Riley County Hail Map & Storm Reports
Hail, wind, and tornado reports from official NOAA sources (NWS & SPC) · Last 12 months · Updated Nov 2, 2026
Riley County, Kansas has recorded tornado activity: official National Weather Service (NWS) and Storm Prediction Center (SPC) records list 1 tornado report among 65 severe weather events here in the last 12 months, alongside 34 hail reports with hail up to 1" and 30 high-wind reports with gusts up to 79 mph. The most recent recorded storm activity was on Sep 19, 2026. This page updates daily: every event comes straight from official NOAA data — no estimates, no modeling, just the record.
Riley County hail map
Where hail and high-wind reports clustered across Riley County over the last 12 months. Heat shows report density and significance, not radar.
What the radar showed
Storm exposure for an address in Riley County
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Storm log — the official record, day by day
Events older than 30 days, as recorded by the National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center. Excerpts are quoted directly from official warnings and verified reports.
Saturday, September 19, 2026
2 SPC verified storm reports — wind gusts up to 78 mph
“Local EMS measured 78 mph gust at Deep Creek exit on Interstate 70. (TOP)”
“Kansas Mesonet station at Ashland Bottoms measured 75 mph gust. (TOP)”
- Wind 78 mph 9 SSE Manhattan SPC verified report
- Wind 75 mph 4 ENE Ogden SPC verified report
Saturday, September 12, 2026
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75"
“At 433 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles east of Grandview Plaza, moving southeast at 45 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to outdoor objects and vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Wamego, Council Grove, Alma, St.”
“At 1005 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles south of Blue Rapids, moving east at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to outdoor objects and vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Blaine, Wheaton, and Lillis.”
- Hail 0.75" Riley County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Riley County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Riley County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, August 18, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 928 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Whiting to 6 miles southeast of Blue Rapids. Movement was east at 25 mph. Hazard: Nickel size hail. Impact: Hail damage to outdoor objects and vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 900 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 3 miles southwest of Waterville to Palmer. Movement was east at 30 mph. Hazard: Nickel size hail. Impact: Hail damage to outdoor objects and vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Blue Rapids, Waterville, Linn, and Palmer.”
- Hail 0.88" Riley County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.88" Riley County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, August 16, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 345 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5 miles east of Green, moving northeast at 45 mph. Hazard: Strong wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Blue Rapids, Waterville, Leonardville, and Randolph.”
- Wind 55 mph Riley County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, August 14, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 1002 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5 miles south of Manhattan, moving northeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Manhattan and Ogden. This includes Interstate 70 between mile markers 305 and 326.”
- Wind 50 mph Riley County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, August 13, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5", wind gusts up to 67 mph
“Delayed Report: ASOS station KMHK Manhattan Station Elevation: 1092 ft. (TOP)”
“At 958 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Ogden to near Abilene. Movement was northeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Strong wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 67 mph 2 NE Ogden SPC verified report
- Hail 0.5" Riley County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, August 7, 2026
6 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 844 AM CDT, trained weather spotters reported gusty showers from showers that are falling apart. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 226 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Tuttle Creek Lake, moving southeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down twigs or small limbs and blow around objects. Hail damage to outdoor objects and vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Manhattan, Tuttle Creek Lake, and Keats.”
- Wind 50 mph Riley County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.88" Riley County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Riley County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Riley County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Riley County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Riley County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, August 6, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 1143 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Wakefield to 4 miles east of Chapman. Movement was east at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.5" Riley County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, July 9, 2026
2 SPC verified storm reports · 1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5", wind gusts up to 58 mph
“At 114 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5 miles southwest of Westmoreland, moving southeast at 40 mph. Hazard: Strong wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“Report of 2-6 inch diameter tree limbs broken from thunderstorm winds overnight in the city of Riley. Time is estimated from radar. (TOP)”
- Wind 58 mph 8 NNE Randolph SPC verified report
- Hail 0.5" Riley County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown Riley SPC verified report
Saturday, July 4, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.75"
“At 557 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near St. George, moving east at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down twigs or small limbs and blow around objects. Minor hail damage to outdoor objects and vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Wamego, St. George, Belvue, and Louisville.”
- Hail 0.75" Riley County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, July 3, 2026
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 1024 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near St. Marys to 7 miles southeast of Volland to 3 miles southwest of Latimer. Movement was southeast at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 902 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong outflow from thunderstorms over northern Kansas along a line extending from 6 miles northwest of Frankfort to 5 miles north of Leonardville to 6 miles west of Oak Hill. Movement was southeast at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.”
- Wind 50 mph Riley County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Riley County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, June 25, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.88"
“At 207 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Junction City, moving southeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Strong wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Hail damage to outdoor objects and vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.88" Riley County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, June 21, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 1233 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 4 miles north of Louisville to Ogden to 5 miles north of Moonlight. Movement was east at 30 mph. Hazard: Strong wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 55 mph Riley County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, June 16, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“WHAT...Southwest winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. WHERE...Portions of east central and northeast Kansas. WHEN...From 7 AM to noon CDT Wednesday. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Small tree limbs could be blown down too. Isolated power outages may result.”
- Wind 50 mph Riley County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, June 13, 2026
2 SPC verified storm reports — wind gusts up to 63 mph
“Estimated speed of strong wind gusts. (TOP)”
- Wind 63 mph 3 NNE Manhattan SPC verified report
- Wind 60 mph Randolph SPC verified report
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 1 NWS warning — hail up to 1"
“At 954 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Grandview Plaza, moving east at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Junction City, Ogden, and Grandview Plaza.”
- Hail 1" Randolph SPC verified report
- Hail 0.5" Riley County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 1118 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a gust front with showers behind it along a line extending from 5 miles east of Longford to near Abilene to 3 miles west of Durham. Movement was east at 55 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 337 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Keats, moving east at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Hail damage to outdoor objects and vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Manhattan, Riley, St. George, Tuttle Creek Lake, and Keats.”
- Wind 50 mph Riley County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.88" Riley County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, June 8, 2026
2 SPC verified storm reports — wind gusts up to 79 mph
“Measured with anemometer. Gusts ranging between 75-79 mph for 10 min. (TOP)”
“Picture on social media of a large healthy tree split in half. Tree looks to be one to two feet in diameter. (TOP)”
- Wind 79 mph 2 NNW Manhattan SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown Manhattan SPC verified report
Thursday, June 4, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75", 1 tornado report
“NWS survey determined EF-2 tornado. Approximate times from 5:13 to 5:23 PM. (TOP)”
“At 516 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Leonardville, moving northeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to outdoor objects and vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Riley, Leonardville, and Randolph.”
- Tornado Tornado 1 NE Riley SPC verified report
- Hail 0.75" Riley County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Riley County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, May 30, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.75"
“At 1251 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Randolph, moving northeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to outdoor objects and vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Olsburg and Randolph.”
- Hail 0.75" Riley County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, May 18, 2026
4 SPC verified storm reports — hail up to 1", wind gusts up to 67 mph
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (TOP)”
“Picture of a 6 foot diameter tree limb across Leavenworth Street. Time estimated from radar. (TOP)”
- Wind 67 mph 3 N Manhattan SPC verified report
- Wind 65 mph Ogden SPC verified report
- Hail 1" 4 W Manhattan SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown Manhattan SPC verified report
Sunday, May 17, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 1029 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 6 miles west of Wakefield to 4 miles southwest of Manchester. Movement was east at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.5" Riley County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, April 25, 2026
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75"
“At 1027 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5 miles west of Ogden, moving east at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to outdoor objects and vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Manhattan, Ogden, and Keats.”
“At 1057 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Keats, moving northeast at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Keats.”
- Hail 0.75" Riley County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Riley County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Riley County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, March 22, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. WHERE...Clay, Cloud, Ottawa, Republic, Washington, Marshall, Pottawatomie, and Riley Counties. WHEN...From 7 AM this morning to 1 PM CDT this afternoon. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Small tree limbs could be blown down too. Isolated power outages may result.”
- Wind 50 mph Riley County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, March 15, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 60 mph
“WHAT...Northwest winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph expected. WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central, and northeast Kansas. WHEN...From 7 AM this morning to 11 PM CDT this evening. IMPACTS...Damaging winds can blow down trees limbs and power lines. Power outages are possible. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.”
- Wind 60 mph Riley County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, March 14, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 60 mph
“WHAT...Northwest winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph expected. WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central, and northeast Kansas. WHEN...From 7 AM to 11 PM CDT Sunday. IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are expected. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.”
- Wind 60 mph Riley County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, March 13, 2026
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 60 mph
“WHAT...Northwest winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph possible. WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central, and northeast Kansas. WHEN...From Sunday morning through Sunday evening. IMPACTS...Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are possible. Travel could be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.”
“WHAT...Northwest winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph possible. WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central, and northeast Kansas. WHEN...From Sunday morning through Sunday evening. IMPACTS...Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are possible. Travel could be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.”
- Wind 60 mph Riley County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 60 mph Riley County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, March 12, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“WHAT...Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central, and northeast Kansas. WHEN...Until 2 AM CDT Friday. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Small tree limbs could be blown down too. Isolated power outages may result.”
- Wind 50 mph Riley County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, March 6, 2026
4 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 645 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Leonardville, moving northeast at 45 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Hail damage to outdoor objects and vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Leonardville, Olsburg, and Randolph.”
“At 615 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles west of Wakefield, moving northeast at 45 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Hail damage to outdoor objects and vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Clay Center, Leonardville, and Green.”
- Hail 0.88" Riley County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.88" Riley County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Riley County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Riley County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, March 5, 2026
4 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75"
“At 755 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6 miles southwest of Milford Lake, moving northeast at 40 mph. Hazard: Penny size hail. Impact: Minor hail damage to outdoor objects and vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Wakefield, Riley, Milford, Leonardville, and Milford Lake.”
“At 858 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6 miles north of Olsburg, moving northeast at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down twigs or small limbs and blow around objects. Minor damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Frankfort, Axtell, Beattie, and Vermillion.”
- Hail 0.75" Riley County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Riley County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Riley County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Riley County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, December 18, 2025
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 70 mph
“WHAT...Northwest winds 25 to 40 mph with gusts of 55 to 70 mph. WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central, and northeast Kansas. WHEN...Until 6 PM CST this evening. IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are expected. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.”
- Wind 70 mph Riley County NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, December 17, 2025
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 020 Cloud, Fire Weather Zone 021 Clay, Fire Weather Zone 022 Riley, Fire Weather Zone 034 Ottawa, Fire Weather Zone 035 Dickinson, Fire Weather Zone 036 Geary, Fire Weather Zone 037 Morris, Fire Weather Zone 038 Wabaunsee and Fire Weather Zone 054 Lyon. TIMING...From Thursday morning through Thursday afternoon.”
“WHAT...Northwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts of 45 to 55 mph expected. WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central, and northeast Kansas. WHEN...From 8 AM to 6 PM CST Thursday. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Small tree limbs could be blown down too. Isolated power outages may result.”
- Wind 55 mph Riley County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 55 mph Riley County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, December 16, 2025
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a Fire Weather Watch for potential extreme fire danger, which is in effect from Thursday morning through Thursday afternoon.”
- Wind 50 mph Riley County NWS severe weather mention
Today's severe weather outlook
Common questions
When was the last severe storm in Riley County, KS?
The most recent recorded event was on Sep 19, 2026. Official NWS and SPC records show 65 severe weather events in Riley County over the last 12 months. Exact dates and locations for recent storms are available in the app with a free account.
Did it hail in Riley County recently?
Yes — 34 hail reports in the last 12 months, with hail up to 1" recorded. The hail map above shows where reports clustered; the storm log lists each day.
How do I see hail history for a specific address in Riley County?
Create a free IDOLCheck account and run an address check. It shows verified storm reports and official NWS warning boundaries around any specific property, including the most recent 30 days — county-level pages like this one only tell part of the story.