi long, 880 yd wide
7:49 PMEF1Near 39.49, -97.35, KS8.13 mi long, 200 yd wide
7:56 PMEF1Near 39.25, -97.33, KS11.89 mi long, 50 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.