Thunderstorm Wind, Barton
- When
- May 24, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Barton County
- Coordinates
- 38.500, -98.780
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 24, 1960
6 thunderstorm wind, 4 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
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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
6 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Ellis
- When
- May 24, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 8.2 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 38.800, -96.170
Tornado, Russell
- When
- May 24, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 8.8 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 38.870, -98.870
Tornado, Ellis
- When
- May 24, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 38.780, -99.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Graham
- When
- May 24, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Graham County
- Coordinates
- 39.580, -99.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Stanton
- When
- May 24, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Stanton County
- Coordinates
- 37.580, -101.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Pawnee
- When
- May 24, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pawnee County
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.200, -99.080
Thunderstorm Wind, McPherson
- When
- May 24, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- McPherson County
- Coordinates
- 38.580, -97.900
Thunderstorm Wind, McPherson
- When
- May 24, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- McPherson County
- Coordinates
- 38.380, -97.900
Tornado, Mitchell
- When
- May 24, 11:45 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 39.430, -98.280
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
- Tornado in Texas, May 24, 1960
- Tornado in Wyoming, May 24, 1960
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 24, 1960
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 24, 1960
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 24, 1960
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 24, 1960
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 24, 1960
- Tornado in South Dakota, May 24, 1960
- Hail in Missouri, May 24, 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: 10026783, 10026784, 10026785, 10026786, 10026787, 10026788, 10026789, 10026790, 10026791, 10026792.