Thunderstorm Wind, Sumner
- When
- May 27, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sumner County
- Coordinates
- 37.280, -97.170
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 27, 1987
6 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- May 27, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Coordinates
- 38.620, -95.450
Tornado, Brown
- When
- May 27, 2:51 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 9 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.720, -95.580
Tornado, Brown
- When
- May 27, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.980, -95.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Leavenworth
- When
- May 27, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Leavenworth County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.250, -95.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson
- When
- May 27, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.880, -94.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Leavenworth
- When
- May 27, 4:06 PM CST
- Where
- Leavenworth County
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.320, -94.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson
- When
- May 27, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Coordinates
- 39.000, -94.700
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
- Tornadoes in Texas, May 27, 1987
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 27, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 27, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 27, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 27, 1987
- Hail in Tennessee, May 27, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 27, 1987
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 27, 1987
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: 10037365, 10037366, 10037367, 10037368, 10037369, 10037370, 10037371, 10037372.