Thunderstorm Wind, Neosho
- When
- May 31, 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- Neosho County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.700, -95.500
Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 31, 1969
3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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
3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Leavenworth
- When
- May 31, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Leavenworth County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.280, -94.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Kingman
- When
- May 31, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kingman County
- Coordinates
- 37.700, -98.180
Hail, Leavenworth
- When
- May 31, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Leavenworth County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -95.000
Hail, Sedgwick
- When
- May 31, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Sedgwick County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.700, -97.400
Tornado, Sumner
- When
- May 31, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sumner County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 250 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 37.250, -97.750
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes in Wisconsin, May 31, 1969
- Tornado in Colorado, May 31, 1969
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 31, 1969
- Damaging Winds in Texas, May 31, 1969
- Tornadoes in Utah, May 31, 1969
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 31, 1969
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 31, 1969
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 31, 1969
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 31, 1969
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 31, 1969
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 31, 1969
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 31, 1969
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1969Every state in 1969This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kansas, 1969
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: 10023358, 10023359, 10023360, 10023361, 10023362, 10023363.