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Kansas storm reports for May 2, 2018

NOAA recorded 39 hail reports, 34 wind reports and 9 tornado reports in Kansas on May 2, 2018.

in Kansas
82
Storm reports
About 52 miles from Wichita, KS
2.5 in
Largest hail
Near 37.70, -98.75, KS
92 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF1, about 19 miles from Kansas City, MO
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 2, 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

Hail39, most at 1 PM

Wind34, most at 3 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
4:05 PMEF0Near 39.02, -97.92, KS0.01 mi long, 20 yd wide
4:51 PMEF0About 39 miles from Wichita, KS1.98 mi long, 75 yd wide
5:30 PMEF0Near 39.58, -96.71, KS2.32 mi long, 30 yd wide
5:47 PMEF0Near 39.68, -96.52, KS7.73 mi long, 60 yd wide
6:51 PMEF0About 45 miles from Wichita, KS0.83 mi long, 75 yd wide
7:45 PMEF0About 54 miles from Topeka, KS0.01 mi long, 20 yd wide
7:51 PMEF0About 45 miles from Topeka, KS0.01 mi long, 25 yd wide
8:04 PMEF0About 41 miles from Topeka, KS0.01 mi long, 25 yd wide
9:09 PMEF1About 19 miles from Kansas City, MO4.72 mi long, 25 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.