Tornado, Jefferson
- When
- June 5, 9:05 PM CST to 9:09 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Thompsonville
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $600,000
- Crop damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 39.100, -95.430
Tornado in Kansas, June 5, 1996
A small tornado hit on the southeast corner of Lake Perry just north of the Lake Perry Yacht and Marina and moved northeast to the Corps of Engineers administration area. About 25 to 30 boats were damaged or destroyed at the marina along with adjacent buildings.
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
- $600,000
- Crop damage
- $2,000
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS TOP wrote it up.
A small tornado hit on the southeast corner of Lake Perry just north of the Lake Perry Yacht and Marina and moved northeast to the Corps of Engineers administration area. About 25 to 30 boats were damaged or destroyed at the marina along with adjacent buildings. Storage buildings and vehicles were damaged at the Corps of Engineers area along with many large trees. Debris was scattered in many directions and power lines were knocked down.
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:02 UTC.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Minnesota, June 5, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kansas, June 5 to 6, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, June 5, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, June 5, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, June 5, 1996
- Tornado in Kansas, June 5, 1996
- Tornado in Nebraska, June 5, 1996
- Tornado in Minnesota, June 5, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, June 5, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kansas, June 5 to 6, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kansas, June 5, 1996
- Tornado in Nebraska, June 5, 1996
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: 5550999.