Hail, Wallace
- When
- June 13, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wallace County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.880, -101.780
Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 13, 1961
4 hail, 2 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
- $250
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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
4 hail, 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Rush
- When
- June 13, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Rush County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.380, -99.180
Hail, Ottawa
- When
- June 13, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ottawa County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.080, -97.680
Tornado, Coffey
- When
- June 13, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Coffey County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.200, -95.750
Hail, Finney
- When
- June 13, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Finney County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.000, -100.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Wilson
- When
- June 13, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wilson County
- Coordinates
- 37.500, -95.780
Tornado, Wilson
- When
- June 13, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wilson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 37.630, -95.730
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
- Tornado and Hail in Vermont, June 13, 1961
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 13, 1961
- Tornado and Hail in Maine, June 13, 1961
- Damaging Winds in New York, June 13, 1961
- Hail in Nebraska, June 13, 1961
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 13, 1961
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, June 13, 1961
- Hail in South Carolina, June 13, 1961
- Damaging Wind in New Hampshire, June 13, 1961
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1961Every state in 1961This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kansas, 1961
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: 10025715, 10025716, 10025717, 10025718, 10025719, 10025720, 10025721.