Tornado, Brown
- When
- May 31, 1:45 PM EDT
- Where
- Brown County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 6.9 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 39.700, -95.600
Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 31, 1962
6 tornado, 3 hail, 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
- 10
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
6 tornado, 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Doniphan
- When
- May 31, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Doniphan County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.900, -94.970
Tornado, Brown
- When
- May 31, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.800, -95.630
Tornado, Brown
- When
- May 31, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.680, -95.430
Hail, Sherman
- When
- May 31, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Sherman County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.380, -101.400
Tornado, Pawnee
- When
- May 31, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pawnee County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.200, -99.520
Tornado, Pawnee
- When
- May 31, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pawnee County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.200, -99.520
Hail, Pratt
- When
- May 31, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Pratt County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.580, -98.680
Hail, Saline
- When
- May 31, 5:16 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.780, -97.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Seward
- When
- May 31, 8:28 PM CST
- Where
- Seward County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.000, -100.900
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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- Hail and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, May 31, 1962
- Damaging Winds in New York, May 31, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New Hampshire, May 31, 1962
- Tornado in Virginia, May 31, 1962
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, May 31, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 31, 1962
- Hail in Indiana, May 31, 1962
- Hail in Michigan, May 31, 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: 10028881, 10028029, 10028030, 10028031, 10028882, 10028883, 10029101, 10029102, 10029103, 10029104.