Kansas, 1981

Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 19, 1981

June 19, 1981 · NWS T · 16 events in 9 counties and zones

15 hail, 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

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The toll

Deaths
1
Injuries
33
Property damage
$25 million
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
16

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

15 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Woodson

When
June 19, 2:00 AM CST
Where
Woodson County
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
38.000, -95.580

Hail, Montgomery

When
June 19, 6:40 AM CST
Where
Montgomery County
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
37.180, -95.770

Hail, Crawford

When
June 19, 7:00 AM CST
Where
Crawford County
Measured
4 in hail
Coordinates
37.480, -94.850

Hail, Bourbon

When
June 19, 7:00 AM CST
Where
Bourbon County
Measured
4 in hail
Coordinates
37.870, -94.850

Hail, Bourbon

When
June 19, 7:45 AM CST
Where
Bourbon County
Measured
2.75 in hail
Coordinates
37.830, -94.700

Hail, Jefferson

When
June 19, 5:45 PM CST
Where
Jefferson County
Measured
4 in hail
Coordinates
39.130, -95.570

Hail, Douglas

When
June 19, 6:25 PM CST
Where
Douglas County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
39.050, -95.400

Tornado, Douglas

When
June 19, 6:30 PM CST
Where
Douglas County
Rating
F3
Path length
7.7 mi
Path width
200 yd
Deaths
1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries
33 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$25 million
Coordinates
38.970, -95.270

Hail, Douglas

When
June 19, 6:30 PM CST
Where
Douglas County
Measured
2 in hail
Coordinates
38.970, -95.230

Hail, Elk

When
June 19, 6:40 PM CST
Where
Elk County
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
37.380, -96.080

Hail, Miami

When
June 19, 6:45 PM CST
Where
Miami County
Measured
1.25 in hail
Coordinates
38.620, -94.680

Hail, Montgomery

When
June 19, 7:30 PM CST
Where
Montgomery County
Measured
2 in hail
Coordinates
37.280, -95.920

Hail, Montgomery

When
June 19, 7:40 PM CST
Where
Montgomery County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
37.150, -95.600

Hail, Montgomery

When
June 19, 7:45 PM CST
Where
Montgomery County
Measured
4 in hail
Coordinates
37.180, -95.800

Hail, Nemaha

When
June 19, 8:00 PM CST
Where
Nemaha County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
39.670, -96.070

Hail, Bourbon

When
June 19, 8:26 PM CST
Where
Bourbon County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
37.830, -94.700

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

EventDateAgeSexWhereKind
Tornado, Douglas1981-06-19Direct

What these are

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 10023771, 10023772, 10023773, 10023774, 10023775, 10023776, 10023777, 10023778, 10023779, 10023780, 10023781, 10023782, 10023783, 10023784, 10023785, 10023786.