Tornado, Pottawatomie
- When
- May 11, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Pottawatomie County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.570, -96.530
Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 11, 1966
7 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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
- $303,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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
7 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Washington
- When
- May 11, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 5.4 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.650, -97.200
Hail, Shawnee
- When
- May 11, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -95.780
Hail, Wabaunsee
- When
- May 11, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wabaunsee County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.080, -96.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Doniphan
- When
- May 11, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Doniphan County
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -95.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- May 11, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 39.280, -95.400
Tornado, Marshall
- When
- May 11, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Path length
- 15 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.650, -96.670
Tornado, Shawnee
- When
- May 11, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 9.9 mi
- Path width
- 660 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.170, -95.800
Tornado, Kearny
- When
- May 11, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Kearny County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 38.050, -96.420
Tornado, Greenwood
- When
- May 11, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Greenwood County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.030, -96.230
Tornado, Labette
- When
- May 11, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Labette County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 37.330, -95.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Neosho
- When
- May 11, 6:08 PM CST
- Where
- Neosho County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.700, -95.500
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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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: 10027091, 10027092, 10027093, 10027094, 10027095, 10027096, 10027097, 10027098, 10027099, 10027100, 10027101, 10027102.