Thunderstorm Wind, Clark
- When
- April 27, 12:40 AM CST
- Where
- Clark County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.380, -99.770
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 27, 1986
6 thunderstorm wind, 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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
6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Kiowa
- When
- April 27, 12:40 AM CST
- Where
- Kiowa County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.580, -99.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Ford
- When
- April 27, 12:40 AM CST
- Where
- Ford County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.550, -99.630
Tornado, Reno
- When
- April 27, 3:10 AM CST
- Where
- Reno County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 37.970, -98.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Leavenworth
- When
- April 27, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Leavenworth County
- Coordinates
- 39.130, -94.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Shawnee
- When
- April 27, 4:06 PM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.070, -95.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- April 27, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 39.130, -95.530
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 1986Every state in 1986This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kansas, 1986Warnings in Kansas, April 1986
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: 10033873, 10033874, 10033875, 10033876, 10033877, 10033878, 10033879.