Tornado, Cheyenne
- When
- May 13, 6:27 PM CST
- Where
- Cheyenne County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 13 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.900, -101.720
Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 13, 1990
3 hail, 2 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
- 6
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
3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Graham
- When
- May 13, 9:32 PM CST
- Where
- Graham County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -99.970
Hail, Graham
- When
- May 13, 10:19 PM CST
- Where
- Graham County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.370, -99.850
Hail, Rooks
- When
- May 13, 10:19 PM CST
- Where
- Rooks County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.320, -99.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Cloud
- When
- May 13, 11:04 PM CST
- Where
- Cloud County
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.570, -97.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Cloud
- When
- May 13, 11:50 PM CST
- Where
- Cloud County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -97.450
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
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- Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 13, 1990
- Tornadoes in Wyoming, May 13, 1990
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 13, 1990
- Tornado in Colorado, May 13, 1990
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 13, 1990
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: 10035462, 10035463, 10035464, 10035465, 10035466, 10035467.