Tornado, Kearny
- When
- June 22, 7:15 PM CST to 7:16 PM CST
- Where
- Kearny County, Lakin to 22 mi NW of Lakin
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.180, -101.530
Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 22 to 23, 1999
12 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $83,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 24
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.
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 133 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:17 UTC.
Event by event
12 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Kearny
- When
- June 22, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Kearny County, Lakin to 22 mi W of Lake Mc Kinney
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.180, -101.530
Tornado, Kearny
- When
- June 22, 7:30 PM CST to 7:31 PM CST
- Where
- Kearny County, Lakin to 22 mi NW of Lakin
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.180, -101.530
Brief touchdown again in same area as 15 minutes earlier.
Hail, Kearny
- When
- June 22, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Kearny County, Lakin to 24 mi NW of Lakin
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.180, -101.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Kearny
- When
- June 22, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Kearny County, Lakin to 24 mi NW of Lakin
- Measured
- 78 kt (90 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.180, -101.570
Blew six diameter tree limbs down.
Tornado, Kearny
- When
- June 22, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Kearny County, 19 mi NW of Lakin
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.150, -101.500
Very brief spin-up/
Hail, Kearny
- When
- June 22, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Kearny County, 18 mi NW of Lakin
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.130, -101.480
Hail, Kearny
- When
- June 22, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kearny County, 15 mi NW of Lakin
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.100, -101.450
Hail, Hamilton
- When
- June 22, 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Hamilton County, 9 mi N of Kendall
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.070, -101.550
Hail, Kearny
- When
- June 22, 9:12 PM CST
- Where
- Kearny County, 12 mi N of Lakin
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.120, -101.250
Lightning, Finney
- When
- June 22, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Finney County, 9 mi N of Garden City
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 38.044, -100.737 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning struck the chimney, travelled down the phone line and burnt the ear of the resident talking on the phone when the handset exploded. Also, the charge blew the hinged fireplace doors 20 feet into the living room.
Thunderstorm Wind, Kearny
- When
- June 22, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Kearny County, 5 mi N of Lakin
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.020, -101.250
Hail, Hamilton
- When
- June 22, 8:35 PM MST
- Where
- Hamilton County, 1 mi NW of Kendall
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.950, -101.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Stanton
- When
- June 22, 9:40 PM CST
- Where
- Stanton County, 4 mi S of Big Bow
- Measured
- 75 kt (86 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.520, -101.570
Hail, Kearny
- When
- June 22, 9:54 PM CST
- Where
- Kearny County, 6 mi W of Lakin
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.950, -101.370
Car windshield broken
Hail, Finney
- When
- June 22, 9:58 PM CST
- Where
- Finney County, 4 mi N of Holcomb
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 38.030, -100.980
Hail, Trego
- When
- June 22, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Trego County, 8 mi WSW of Trego Center
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.830, -100.030
Had 50 mph wind with the hail.
Thunderstorm Wind, Finney
- When
- June 22, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Finney County, 15 mi NE of Garden City
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.120, -100.670
Recorded by home equipment.
Thunderstorm Wind, Finney
- When
- June 22, 10:25 PM CST
- Where
- Finney County, 1 mi NW of Pierceville
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 37.900, -100.680
Hail, Finney
- When
- June 22, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Finney County, 13 mi NW of Kalvesta
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.220, -100.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Gray
- When
- June 22, 10:42 PM CST
- Where
- Gray County, Cimarron
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.800, -100.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Ford
- When
- June 22, 11:10 PM CST
- Where
- Ford County, 2 mi SW of Dodge City Arpt
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.750, -100.000
Trees broken, windows blown out of trailer house and fence twisted.
Hail, Finney
- When
- June 23, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Finney County, 8 mi NE of Garden City
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.050, -100.770
Lightning, Finney
- When
- June 23, 2:35 AM CST
- Where
- Finney County, Plymell
- Property damage
- $83,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.044, -100.737 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning struck a home that was being constructed and burnt it to the ground.
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.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 22, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 22, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 22, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 22, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 22, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, June 22, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 22, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 22, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, June 22, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 22, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, June 22, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 22, 1999
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kansas, 1999Warnings in Kansas, June 1999
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: 5704593, 5704594, 5704595, 5704596, 5704597, 5704598, 5704688, 5704689, 5704690, 5704691, 5704692, 5704693, 5704694, 5704695, 5704696, 5704697, 5704704, 5704705, 5704698, 5704699, 5704700, 5704701, 5704702, 5704703.