Tornado, Cheyenne
- When
- May 16, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cheyenne County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.570, -101.700
Tornadoes in Kansas, May 16, 1962
2 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
- $250
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Stevens
- When
- May 16, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Stevens County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 37.170, -101.220
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes in South Dakota, May 16, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 16, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 16, 1962
- Tornadoes in New Mexico, May 16, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 16, 1962
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 16, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 16, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 16, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 16, 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: 10026866, 10026867.