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Hail in Thomas County, Kansas

Hail May 16, 2026 · Thomas County, Kansas

0.75 in
Hail diameter

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Report from mPing.

The wider storm

During the late afternoon, and into the evening, numerous thunderstorms formed over Northwest Kansas in the vicinity of a sharpening dryline. One of them produced hail up to baseball size over and near Goodland. This same storm also produced wind gusts over 80 mph at the Goodland airport. The storm near Goodland produced a brief tornado southwest of Edson as it merged with another storm. As thunderstorms moved eastward, they continued to produce straight-line winds across Thomas, Sheridan, Graham, Norton, and Gove counties. Over 40 power poles were snapped in Sheridan County, and a machine shed north of Hoxie sustained damage. Dust storm conditions were reported on the south edge of the thunderstorm activity as the storms moved east over northern Gove County.

Began near Colby (39.4000, -101.0500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1336483. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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