Tornado, Sumner
- When
- March 18, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Sumner County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 37.430, -97.600
Tornadoes in Kansas, March 18, 1954
14 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $18,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
14 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Marion
- When
- March 18, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.480, -97.300
Tornado, Dickinson
- When
- March 18, 11:15 AM CST
- Where
- Dickinson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 38.800, -96.970
Tornado, Geary
- When
- March 18, 11:35 AM CST
- Where
- Geary County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 39.030, -96.920
Tornado, Chase
- When
- March 18, 11:55 AM CST
- Where
- Chase County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.370, -96.550
Tornado, Riley
- When
- March 18, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Riley County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 39.380, -96.770
Tornado, Brown
- When
- March 18, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.670, -95.520
Tornado, Lyon
- When
- March 18, 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 38.620, -96.200
Tornado, Wabaunsee
- When
- March 18, 12:25 PM CST
- Where
- Wabaunsee County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 38.750, -96.120
Tornado, Lyon
- When
- March 18, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 38.680, -95.970
Tornado, Shawnee
- When
- March 18, 1:10 PM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 38.900, -95.700
Tornado, Brown
- When
- March 18, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Path length
- 2.5 mi
- Path width
- 133 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 39.850, -95.520
Tornado, Osage
- When
- March 18, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Osage County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 38.780, -95.550
Tornado, Jefferson
- When
- March 18, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.270, -95.270
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10026256, 10026469, 10026470, 10026471, 10026472, 10026473, 10026474, 10026475, 10026476, 10026477, 10026478, 10026479, 10026480, 10026481.