Tornado, Mitchell
- When
- August 27, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 23.5 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.280, -98.450
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 27, 1964
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Reno
- When
- August 27, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Reno County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.080, -97.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Riley
- When
- August 27, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Riley County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -96.680
Thunderstorm Wind,
- When
- August 27, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.080, -94.580
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.
- 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
- Tornado in Arizona, August 27, 1964
- Tornadoes in Iowa, August 27, 1964
- Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, August 27, 1964
- Tornado in Florida, August 27, 1964
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 27, 1964
- Hail in Minnesota, August 27, 1964
- Tornado in Texas, August 27, 1964
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 27, 1964
- Tornado in Oklahoma, August 27, 1964
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: 10028127, 10028128, 10028129, 10028130.