Tornado and Damaging Winds in Kansas, December 13, 1975

Name: Tornado and Damaging Winds in Kansas, December 13, 1975
Start: 1975-12-13T20:00
End: 1975-12-13T23:50
Location: Kansas

December 13, 1975 · 11 events in 8 counties and zones

10 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
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $250,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 11

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

10 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Marshall

When: December 13, 8:00 PM CST
Where: Marshall County
Coordinates: 39.880, -96.720

Thunderstorm Wind, Marshall

When: December 13, 8:15 PM CST
Where: Marshall County
Coordinates: 39.970, -96.600

Thunderstorm Wind, Barton

When: December 13, 8:30 PM CST
Where: Barton County
Coordinates: 38.370, -98.770

Thunderstorm Wind, Cloud

When: December 13, 9:25 PM CST
Where: Cloud County
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 39.570, -97.680

Thunderstorm Wind, Mitchell

When: December 13, 9:30 PM CST
Where: Mitchell County
Coordinates: 39.420, -97.980

Thunderstorm Wind, Reno

When: December 13, 10:02 PM CST
Where: Reno County
Coordinates: 38.170, -98.000

Thunderstorm Wind, Reno

When: December 13, 10:34 PM CST
Where: Reno County
Coordinates: 38.070, -97.920

Tornado, Nemaha

When: December 13, 11:05 PM CST
Where: Nemaha County
Rating: F1
Path length: 16.8 mi
Path width: 300 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 39.830, -96.080

Thunderstorm Wind, Sedgwick

When: December 13, 11:33 PM CST
Where: Sedgwick County
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 37.620, -97.270

Thunderstorm Wind, Morris

When: December 13, 11:50 PM CST
Where: Morris County
Measured: 100 kt (115 mph)
Coordinates: 38.650, -96.480

Thunderstorm Wind, Sedgwick

When: December 13, 11:50 PM CST
Where: Sedgwick County
Measured: 87 kt (100 mph)
Coordinates: 37.700, -97.330

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.
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 and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, December 13, 1975$275,000 · F2 · 11 events

Every storm in Kansas in 1975 Every state in 1975 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Kansas, 1975

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: 10022382, 10022383, 10022384, 10022385, 10022386, 10022387, 10022388, 10022389, 10022390, 10022391, 10022392.