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An unseasonably moist and unstable airmass was in place across the eastern half of Kansas on Monday May 18th. Storms rapidly developed along a southward moving cold front across north central and northeast Kansas during the early afternoon, producing large hail and a few tornado reports over northeast Kansas. Storms developed back to the southwest as the evening hours progressed and affected most of south central and southeast Kansas through the late night hours. This round of storms produced numerous damaging winds reports along with large hail. |
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Preliminary Local Storm Report...Summary
National Weather Service Wichita KS
101 PM CDT Tue May 19 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0157 PM Hail Lincoln 39.04N 98.14W
05/18/2026 M2.00 Inch Lincoln KS Public
0158 PM Hail 3 S Lincoln 39.00N 98.15W
05/18/2026 M1.75 Inch Lincoln KS Emergency Mngr
Near 14 hwy and Jaguar rd.
0201 PM Hail 2 E Lincoln 39.04N 98.11W
05/18/2026 E1.00 Inch Lincoln KS Storm Chaser
Storm chaser also reported a low hanging
wall cloud.
0446 PM Hail 1 E Salina 38.82N 97.60W
05/18/2026 E1.00 Inch Saline KS Public
Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).
0555 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 3 SSE Willowbrook 38.06N 97.98W
05/18/2026 E70 MPH Reno KS Trained Spotter
0556 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 4 NE Hutchinson 38.12N 97.86W
05/18/2026 E65 MPH Reno KS Public
Public report estimated near 70 mph winds
ahead of the main line of storms.
0600 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 2 NNW Hutchinson 38.09N 97.93W
05/18/2026 Reno KS Public
Facebook report of large branches down in
north Hutchinson.
0610 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg Abbyville 37.97N 98.20W
05/18/2026 Reno KS Broadcast Media
Delayed report, location and time estimated
from radar. An 80 year old barn was
completely destroyed near Abbyville, with
some other damage to various outbuildings. A
large grain bin was also significantly
dented in.
0615 PM Hail 1 NNE Hutchinson 38.09N 97.91W
05/18/2026 E1.00 Inch Reno KS Public
0617 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 7 WNW Haven 37.92N 97.90W
05/18/2026 M59 MPH Reno KS Mesonet
0617 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 1 NW Moundridge 38.21N 97.53W
05/18/2026 M63 MPH McPherson KS Mesonet
0617 PM Hail 1 N Hutchinson 38.08N 97.91W
05/18/2026 E1.00 Inch Reno KS Public
Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).
0620 PM Hail 2 WNW Hutchinson 38.08N 97.95W
05/18/2026 M1.25 Inch Reno KS Public
Twitter report.
0620 PM Hail Inman 38.23N 97.77W
05/18/2026 E1.00 Inch McPherson KS Public
0629 PM Hail 2 SW Inman 38.21N 97.80W
05/18/2026 E1.50 Inch McPherson KS Trained Spotter
0630 PM Hail 2 WNW Hutchinson 38.08N 97.94W
05/18/2026 E1.50 Inch Reno KS Public
0632 PM Hail 7 ESE Inman 38.19N 97.67W
05/18/2026 E2.00 Inch McPherson KS Trained Spotter
0647 PM Hail Arlington 37.90N 98.18W
05/18/2026 E1.00 Inch Reno KS Emergency Mngr
0700 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 1 SSW Newton 38.03N 97.34W
05/18/2026 Harvey KS Emergency Mngr
911 report of power lines down.
0717 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg Newton 38.04N 97.34W
05/18/2026 Harvey KS Emergency Mngr
Power line down; time estimated from radar.
0730 PM Hail Haven 37.90N 97.78W
05/18/2026 E1.00 Inch Reno KS Public
Facebook Report.
0737 PM Hail 2 S Halstead 37.98N 97.51W
05/18/2026 E1.00 Inch Harvey KS Trained Spotter
0741 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 1 SW North Newton 38.06N 97.36W
05/18/2026 M69 MPH Harvey KS Mesonet
0741 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg North Newton 38.07N 97.35W
05/18/2026 Harvey KS NWS Employee
Delayed report. 12 to 16 inch diameter tree
trunk snapped. Several tree limbs down. Time
estimated from radar.
0753 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 4 E Newton 38.05N 97.28W
05/18/2026 M61 MPH Harvey KS Mesonet
KEWK ASOS report.
0826 PM Hail 1 NW Kingman 37.66N 98.13W
05/18/2026 M1.00 Inch Kingman KS Trained Spotter
lots of hail, up to quarter size hail.
0830 PM Hail 3 S Kingman 37.60N 98.11W
05/18/2026 E1.00 Inch Kingman KS Trained Spotter
Spotter driving through storm, lots of hail
up to quarter size.
0915 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 1 NNW Garden Plain 37.67N 97.68W
05/18/2026 E70 MPH Sedgwick KS Broadcast Media
60-70 mph; time estimated from radar.
0915 PM Tstm Wnd Gst Maize 37.78N 97.47W
05/18/2026 E60 MPH Sedgwick KS Trained Spotter
0917 PM Tstm Wnd Gst Park City 37.80N 97.32W
05/18/2026 E60 MPH Sedgwick KS Trained Spotter
0925 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 2 SSE East Wichita 37.65N 97.24W
05/18/2026 E60 MPH Sedgwick KS Trained Spotter
0941 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 3 ESE Bel Aire 37.75N 97.22W
05/18/2026 M59 MPH Sedgwick KS ASOS
0945 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 2 SE Norwich 37.44N 97.82W
05/18/2026 M60 MPH Kingman KS Storm Chaser
0959 PM Tstm Wnd Gst Conway Springs 37.39N 97.64W
05/18/2026 M65 MPH Sumner KS Storm Chaser
1026 PM Hail Conway Springs 37.39N 97.64W
05/18/2026 E1.00 Inch Sumner KS Public
Dimes with some quarters.
1037 PM Hail 4 NE Milan 37.32N 97.64W
05/18/2026 E1.75 Inch Sumner KS Public
Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.).
1044 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg Milan 37.26N 97.67W
05/18/2026 Sumner KS Emergency Mngr
Wind damage to an old school house in Milan.
1057 PM Hail 3 E Mayfield 37.27N 97.50W
05/18/2026 E1.50 Inch Sumner KS Public
Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50
in.).
1102 PM Hail Wellington 37.27N 97.40W
05/18/2026 E1.00 Inch Sumner KS Emergency Mngr
1106 PM Hail 4 E Wellington 37.28N 97.32W
05/18/2026 E1.00 Inch Sumner KS Public
Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).
1212 AM Tstm Wnd Gst 7 N Arkansas City 37.17N 97.04W
05/19/2026 M67 MPH Cowley KS Mesonet
KWLD measured 67 mph.
1212 AM Tstm Wnd Gst 4 SW Winfield 37.22N 97.02W
05/19/2026 E70 MPH Cowley KS Emergency Mngr
Corrects previous tstm wnd gst report from 4
SW Winfield. estimated 60-70 mph and dime
size hail.
1235 AM Hail Arkansas City 37.07N 97.04W
05/19/2026 E1.00 Inch Cowley KS Trained Spotter
Reports of nickel to quarter size hail and
52 mph wind.
0600 AM Rain 1 NE Yates Center 37.88N 95.73W
05/19/2026 M2.86 Inch Woodson KS CO-OP Observer
CO-OP Observer station YATK1 Yates Center.
0600 AM Rain Mount Hope 37.87N 97.66W
05/19/2026 M2.51 Inch Sedgwick KS CO-OP Observer
CO-OP Observer station MTHK1 Mount Hope.
0655 AM Rain Madison 38.14N 96.14W
05/19/2026 M2.82 Inch Greenwood KS CO-OP Observer
CO-OP Observer station MDNK1 Madison.
0700 AM Rain 2 ENE Bentley 37.89N 97.48W
05/19/2026 M2.70 Inch Sedgwick KS CO-OP Observer
CO-OP Observer station BNTK1 Bentley 2 E.
0700 AM Rain Erie 37.57N 95.25W
05/19/2026 M2.16 Inch Neosho KS CO-OP Observer
CO-OP Observer station ERIK1 Erie.
0700 AM Rain Altamont 37.19N 95.29W
05/19/2026 M2.32 Inch Labette KS CO-OP Observer
CO-OP Observer station ALTK1 Altamont.
0700 AM Rain 1 NE Oswego 37.18N 95.10W
05/19/2026 M2.94 Inch Labette KS CO-OP Observer
CO-OP Observer station OWGK1 Oswego.
0700 AM Rain 2 SSW Newton 38.02N 97.36W
05/19/2026 M2.32 Inch Harvey KS CO-OP Observer
CO-OP Observer station NWTK1 1.6 SW Newton.
0700 AM Rain 3 SSE Thrall 37.97N 96.30W
05/19/2026 M2.32 Inch Greenwood KS CO-OP Observer
CO-OP Observer station TRAK1 3.4 S Thrall.
0700 AM Rain 2 WSW Hale 37.22N 96.05W
05/19/2026 M2.23 Inch Chautauqua KS CO-OP Observer
CO-OP Observer station HALK1 2.0 W Hale.
0736 AM Rain 8 SSE Penalosa 37.61N 98.27W
05/19/2026 M3.07 Inch Kingman KS Cocorahs
Cocorahs station KS-KM-23 Cunningham 9.5
ESE.
0800 AM Rain 1 WSW Iola 37.92N 95.42W
05/19/2026 M2.21 Inch Allen KS CO-OP Observer
CO-OP Observer station IOAK1 Iola 1 W.
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