Tornado, Thomas
- When
- October 29, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Thomas County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 7.6 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.280, -100.870
Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, October 29, 1956
12 tornado, 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
- 5
- Property damage
- $1.3 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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
12 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Thomas
- When
- October 29, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Thomas County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 7.7 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.320, -100.870
Hail, Sheridan
- When
- October 29, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sheridan County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.280, -100.400
Tornado, Ness
- When
- October 29, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ness County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2.5 mi
- Path width
- 333 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.680, -99.680
Tornado, Ness
- When
- October 29, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ness County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.630, -99.650
Tornado, Ellsworth
- When
- October 29, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ellsworth County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.800, -98.230
Tornado, Edwards
- When
- October 29, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Edwards County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 38.070, -99.480
Tornado, Pawnee
- When
- October 29, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Pawnee County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 14.9 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 38.100, -99.480
Tornado, Kiowa
- When
- October 29, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kiowa County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 37.520, -99.220
Tornado, Russell
- When
- October 29, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 12.4 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 38.850, -98.620
Tornado, Lincoln
- When
- October 29, 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 15.2 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.000, -98.480
Tornado, Barton
- When
- October 29, 9:33 PM CST
- Where
- Barton County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 0.6 mi
- Path width
- 147 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 38.370, -98.770
Tornado, Mitchell
- When
- October 29, 9:40 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 1.1 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.220, -98.420
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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: 10028825, 10028826, 10028827, 10028828, 10028829, 10028830, 10028831, 10028832, 10028833, 10028834, 10028835, 10028836, 10028837.