Kansas, 1979Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 22, 1979
June 22, 1979 · NWS NG · 12 events in 7 counties and zones
9 hail, 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $5,000
- 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
9 hail, 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Sedgwick
- When
- June 22, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Sedgwick County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.700, -97.330
Hail, Cloud
- When
- June 22, 1:50 AM CST
- Where
- Cloud County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.570, -97.670
Tornado, Ford
- When
- June 22, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Ford County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2.3 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 37.680, -100.000
Tornado, Ford
- When
- June 22, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Ford County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 37.620, -99.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Ford
- When
- June 22, 5:51 PM CST
- Where
- Ford County
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.770, -99.970
Hail, Ford
- When
- June 22, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ford County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.550, -99.630
Hail, Sumner
- When
- June 22, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Sumner County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.270, -97.550
Hail, Sedgwick
- When
- June 22, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sedgwick County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.500, -97.500
Hail, Sedgwick
- When
- June 22, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Sedgwick County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.830, -97.370
Hail, Butler
- When
- June 22, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Butler County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.970, -97.150
Hail, Marion
- When
- June 22, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.170, -97.100
Hail, Sherman
- When
- June 22, 11:40 PM CST
- Where
- Sherman County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -101.720
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 22, 19797 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 22, 19792.75 in hail · 4 events
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, June 22, 1979F0 · 4 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 22, 19792.5 in hail · 3 events
- Hail in West Virginia, June 22, 19792 in hail · 3 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 22, 19791.75 in hail · 3 events
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 22, 197952 kt wind · 2 events
- Hail in New York, June 22, 19791 in hail · 2 events
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 22, 19791 event
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 22, 19791 event
- Hail in Texas, June 22, 19791.75 in hail · 1 event
- Hail in Maryland, June 22, 19791.75 in hail · 1 event
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: 10022813, 10022814, 10022815, 10022816, 10022817, 10022818, 10022819, 10022820, 10022821, 10022822, 10022823, 10022824.