Kansas storm reports for May 21, 2019

Name: NOAA storm reports, Kansas, May 21, 2019
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 14 hail reports, 2 wind reports and 8 tornado reports in Kansas on May 21, 2019.

in Kansas; 24
Storm reports: Near 38.86, -97.64, KS; 1.5 in
Largest hail: Near 38.00, -98.76, KS; 75 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF3, near 39.92, -95.93, KS; 8
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports.

Wind report
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

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 21, 2019 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

Hail14, most at 3 PM

Wind2, most at 12 PM

Tornado8, most at 4 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
4:32 PM	EF1	Near 38.84, -97.10, KS	7.48 mi long, 100 yd wide
4:50 PM	EF0	Near 39.44, -99.51, KS	0.23 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:52 PM	Not rated	Near 38.98, -96.99, KS	17.69 mi long, 150 yd wide
6:10 PM	EF0	About 13 miles from Topeka, KS	12.56 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:38 PM	EF2	About 20 miles from Topeka, KS	17.13 mi long, 75 yd wide
7:06 PM	EF0	About 56 miles from Topeka, KS	3.05 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:08 PM	EF1	About 38 miles from Topeka, KS	5.39 mi long, 30 yd wide
7:20 PM	EF3	Near 39.92, -95.93, KS	5.9 mi long, 300 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
3:18 PM	1.0 in	About 60 miles from Wichita, KS
3:35 PM	1.0 in	About 55 miles from Wichita, KS
3:35 PM	1.25 in	About 59 miles from Wichita, KS
3:54 PM	1.0 in	Near 38.45, -98.08, KS
3:55 PM	1.0 in	Near 38.67, -97.32, KS
4:34 PM	1.0 in	Near 38.92, -97.13, KS
4:44 PM	1.0 in	Near 38.87, -99.34, KS
4:49 PM	0.88 in	Near 38.91, -99.36, KS
5:00 PM	1.0 in	Near 37.64, -98.71, KS
5:03 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.05, -96.98, KS
5:09 PM	1.5 in	Near 38.86, -97.64, KS
5:50 PM	1.0 in	Near 38.81, -98.79, KS
6:12 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.37, -96.86, KS
6:12 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.03, -97.59, KS

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Topeka, KS	None	None	1

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

Time	Gust	Where
12:13 PM	75 mph	Near 38.00, -98.76, KS
4:55 PM	60 mph	About 50 miles from Wichita, KS