Tornado, Phillips
- When
- May 27, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Phillips County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 8 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.730, -99.220
Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 27, 1955
19 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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
- $75,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 22
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
19 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Ford
- When
- May 27, 6:27 PM CST
- Where
- Ford County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 37.680, -100.050
Tornado, Anderson
- When
- May 27, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Anderson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 27 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.220, -95.130
Hail, Wyandotte
- When
- May 27, 6:37 PM CST
- Where
- Wyandotte County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.080, -94.680
Tornado, Ford
- When
- May 27, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Ford County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 37.550, -99.630
Tornado, Ford
- When
- May 27, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Ford County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 37.570, -99.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Comanche
- When
- May 27, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Comanche County
- Measured
- 88 kt (101 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.280, -99.280
Tornado, Kingman
- When
- May 27, 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Kingman County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 37.650, -98.130
Tornado, Harper
- When
- May 27, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Harper County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 37.230, -98.220
Tornado, Pottawatomie
- When
- May 27, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Pottawatomie County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.430, -96.580
Tornado, Harvey
- When
- May 27, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Harvey County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 37.920, -97.420
Tornado, Harvey
- When
- May 27, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Harvey County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 37.900, -97.400
Tornado, Harvey
- When
- May 27, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Harvey County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 37.880, -97.400
Tornado, Sumner
- When
- May 27, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Sumner County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 37.250, -97.480
Tornado, Sumner
- When
- May 27, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Sumner County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 37.230, -97.470
Tornado, Butler
- When
- May 27, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Butler County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 37.680, -96.850
Tornado, Butler
- When
- May 27, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Butler County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 37.670, -96.830
Tornado, Sedgwick
- When
- May 27, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Sedgwick County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 37.750, -97.420
Tornado, Sedgwick
- When
- May 27, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Sedgwick County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 37.730, -97.400
Tornado, Cowley
- When
- May 27, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Cowley County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 37.270, -96.820
Tornado, Cowley
- When
- May 27, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Cowley County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 37.250, -96.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Lyon
- When
- May 27, 9:54 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.280, -96.180
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
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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: 10027640, 10027641, 10027642, 10027643, 10027644, 10027645, 10027646, 10027647, 10027648, 10027649, 10027650, 10027651, 10027652, 10027653, 10027654, 10027655, 10027656, 10027657, 10027658, 10027659, 10027660, 10027661.