Tornado, Kearny
- When
- June 22, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Kearny County, Lydia
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.200, -101.300
Tornado touched down briefly with no damage.
Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 22, 1994
7 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 8 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $21,000
- Crop damage
- $511,000
- Events
- 9
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
7 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Rawlins
- When
- June 22, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Rawlins County, McDonald
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $500,000
- Coordinates
- 39.785, -101.076 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Penny-size hail was blown into drifts with 580 acres of wheat damaged and 300 acres destroyed. Precipitation amounted to 2.20 inches. Crop damage amounted to $300,000.
Thunderstorm Wind, Rawlins
- When
- June 22, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Rawlins County, McDonald
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.785, -101.076 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winds estimated at 60 to 70 mph tore down five inch diameter branches.
Thunderstorm Wind, Thomas
- When
- June 22, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Thomas County, Colby
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 39.351, -101.055 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm winds knocked down crops and tore down three inch diamter branches.
Thunderstorm Wind, Thomas
- When
- June 22, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Thomas County, Gem
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 39.351, -101.055 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm winds blew off 36 square feet of roofing from barn.
Thunderstorm Wind, Kearny
- When
- June 22, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Kearny County, Lakin
- Measured
- 75 kt (86 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.000, -101.320 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Smith
- When
- June 22, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County, Smith Center
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Property damage
- $500
- Crop damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 39.785, -98.785 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Smith
- When
- June 22, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County, Thornburg
- Measured
- 75 kt (86 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 39.785, -98.785 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Smith
- When
- June 22, 7:53 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County, Thornburg
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 39.785, -98.785 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, June 22, 1994
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 22, 1994
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 22, 1994
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, June 22, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 22, 1994
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 22, 1994
- Damaging Winds in Florida, June 22, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 22, 1994
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 22, 1994
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, June 22, 1994
- Hail in Arkansas, June 22, 1994
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1994Every state in 1994This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kansas, 1994Warnings in Kansas, June 1994
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: 10326684, 10326357, 10326358, 10325011, 10325012, 10326685, 10325389, 10325390, 10325391.