Tornado, Wabaunsee
- When
- May 19, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wabaunsee County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 20.6 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 12 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25 million
- Coordinates
- 39.150, -96.330
Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 19, 1960
9 tornado, 3 hail, 2 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 106
- Property damage
- $28 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
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
9 tornado, 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Shawnee
- When
- May 19, 5:47 PM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 19.6 mi
- Path width
- 880 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 91 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 39.180, -95.950
Hail, Pottawatomie
- When
- May 19, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Pottawatomie County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -96.280
Hail, Shawnee
- When
- May 19, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -95.780
Tornado, Jefferson
- When
- May 19, 6:04 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 11.5 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 39.230, -95.430
Hail, Shawnee
- When
- May 19, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County
- Measured
- 4 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -96.000
Tornado, Jefferson
- When
- May 19, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 7.9 mi
- Path width
- 880 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.220, -95.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- May 19, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Coordinates
- 37.280, -95.680
Tornado, Jefferson
- When
- May 19, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 13.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 39.220, -95.220
Tornado, Neosho
- When
- May 19, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Neosho County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 37.530, -95.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Neosho
- When
- May 19, 7:52 PM CST
- Where
- Neosho County
- Measured
- 67 kt (77 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.700, -95.500
Tornado, Shawnee
- When
- May 19, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 39.100, -95.670
Tornado, Shawnee
- When
- May 19, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 4.1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 39.120, -95.670
Tornado, Cherokee
- When
- May 19, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 37.170, -94.830
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Shawnee | 1960-05-19 | Direct |
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 19, 1960
- Tornado in Indiana, May 19, 1960
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 19, 1960
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, May 19, 1960
- Tornado in Nebraska, May 19, 1960
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 19, 1960
- Tornado in Minnesota, May 19, 1960
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, May 19, 1960
- Hail in Texas, May 19, 1960
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: 10026766, 10026767, 10026768, 10026769, 10026770, 10026771, 10026772, 10026773, 10026774, 10026775, 10026776, 10026777, 10026778, 10026779.