Tornado, Wabaunsee
- When
- August 17, 5:18 PM CST
- Where
- Wabaunsee County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 38.800, -96.400
Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, August 17, 1985
9 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 6
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 18
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
9 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Lyon
- When
- August 17, 5:23 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 3 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.720, -96.250
Hail, Lyon
- When
- August 17, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.650, -96.170
Hail, Lyon
- When
- August 17, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.400, -96.180
Hail, Shawnee
- When
- August 17, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.020, -95.670
Tornado, Lyon
- When
- August 17, 6:28 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 3 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.450, -96.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Lyon
- When
- August 17, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon County
- Measured
- 69 kt (79 mph)
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 5 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 38.400, -96.250
Hail, Shawnee
- When
- August 17, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.980, -95.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Lyon
- When
- August 17, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon County
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 38.280, -96.180
Hail, Lyon
- When
- August 17, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.400, -96.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Greenwood
- When
- August 17, 7:58 PM CST
- Where
- Greenwood County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.980, -96.170
Hail, Wyandotte
- When
- August 17, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wyandotte County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.120, -94.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Greenwood
- When
- August 17, 9:08 PM CST
- Where
- Greenwood County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.820, -96.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Wilson
- When
- August 17, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Wilson County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.530, -95.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Neosho
- When
- August 17, 10:06 PM CST
- Where
- Neosho County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.520, -95.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Cherokee
- When
- August 17, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County
- Coordinates
- 37.030, -94.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Labette
- When
- August 17, 11:45 PM CST
- Where
- Labette County
- Coordinates
- 37.200, -95.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Labette
- When
- August 17, 11:58 PM CST
- Where
- Labette County
- Coordinates
- 37.170, -95.100
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind, Lyon | 1985-08-17 | Direct |
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
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 17, 1985
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- Tornado and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 17, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 17, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 17, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 17, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 17, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 17, 1985
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: 10021022, 10021023, 10021024, 10021025, 10021026, 10021027, 10021028, 10021029, 10024189, 10024190, 10024191, 10024192, 10024409, 10024410, 10024411, 10024412, 10024413, 10024414.