Kansas, 1965Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 22, 1965
May 22, 1965 · 10 events in 2 counties and zones
5 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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
5 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Gove
- When
- May 22, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Gove County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.080, -100.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Sherman
- When
- May 22, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Sherman County
- Measured
- 64 kt (74 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.380, -101.680
Hail, Sherman
- When
- May 22, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sherman County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.500, -101.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Sherman
- When
- May 22, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Sherman County
- Coordinates
- 39.500, -101.780
Tornado, Sherman
- When
- May 22, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Sherman County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 39.450, -101.700
Tornado, Sherman
- When
- May 22, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Sherman County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.430, -101.700
Tornado, Sherman
- When
- May 22, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sherman County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.420, -101.700
Tornado, Sherman
- When
- May 22, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sherman County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.400, -101.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Sherman
- When
- May 22, 5:02 PM CST
- Where
- Sherman County
- Measured
- 68 kt (78 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.380, -101.680
Tornado, Sherman
- When
- May 22, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sherman County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -101.730
- 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.
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: 10024777, 10024778, 10024779, 10024780, 10024781, 10024782, 10024783, 10024784, 10024785, 10024786.