Thunderstorm Wind, Lyon
- When
- October 31, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon County
- Coordinates
- 38.400, -96.180
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kansas, October 31, 1984
10 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
- 5
- Injuries
- 12
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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
10 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Osage
- When
- October 31, 6:23 PM CST
- Where
- Osage County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 38.830, -95.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Osage
- When
- October 31, 6:23 PM CST
- Where
- Osage County
- Deaths
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 10 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 38.830, -95.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Shawnee
- When
- October 31, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County
- Coordinates
- 38.930, -95.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Douglas
- When
- October 31, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Coordinates
- 38.950, -95.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- October 31, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 39.220, -95.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Kingman
- When
- October 31, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Kingman County
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 37.450, -98.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Sedgwick
- When
- October 31, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sedgwick County
- Coordinates
- 37.480, -97.800
Tornado, Leavenworth
- When
- October 31, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Leavenworth County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.230, -95.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Sedgwick
- When
- October 31, 8:28 PM CST
- Where
- Sedgwick County
- Coordinates
- 37.770, -97.500
Tornado, Harvey
- When
- October 31, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Harvey County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 3 yd
- Coordinates
- 37.970, -97.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson
- When
- October 31, 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.880, -94.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson
- When
- October 31, 10:22 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Coordinates
- 38.970, -94.730
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.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Osage | 1984-10-31 | Direct |
What these are
- 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.
- 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
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1984Every state in 1984This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kansas, 1984
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: 10022938, 10022939, 10022940, 10022941, 10022942, 10022943, 10022944, 10022945, 10022946, 10022947, 10022948, 10022949, 10022950.