Thunderstorm Wind, Seward
- When
- May 20, 2:24 PM CST
- Where
- Seward County
- Measured
- 88 kt (101 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.000, -100.900
Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 20, 1962
5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 hail, 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
- $28,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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
5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Kiowa
- When
- May 20, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Kiowa County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 25.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 37.430, -99.080
Hail, Comanche
- When
- May 20, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Comanche County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.380, -99.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Kiowa
- When
- May 20, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Kiowa County
- Coordinates
- 37.580, -99.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Edwards
- When
- May 20, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Edwards County
- Coordinates
- 37.780, -99.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Russell
- When
- May 20, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Measured
- 76 kt (87 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.880, -98.780
Tornado, Lincoln
- When
- May 20, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 39.170, -98.430
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- May 20, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.080, -98.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Sedgwick
- When
- May 20, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sedgwick County
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.700, -97.400
What these are
- 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.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 20, 1962
- Tornadoes in Vermont, May 20, 1962
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, May 20, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 20, 1962
- Hail in Montana, May 20, 1962
- Damaging Winds in Florida, May 20, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New York, May 20, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Wind in West Virginia, May 20, 1962
- Hail in New Hampshire, May 20, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 20, 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: 10026880, 10026881, 10026882, 10026883, 10026884, 10026885, 10026886, 10026887, 10026888.