Tornado, Morris
- When
- May 21, 1:40 PM CST
- Where
- Morris County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 467 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.730, -96.820
Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 21, 1971
7 hail, 4 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
- 12
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 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Saline
- When
- May 21, 2:33 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.780, -97.580
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- May 21, 3:04 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.000, -98.080
Hail, Decatur
- When
- May 21, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Decatur County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.580, -100.280
Hail, Saline
- When
- May 21, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.880, -97.900
Hail, Saline
- When
- May 21, 4:54 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.780, -97.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Cloud
- When
- May 21, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cloud County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.500, -97.680
Hail, Russell
- When
- May 21, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.880, -98.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Russell
- When
- May 21, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.880, -98.780
Hail, Sedgwick
- When
- May 21, 9:25 PM CST
- Where
- Sedgwick County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.500, -97.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Russell
- When
- May 21, 10:40 PM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.880, -98.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- May 21, 11:10 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Coordinates
- 38.580, -95.500
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
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1971Every state in 1971This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kansas, 1971
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: 10020947, 10020948, 10020949, 10020950, 10020951, 10020952, 10020953, 10020954, 10020955, 10020956, 10020957, 10020958.