Tornado, Douglas
- When
- April 12, 3:26 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 33.8 mi
- Path width
- 880 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 38.750, -95.480
Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, April 12, 1964
6 hail, 5 tornado, 2 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
- 4
- Injuries
- 34
- Property damage
- $5.3 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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 hail, 5 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Shawnee
- When
- April 12, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.080, -95.580
Hail, Shawnee
- When
- April 12, 3:32 PM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.080, -95.680
Hail, Shawnee
- When
- April 12, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.080, -95.680
Tornado, Leavenworth
- When
- April 12, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Leavenworth County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 8.4 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 22 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 39.230, -95.020
Tornado, Anderson
- When
- April 12, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Anderson County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 19.4 mi
- Path width
- 880 yd
- Deaths
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 9 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 38.120, -95.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Allen
- When
- April 12, 4:22 PM CST
- Where
- Allen County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.780, -95.500
Tornado, Labette
- When
- April 12, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Labette County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3.6 mi
- Path width
- 250 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 37.020, -95.330
Hail, Leavenworth
- When
- April 12, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Leavenworth County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.280, -94.900
Hail, Bourbon
- When
- April 12, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Bourbon County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.780, -94.680
Tornado, Bourbon
- When
- April 12, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Bourbon County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4.3 mi
- Path width
- 77 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 37.900, -94.770
Hail, Brown
- When
- April 12, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -95.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Brown
- When
- April 12, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Measured
- 68 kt (78 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -95.500
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Leavenworth | 1964-04-12 | Direct |
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
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1964Every state in 1964This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kansas, 1964
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: 10025200, 10025201, 10025202, 10025203, 10025204, 10025205, 10025206, 10025207, 10025208, 10025209, 10025210, 10025211, 10025212.