Tornado, Ellis
- When
- October 16, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Ellis County
- Rating
- F3
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 38.820, -99.250
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Kansas, October 16, 1980
8 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
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Coffey
- When
- October 16, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Coffey County
- Coordinates
- 38.230, -95.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Russell
- When
- October 16, 1:06 AM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.870, -98.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Douglas
- When
- October 16, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Coordinates
- 38.880, -95.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- October 16, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Coordinates
- 38.570, -95.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Leavenworth
- When
- October 16, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Leavenworth County
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -94.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Shawnee
- When
- October 16, 6:35 AM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.070, -95.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson
- When
- October 16, 8:14 AM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.850, -94.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Wyandotte
- When
- October 16, 8:30 AM CST
- Where
- Wyandotte County
- Coordinates
- 39.100, -94.770
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, October 16, 1980
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, October 16, 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, October 16, 1980
- Tornadoes in Iowa, October 16, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, October 16, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, October 16, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, October 16, 1980
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1980Every state in 1980This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kansas, 1980
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: 10021468, 10021469, 10021470, 10021471, 10021472, 10021473, 10021474, 10021475, 10021476.