Tornado, Mitchell
- When
- May 4, 1:54 PM CST to 1:56 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County, Hunter to 4 mi W of Hunter
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -98.450
Tornado in Kansas, May 4, 1999
A weak tornado that had set down in Lincoln county entered Mitchell county southwest of Hunter. The tornado was quickly lifted after entering the county near Kansas Highway 181.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- 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 GID wrote it up.
A weak tornado that had set down in Lincoln county entered Mitchell county southwest of Hunter. The tornado was quickly lifted after entering the county near Kansas Highway 181. No damage was reported.
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:54 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.
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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: 5717330.