Hail, Butler
- When
- July 3, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Butler County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.700, -96.780
Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, July 3, 1965
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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, 2 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Rawlins
- When
- July 3, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Rawlins County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.880, -101.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Rawlins
- When
- July 3, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Rawlins County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -101.400
Tornado, Sherman
- When
- July 3, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sherman County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.300, -101.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Smith
- When
- July 3, 8:55 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.880, -98.780
Tornado, Wallace
- When
- July 3, 10:05 PM CST
- Where
- Wallace County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.870, -101.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Russell
- When
- July 3, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.880, -98.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Sherman
- When
- July 3, 11:07 PM CST
- Where
- Sherman County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.380, -101.680
What these are
- 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.
- 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 Nebraska, July 3, 1965
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Maryland, July 3, 1965
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 3, 1965
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 3, 1965
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 3, 1965
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, July 3, 1965
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 3, 1965
- Hail in South Dakota, July 3, 1965
- Hail in Oklahoma, July 3, 1965
- Damaging Wind in Oregon, July 3, 1965
- Hail in Mississippi, July 3, 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: 10025944, 10025945, 10025946, 10025947, 10025948, 10025949, 10025950, 10025951.