Tornado, Sherman
- When
- May 20, 11:10 AM CST
- Where
- Sherman County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 14.2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 39.430, -102.000
Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 20, 1957
16 tornado, 4 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
- 7
- Injuries
- 31
- Property damage
- $5.3 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 20
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
16 tornado, 4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Sherman
- When
- May 20, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Sherman County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 33.4 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 39.420, -101.730
Tornado, Phillips
- When
- May 20, 11:55 AM CST
- Where
- Phillips County
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.750, -99.320
Tornado, Osborne
- When
- May 20, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Osborne County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.550, -98.550
Tornado, Mitchell
- When
- May 20, 1:25 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.230, -98.400
Tornado, Jewell
- When
- May 20, 2:05 PM CST
- Where
- Jewell County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 5.7 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.920, -98.300
Tornado, Cloud
- When
- May 20, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Cloud County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.520, -97.630
Tornado, Cloud
- When
- May 20, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Cloud County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 6.1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.570, -97.570
Tornado, Cloud
- When
- May 20, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Cloud County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 44.6 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.380, -97.730
Tornado, Cloud
- When
- May 20, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Cloud County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.470, -97.630
Tornado, Cloud
- When
- May 20, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Cloud County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.520, -97.630
Hail, Washington
- When
- May 20, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 4 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -97.280
Hail, Chautauqua
- When
- May 20, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Chautauqua County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.080, -96.500
Hail, Marion
- When
- May 20, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.280, -97.180
Hail, Lyon
- When
- May 20, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.280, -96.180
Tornado, Lyon
- When
- May 20, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon County
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 38.230, -96.000
Tornado, Greenwood
- When
- May 20, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Greenwood County
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.170, -96.170
Tornado, Franklin
- When
- May 20, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Rating
- F5
- Path length
- 27.7 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Deaths
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 11 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 38.450, -95.500
Tornado, Miami
- When
- May 20, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Miami County
- Rating
- F5
- Path length
- 29.1 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Deaths
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 20 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 38.670, -95.070
Tornado, Franklin
- When
- May 20, 7:37 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 5.6 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.500, -95.430
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.
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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: 10028873, 10028874, 10028875, 10028876, 10028877, 10028878, 10027531, 10027532, 10027533, 10028879, 10028880, 10027746, 10027747, 10027748, 10027749, 10027750, 10027751, 10027752, 10027753, 10027754.