Tornado, Phillips
- When
- July 5, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Phillips County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.720, -99.620
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 5, 1978
8 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
- 10
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
8 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Haskell
- When
- July 5, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Haskell County
- Coordinates
- 37.580, -101.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Seward
- When
- July 5, 4:32 PM CST
- Where
- Seward County
- Coordinates
- 37.270, -100.970
Tornado, Ness
- When
- July 5, 5:28 PM CST
- Where
- Ness County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.630, -99.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Rawlins
- When
- July 5, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Rawlins County
- Coordinates
- 39.670, -100.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Decatur
- When
- July 5, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Decatur County
- Coordinates
- 39.670, -100.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Smith
- When
- July 5, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County
- Coordinates
- 39.580, -98.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Russell
- When
- July 5, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Coordinates
- 39.670, -100.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Phillips
- When
- July 5, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Phillips County
- Coordinates
- 39.750, -99.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Sherman
- When
- July 5, 10:45 PM CST
- Where
- Sherman County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.170, -101.550
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.
- 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
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- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, July 5, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, July 5, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, July 5, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 5, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, July 5, 1978
- Tornado in Florida, July 5, 1978
- Tornado in New Mexico, July 5, 1978
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: 10020488, 10020489, 10020490, 10020491, 10020492, 10020493, 10020494, 10020495, 10020496, 10020497.