Tornado, Cherokee
- When
- May 7, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 5.7 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 37.100, -95.020
Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 7, 1961
9 hail, 8 tornado, 3 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
- 12
- Property damage
- $10 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 20
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 hail, 8 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Cherokee
- When
- May 7, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.200, -95.000
Hail, Sedgwick
- When
- May 7, 7:18 AM CST
- Where
- Sedgwick County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.700, -97.400
Hail, Clay
- When
- May 7, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.380, -97.080
Tornado, Brown
- When
- May 7, 8:20 AM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.970, -95.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Pottawatomie
- When
- May 7, 8:30 AM CST
- Where
- Pottawatomie County
- Coordinates
- 39.500, -96.400
Hail, Atchison
- When
- May 7, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Atchison County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.500, -95.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Neosho
- When
- May 7, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Neosho County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.700, -95.500
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- May 7, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -95.180
Tornado, Leavenworth
- When
- May 7, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Leavenworth County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.120, -95.100
Tornado, Leavenworth
- When
- May 7, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Leavenworth County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 2.3 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 39.170, -94.930
Tornado, Wyandotte
- When
- May 7, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Wyandotte County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 1.3 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 39.180, -94.880
Tornado, Wyandotte
- When
- May 7, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Wyandotte County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 2.7 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Injuries
- 12 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -94.850
Tornado, Wyandotte
- When
- May 7, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wyandotte County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 1.3 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 39.180, -94.800
Hail, Graham
- When
- May 7, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Graham County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.380, -99.780
Hail, Johnson
- When
- May 7, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.000, -94.780
Hail, Johnson
- When
- May 7, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.000, -94.780
Hail, Trego
- When
- May 7, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Trego County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.000, -99.900
Tornado, Montgomery
- When
- May 7, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 37.080, -95.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- May 7, 11:27 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Coordinates
- 37.000, -95.680
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
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- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 7, 1961
- Tornadoes in Texas, May 7, 1961
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 7, 1961
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 7, 1961
- Hail in Minnesota, May 7, 1961
- Hail in Maryland, May 7, 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: 10029078, 10029079, 10029080, 10029081, 10029082, 10029083, 10029084, 10029085, 10029086, 10029087, 10029088, 10029089, 10029090, 10029091, 10029092, 10029093, 10029094, 10025470, 10025471, 10025472.