Tornado, McPherson
- When
- June 13, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- McPherson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 38.170, -97.750
Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 13, 1971
2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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
2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, McPherson
- When
- June 13, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- McPherson County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.280, -97.500
Hail, Norton
- When
- June 13, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Norton County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.000, -100.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Cloud
- When
- June 13, 9:05 PM CST
- Where
- Cloud County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.500, -97.680
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
- Tornado in Florida, June 13, 1971
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- Tornado in Wisconsin, June 13, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 13, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 13, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, June 13, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 13, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 13, 1971
- Hail in Missouri, June 13, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 13, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 13, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 13, 1971
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: 10023204, 10023205, 10023206, 10023207.