Tornado, Elk
- When
- April 19, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Elk County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 9.9 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 37.580, -96.250
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 19, 1968
12 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
- 13
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
12 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Cowley
- When
- April 19, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Cowley County
- Coordinates
- 37.280, -96.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Butler
- When
- April 19, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Butler County
- Coordinates
- 37.580, -97.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Lyon
- When
- April 19, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon County
- Coordinates
- 38.280, -96.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Lyon
- When
- April 19, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon County
- Coordinates
- 38.380, -96.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Coffey
- When
- April 19, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Coffey County
- Coordinates
- 38.380, -95.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Lyon
- When
- April 19, 8:09 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.280, -96.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Neosho
- When
- April 19, 8:32 PM CST
- Where
- Neosho County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.700, -95.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Coffey
- When
- April 19, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Coffey County
- Coordinates
- 38.380, -95.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Shawnee
- When
- April 19, 9:10 PM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County
- Coordinates
- 39.080, -95.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Douglas
- When
- April 19, 9:55 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Coordinates
- 38.780, -95.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Douglas
- When
- April 19, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Coordinates
- 39.000, -95.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Leavenworth
- When
- April 19, 10:10 PM CST
- Where
- Leavenworth County
- Coordinates
- 39.280, -94.900
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
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: 10027173, 10027174, 10027175, 10027176, 10027177, 10027178, 10027179, 10029095, 10029096, 10029097, 10029098, 10029099, 10029100.