Tornado, Washington
- When
- June 18, 3:19 AM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 7 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 39.600, -97.000
Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 18, 1983
15 hail, 2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 19
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, 2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Osage
- When
- June 18, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Osage County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.630, -95.820
Hail, Osage
- When
- June 18, 2:59 PM CST
- Where
- Osage County
- Measured
- 3.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.620, -95.820
Hail, Coffey
- When
- June 18, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Coffey County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.420, -95.850
Hail, Anderson
- When
- June 18, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Anderson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.200, -95.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Anderson
- When
- June 18, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Anderson County
- Coordinates
- 38.200, -95.300
Hail, Osage
- When
- June 18, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Osage County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.620, -95.820
Tornado, Butler
- When
- June 18, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Butler County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 7 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.580, -96.620
Hail, Cowley
- When
- June 18, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cowley County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.250, -96.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Elk
- When
- June 18, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Elk County
- Coordinates
- 37.470, -96.270
Hail, Cowley
- When
- June 18, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cowley County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.180, -96.720
Hail, Cowley
- When
- June 18, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Cowley County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.250, -96.720
Hail, Cowley
- When
- June 18, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cowley County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.220, -96.870
Hail, Reno
- When
- June 18, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Reno County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.070, -97.920
Hail, Cowley
- When
- June 18, 9:55 PM CST
- Where
- Cowley County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.070, -97.050
Hail, Osage
- When
- June 18, 11:19 PM CST
- Where
- Osage County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.780, -95.550
Hail, Lyon
- When
- June 18, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.630, -96.100
Hail, Geary
- When
- June 18, 11:38 PM CST
- Where
- Geary County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.170, -96.920
Hail, Osage
- When
- June 18, 11:45 PM CST
- Where
- Osage County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.620, -95.680
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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 in Iowa, June 18, 1983
- Tornado in Nebraska, June 18, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, June 18, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 18, 1983
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, June 18, 1983
- Hail in Florida, June 18, 1983
- Damaging Wind in New York, June 18, 1983
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, June 18, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 18, 1983
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: 10021717, 10021718, 10021719, 10021720, 10021721, 10021722, 10021723, 10021724, 10021725, 10021726, 10021727, 10021728, 10021729, 10021730, 10021731, 10021732, 10021733, 10021734, 10021735.