Tornado, Crawford
- When
- November 17, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Crawford County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 37.520, -94.650
Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Kansas, November 17, 1958
10 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $53,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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
10 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Cowley
- When
- November 17, 9:30 AM CST
- Where
- Cowley County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 10.3 mi
- Path width
- 220 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 37.050, -96.780
Tornado, Elk
- When
- November 17, 9:45 AM CST
- Where
- Elk County
- Path length
- 8.5 mi
- Path width
- 880 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 37.320, -96.520
Tornado, Elk
- When
- November 17, 9:45 AM CST
- Where
- Elk County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 37.400, -96.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Linn
- When
- November 17, 9:50 AM CST
- Where
- Linn County
- Coordinates
- 38.080, -95.000
Tornado, Leavenworth
- When
- November 17, 10:20 AM CST
- Where
- Leavenworth County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 39.180, -95.030
Tornado, Coffey
- When
- November 17, 10:50 AM CST
- Where
- Coffey County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.080, -95.900
Tornado, Osage
- When
- November 17, 10:55 AM CST
- Where
- Osage County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.500, -95.620
Tornado, Franklin
- When
- November 17, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 38.620, -95.420
Tornado, Douglas
- When
- November 17, 11:10 AM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.750, -95.380
Tornado, Leavenworth
- When
- November 17, 11:15 AM CST
- Where
- Leavenworth County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.100, -95.100
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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, November 17, 1958
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Missouri, November 17, 1958
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, November 17, 1958
- Tornado in Arkansas, November 17, 1958
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, November 17, 1958
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, November 17, 1958
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, November 17, 1958
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1958Every state in 1958This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kansas, 1958
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: 10026069, 10026070, 10026071, 10026072, 10026073, 10026074, 10026075, 10026076, 10026077, 10026078, 10026079.