Thunderstorm Wind, Sedgwick
- When
- May 4, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sedgwick County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.700, -97.400
Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 4, 1963
10 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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
- 12
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
10 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Coffey
- When
- May 4, 5:12 PM CST
- Where
- Coffey County
- Measured
- 4.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.380, -95.580
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- May 4, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -95.180
Tornado, Franklin
- When
- May 4, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 38.430, -95.430
Hail, Wyandotte
- When
- May 4, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Wyandotte County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.080, -94.780
Hail, Johnson
- When
- May 4, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.000, -94.680
Hail, Shawnee
- When
- May 4, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -95.580
Hail, Wyandotte
- When
- May 4, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Wyandotte County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.080, -94.900
Hail, Shawnee
- When
- May 4, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -95.780
Hail, Wabaunsee
- When
- May 4, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Wabaunsee County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.880, -96.000
Hail, Wabaunsee
- When
- May 4, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Wabaunsee County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.000, -96.080
Hail, Jackson
- When
- May 4, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.500, -96.000
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, May 4, 1963
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 4, 1963
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 4, 1963
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 4, 1963
- Hail in Colorado, May 4, 1963
- Hail in Montana, May 4, 1963
- Hail in Tennessee, May 4, 1963
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 4, 1963
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: 10024708, 10024709, 10024710, 10024711, 10024712, 10024713, 10024714, 10024715, 10024716, 10024717, 10024718, 10024719.