Kansas, 1969

Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 23, 1969

June 23, 1969 · 8 events in 5 counties and zones

7 hail, 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
6
Property damage
$250,000
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

7 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Butler

When
June 23, 3:31 PM CST
Where
Butler County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
37.880, -97.080

Hail, Butler

When
June 23, 3:45 PM CST
Where
Butler County
Measured
3.25 in hail
Coordinates
37.780, -97.000

Hail, Reno

When
June 23, 3:55 PM CST
Where
Reno County
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
37.780, -97.900

Tornado, Sedgwick

When
June 23, 4:00 PM CST
Where
Sedgwick County
Rating
F4
Path length
8.7 mi
Path width
700 yd
Injuries
6 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$250,000
Coordinates
37.650, -97.650

Hail, Clark

When
June 23, 4:30 PM CST
Where
Clark County
Measured
2.5 in hail
Coordinates
37.200, -99.780

Hail, Sedgwick

When
June 23, 4:40 PM CST
Where
Sedgwick County
Measured
2 in hail
Coordinates
37.700, -97.400

Hail, Sedgwick

When
June 23, 4:58 PM CST
Where
Sedgwick County
Measured
1.5 in hail
Coordinates
37.700, -97.280

Hail, Stevens

When
June 23, 11:45 PM CST
Where
Stevens County
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
37.200, -101.280

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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.

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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: 10023398, 10023399, 10023400, 10020887, 10020888, 10020889, 10021107, 10021108.