Tornado, Barton
- When
- June 12, 9:25 PM CST
- Where
- Barton County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 12.6 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 38.520, -98.770
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 12, 1964
3 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Barton
- When
- June 12, 9:25 PM CST
- Where
- Barton County
- Coordinates
- 38.500, -98.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Russell
- When
- June 12, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Measured
- 98 kt (113 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.780, -98.780
Tornado, Russell
- When
- June 12, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 11.5 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 38.700, -98.800
Tornado, Mitchell
- When
- June 12, 11:34 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 4.1 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.500, -98.430
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 12, 1964
- Tornado in Kentucky, June 12, 1964
- Tornadoes in Arkansas, June 12, 1964
- Tornado in New Mexico, June 12, 1964
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 12, 1964
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 12, 1964
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 12, 1964
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 12, 1964
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 12, 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: 10026396, 10026397, 10012519, 10012520, 10012521.