Thunderstorm Wind, Clay
- When
- July 15, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -97.000
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 15, 1956
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Dickinson
- When
- July 15, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Dickinson County
- Coordinates
- 39.000, -97.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Ellsworth
- When
- July 15, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ellsworth County
- Coordinates
- 38.700, -98.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Atchison
- When
- July 15, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Atchison County
- Coordinates
- 39.500, -95.400
Tornado, Lincoln
- When
- July 15, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 7.1 mi
- Path width
- 880 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -98.100
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 15, 1956
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 15, 1956
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 15, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 15, 1956
- Tornado in Kentucky, July 15, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, July 15, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 15, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Wyoming, July 15, 1956
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: 10027701, 10027702, 10027703, 10027704, 10027705.