Tornado, Thomas
- When
- August 17, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Thomas County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -101.130
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 17, 1965
4 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
- None recorded
- 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
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Thomas
- When
- August 17, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Thomas County
- Coordinates
- 39.280, -100.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Thomas
- When
- August 17, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Thomas County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -101.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Leavenworth
- When
- August 17, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Leavenworth County
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -94.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Leavenworth
- When
- August 17, 11:15 PM CST
- Where
- Leavenworth County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -94.680
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 South Carolina, August 17, 1965
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 17, 1965
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in New York, August 17, 1965
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 17, 1965
- Hail in Louisiana, August 17, 1965
- Hail in North Carolina, August 17, 1965
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 17, 1965
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, August 17, 1965
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: 10027040, 10027041, 10027042, 10027043, 10027044.