Tornado, Sherman
- When
- June 23, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sherman County
- Path length
- 3.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 39.330, -101.850
Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 23, 1962
2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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
- $2.5 million
- 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 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Sherman
- When
- June 23, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sherman County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 39.380, -101.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Sherman
- When
- June 23, 8:55 PM CST
- Where
- Sherman County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.380, -101.680
Hail, Graham
- When
- June 23, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Graham County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.580, -100.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Graham
- When
- June 23, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Graham County
- Coordinates
- 39.580, -100.000
Hail, Sherman
- When
- June 23, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sherman County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.380, -101.580
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.
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Illinois, June 23, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, June 23, 1962
- Hail in Minnesota, June 23, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 23, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 23, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 23, 1962
- Hail in Missouri, June 23, 1962
- Hail in Iowa, June 23, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Vermont, June 23, 1962
- Hail in Georgia, June 23, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 23, 1962
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: 10029133, 10029134, 10029135, 10029136, 10029137, 10029138.