Tornado, Sherman
- When
- June 9, 2:12 PM CST
- Where
- Sherman County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 77 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.430, -101.920
Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 9, 1971
7 hail, 4 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 2
- Property damage
- $300,000
- 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
7 hail, 4 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Sherman
- When
- June 9, 2:35 PM CST
- Where
- Sherman County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.380, -102.000
Hail, Sherman
- When
- June 9, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Sherman County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.380, -101.680
Hail, Chase
- When
- June 9, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Chase County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.380, -96.500
Hail, Wallace
- When
- June 9, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Wallace County
- Measured
- 4 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.880, -101.780
Hail, Ottawa
- When
- June 9, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Ottawa County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.280, -97.780
Hail, Ellsworth
- When
- June 9, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ellsworth County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.500, -98.180
Hail, Barton
- When
- June 9, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Barton County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.380, -98.580
Tornado, Ottawa
- When
- June 9, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ottawa County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.030, -97.630
Tornado, Rice
- When
- June 9, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Rice County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3.6 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 38.470, -98.400
Tornado, Ness
- When
- June 9, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ness County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 7.7 mi
- Path width
- 117 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 38.520, -100.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Riley
- When
- June 9, 10:10 PM CST
- Where
- Riley County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -96.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Shawnee
- When
- June 9, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County
- Coordinates
- 39.080, -95.780
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 9, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 9, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 9, 1971
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 9, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 9, 1971
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 9, 1971
- Hail in Colorado, June 9, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 9, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 9, 1971
- Tornado in North Dakota, June 9, 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: 10022101, 10022102, 10022103, 10022104, 10022105, 10022106, 10022970, 10022971, 10022972, 10023188, 10023189, 10023190, 10023191.