Tornado, Shawnee
- When
- July 19, 8:45 AM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Injuries
- 9 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.130, -95.650
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 19, 1981
5 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
- 9
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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
5 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Trego
- When
- July 19, 4:11 PM CST
- Where
- Trego County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.000, -99.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Cheyenne
- When
- July 19, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cheyenne County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.770, -101.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Thomas
- When
- July 19, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Thomas County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.380, -101.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Logan
- When
- July 19, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Logan County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.120, -100.820
Tornado, Trego
- When
- July 19, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Trego County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.050, -99.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Trego
- When
- July 19, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Trego County
- Coordinates
- 39.030, -100.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Trego
- When
- July 19, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Trego County
- Coordinates
- 39.020, -99.880
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
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 19, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, July 19, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 19, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 19, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New York, July 19, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 19, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 19, 1981
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: 10020683, 10020684, 10020685, 10020686, 10020687, 10020688, 10020689, 10020690.