Smith County Storm Activity
Wind, hail, and tornado activity from official NOAA sources (NWS & SPC) · Last 180 days · Updated Sep 11, 2026
Has it hailed in Smith County, Kansas recently? Official National Weather Service (NWS) and Storm Prediction Center (SPC) records say yes: 26 hail reports with hail up to 1.75", among 37 severe weather events logged here in the last 180 days, together with 11 high-wind reports with gusts up to 65 mph. The most recent recorded storm activity was in August 2026. This page updates daily: every event comes straight from official NOAA data — no estimates, no modeling, just the record.
What the radar showed
Last 30 days in Smith County
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Storm activity from the last 30 days is summarized at the county level on this page. Exact locations, radar snapshots, and official warning boundaries for recent events are available with a free account.
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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.
Friday, July 31, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 1207 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Lebanon, or 31 miles northwest of Beloit, moving southeast at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Esbon around 1215 AM CDT.”
- Hail 0.25" Smith County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, July 30, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25", wind gusts up to 60 mph
“At 1130 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles north of Athol, or 23 miles northeast of Phillipsburg, moving southeast at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. This strong thunderstorm will be near...”
- Wind 60 mph 2 WSW Lebanon SPC verified report
- Hail 0.25" Smith County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, July 10, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 1235 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 9 miles south of Logan to near Stockton to Luray. Movement was northeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Strong thunderstorms will be near...”
- Hail 0.25" Smith County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, July 4, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.75"
“At 233 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles north of Lebanon, or 40 miles east of Phillipsburg, moving east at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.”
- Hail 0.75" Smith County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, June 30, 2026
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 1029 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 6 miles southwest of Hildreth to near Riverton. Movement was northeast at 50 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 1002 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Hollinger to 11 miles south of Harlan County Dam to near Gaylord. Movement was northeast at 50 mph. Hazard: 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 Smith County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 55 mph Smith County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, June 25, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 118 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 7 miles north of Victor to near Downs to Woodston. Movement was southeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Strong thunderstorms will be near...”
“At 1215 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 8 miles north of Agra to near Phillipsburg to 8 miles south of Speed. Movement was southeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.”
- Hail 0.88" Smith County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.88" Smith County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, June 20, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 433 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11 miles south of Franklin, or 23 miles northeast of Phillipsburg, moving southeast at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.”
“At 338 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Naponee, or 20 miles northeast of Phillipsburg, moving east at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.”
- Hail 0.88" Smith County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.88" Smith County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 744 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking gusty showers along a line extending from near Randall to near Natoma. Movement was northeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Strong thunderstorms will be near... Cawker City, Glen Elder, and Randall around 750 PM CDT.”
- Wind 55 mph Smith County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, June 8, 2026
2 SPC verified storm reports — hail up to 1.75"
- Hail 1.75" Gaylord SPC verified report
- Hail 1" 2 N Portis SPC verified report
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
4 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 445 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms over Bellaire, or 35 miles east of Phillipsburg, moving north at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Inavale.”
“At 417 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Harlan, or 33 miles west of Beloit, moving north at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Bellaire.”
- Hail 0.88" Smith County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.88" Smith County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Smith County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Smith County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, May 23, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 657 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Odessa to near Hildreth to near Bloomington to 9 miles south of Naponee to Phillipsburg. Movement was east at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Strong thunderstorms will be near...”
“At 617 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Bertrand to near Atlanta to near Woodruff to 7 miles south of Almena. Movement was east at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.”
- Wind 50 mph Smith County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Smith County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, May 17, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.88"
“At 445 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Lebanon, or 32 miles northwest of Beloit, moving northeast at 35 mph. Hazard: Nickel size hail. Impact: Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Esbon around 450 PM CDT. Burr Oak around 500 PM CDT.”
- Hail 0.88" Smith County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, May 15, 2026
2 SPC verified storm reports — wind gusts up to 65 mph
- Wind 65 mph 1 ENE Kensington SPC verified report
- Wind 60 mph Smith Center Airport SPC verified report
Saturday, April 25, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 1 NWS warning — hail up to 1"
“Hail covering the ground. Reported nickel size or slightly larger. Time estimated from radar. (GID)”
“At 1231 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Inavale to 9 miles north of Lebanon. Movement was northeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Penny size hail. Impact: Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Strong thunderstorms will be near... Red Cloud around 1235 PM CDT. Cowles around 1245 PM CDT.”
- Hail 1" 5 NE Harlan SPC verified report
- Hail 0.75" Smith County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.88"
“At 1024 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms over Downs, or 23 miles west of Beloit, moving northeast at 45 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Cawker City around 1030 PM CDT.”
- Hail 0.88" Smith County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, April 11, 2026
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 210 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Athol, or 22 miles east of Phillipsburg, moving northeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Nickel size hail. Impact: Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northwestern Smith, southwestern Webster and southeastern Franklin Counties.”
“At 128 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Kirwin, or 16 miles southeast of Phillipsburg, moving northeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Nickel size hail. Impact: Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Cedar around 140 AM CDT. Athol around 145 AM CDT.”
- Hail 0.88" Smith County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.88" Smith County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Smith County NWS severe weather mention
Today's severe weather outlook
Common questions
When was the last severe storm in Smith County, KS?
The most recent recorded event was in August 2026. Official NWS and SPC records show 37 severe weather events in Smith County over the last 180 days. Exact dates and locations for recent storms are available in the app with a free account.
Has there been hail in Smith County recently?
Yes — 26 hail reports in the last 180 days, with hail up to 1.75" recorded.
How do I check whether a specific address was affected?
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