Hail, Washington
- When
- July 15, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -96.900
Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, July 15, 1961
2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 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
- $250
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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
2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Riley
- When
- July 15, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Riley County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.380, -96.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Gray
- When
- July 15, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Gray County
- Coordinates
- 37.780, -100.280
Tornado, Ellsworth
- When
- July 15, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Ellsworth County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2.7 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 38.670, -98.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- July 15, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Coordinates
- 39.000, -98.080
Tornado, Rush
- When
- July 15, 6:13 PM CST
- Where
- Rush County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.530, -99.120
What these are
- 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.
- 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 South Carolina, July 15, 1961
- Hail in Missouri, July 15, 1961
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 15, 1961
- Hail in Texas, July 15, 1961
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 15, 1961
- Hail in Iowa, July 15, 1961
- Hail in Wisconsin, July 15, 1961
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 15, 1961
- Hail in Colorado, July 15, 1961
- Hail in Arkansas, July 15, 1961
- Hail in Montana, July 15, 1961
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: 10025742, 10025743, 10025744, 10025745, 10025746, 10025747.