Kansas, 1998

Tornadoes in Kansas, June 13, 1998

June 13, 1998 · NWS TOP · 2 events in 1 county or zone

Reports from a storm chaser and other eyewitness reports received by the sheriff's office indicated that two more in a series of tornadoes touched down north of Sabetha but also remained in open country.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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.

Reports from a storm chaser and other eyewitness reports received by the sheriff's office indicated that two more in a series of tornadoes touched down north of Sabetha but also remained in open country.

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Event by event

2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Nemaha

When
June 13, 7:43 PM CST
Where
Nemaha County, 2 mi N of Sabetha
Rating
F0
Path length
1 mi
Path width
100 yd
Reported by
STORM CHASER
Coordinates
39.930, -95.780

Tornado, Nemaha

When
June 13, 7:44 PM CST
Where
Nemaha County, 3 mi N of Sabetha
Rating
F0
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
20 yd
Reported by
STORM CHASER
Coordinates
39.950, -95.780

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.

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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: 5653905, 5653906.