Mitchell County Natural Disasters and Weather Extremes
Hot Kansas Rankings
The chance of earthquake damage in Mitchell County is about the same as Kansas average and is much lower than the national average. The risk of tornado damage in Mitchell County is about the same as Kansas average and is much higher than the national average.
Earthquake Index, #12
| Mitchell County | 0.06 |
| Kansas | 0.05 |
| U.S. | 1.81 |
The earthquake index value is calculated based on historical earthquake events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the earthquake level in a region. A higher earthquake index value means a higher chance of an earthquake.
Volcano Index, #1
| Mitchell County | 0.0000 |
| Kansas | 0.0000 |
| U.S. | 0.0023 |
The volcano index value is calculated based on the currently known volcanoes using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the possibility of a region being affected by a possible volcano eruption. A higher volcano index value means a higher chance of being affected.
Tornado Index, #38
| Mitchell County | 242.90 |
| Kansas | 252.53 |
| U.S. | 136.45 |
The tornado index value is calculated based on historical tornado events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the tornado level in a region. A higher tornado index value means a higher chance of tornado events.
Other Weather Extremes Events
A total of 16,076 other weather extremes events within 50 miles of Mitchell County were recorded from 1950 to 2010. The following is a break down of these events:
| Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count |
| Avalanche: | 0 | Blizzard: | 28 | Cold: | 40 | Dense Fog: | 14 | Drought: | 18 |
| Dust Storm: | 1 | Flood: | 662 | Hail: | 9,367 | Heat: | 42 | Heavy Snow: | 110 |
| High Surf: | 0 | Hurricane: | 0 | Ice Storm: | 45 | Landslide: | 0 | Strong Wind: | 154 |
| Thunderstorm Winds: | 4,929 | Tropical Storm: | 0 | Wildfire: | 1 | Winter Storm: | 187 | Winter Weather: | 74 |
| Other: | 404 | ||||||||
Volcanos Nearby
No volcano is found in or near Mitchell County.
Historical Earthquake Events
No historical earthquake events that had recorded magnitudes of 3.5 or above found in or near Mitchell County.
No historical earthquake events found in or near Mitchell County.
Historical Tornado Events
A total of 72 historical tornado events that had recorded magnitude of 2 or above found in or near Mitchell County.
| Distance (miles) | Date | Magnitude | Start Lat/Log | End Lat/Log | Length | Width | Fatalities | Injuries | Property Damage | Crop Damage | Affected County |
| 0.6 | 1992-06-15 | 2 | 39°24'N / 98°12'W | 2.00 Miles | 73 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Mitchell | |
| 1.5 | 1992-06-15 | 2 | 39°23'N / 98°14'W | 2.00 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Mitchell | |
| 1.7 | 1992-06-15 | 3 | 39°25'N / 98°12'W | 2.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Mitchell | |
| 2.4 | 1992-06-15 | 4 | 39°25'N / 98°13'W | 39°26'N / 98°10'W | 3.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Mitchell |
| 4.9 | 1960-05-24 | 2 | 39°26'N / 98°17'W | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Mitchell | |||
| 5.3 | 1992-06-15 | 2 | 39°20'N / 98°20'W | 39°24'N / 98°16'W | 4.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Mitchell |
| 9.3 | 2008-05-29 | 2 | 39°28'N / 98°19'W | 39°34'N / 98°14'W | 8.00 Miles | 2000 Yards | 0 | 0 | 500K | 500K | Mitchell |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: This tornado started near Glen Elder Dam in Mitchell County and moved northeast. It crossed into Jewell County about 4 miles west of Highway 14. Eye witness accounts stated that this tornado combined near the dam with a tornado that had formed to the southwest in Osborne County. Just to the east of the dam, the tornado damaged several outbuildings at a farmstead and uprooted many trees. Power lines and trees were snapped off when the twister crossed US Highway 24 to the east of the town of Glen Elder. Large power poles were broken and another farmstead sustained extensive damage just before the tornado moved into Jewell County. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A significant severe weather outbreak occurred during the afternoon and evening of May 29th. Several tornadoes were reported from south of Palco in Rooks County to community of Jewell in Jewell County. On tornado inflected significant damage to the community of Jewell, including destroying the town???s caf?? and water tower. Several homes in rural areas of Mitchell and Jewell Counties were damaged or destroyed. The town of Woodston in eastern Rooks County also had a twister move through the community; luckily damage was not as severe. All together eight tornadoes occurred in this part of north-central Kansas and no critical injuries were reported. Other areas of north-central Kansas also saw hail and heavy rains from the storms. An area between Webster Lake and Stockton in Rooks County had hail up to the size of baseballs. The hail damaged windows and siding of homes along the storms path. In addition to the tornadoes, hail and wind, thunderstorms dumped several inches of rain across the Solomon River valleys. This resulted in some flooding of rural roads and area creeks and rivers. | |||||||||||
| 9.5 | 1992-06-15 | 2 | 39°24'N / 98°24'W | 39°26'N / 98°22'W | 3.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Mitchell |
| 9.9 | 1950-05-08 | 2 | 39°21'N / 98°29'W | 39°28'N / 98°18'W | 12.60 Miles | 660 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Mitchell |
| 10.8 | 1967-06-09 | 2 | 39°24'N / 98°06'W | 39°27'N / 97°55'W | 10.20 Miles | 1320 Yards | 0 | 5 | 2.5M | 0 | Mitchell |
| 11.7 | 1968-05-13 | 2 | 39°30'N / 98°06'W | 39°32'N / 98°01'W | 4.70 Miles | 20 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Mitchell |
| 13.0 | 1992-06-15 | 2 | 39°23'N / 98°28'W | 39°26'N / 98°26'W | 3.50 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Mitchell |
| 13.4 | 1964-06-12 | 2 | 39°30'N / 98°26'W | 39°32'N / 98°22'W | 4.10 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Mitchell |
| 14.0 | 2008-04-24 | 2 | 39°31'N / 98°07'W | 39°33'N / 97°55'W | 11.00 Miles | 1050 Yards | 0 | 0 | 750K | 500K | Mitchell |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: The tornado sat down north of Beloit near highway 14 and traveled eastward. Several homes, farmsteads, outbuildings and trees were damaged along the tornadoes path. For the first 4 miles of the damage path, the tornado was rated at EF2 with EF0 damage seen through the rest of the county. The tornado exited Mitchell County northeast of Scottsville and entered Cloud County. EPISODE NARRATIVE: Severe thunderstorms developed during the evening hours across north-central Kansas and produced large hail, strong winds and heavy rains. Hail up to the size of softballs was reported west of Stockton where windows were broken, roofs and siding damaged and crops pummeled. A couple of brief tornados were reported to have touched down in Rooks County. One was south of Stockton and the other was near Woodston. No damage occurred with these. There were other reports of hail, mainly up to the size of golf balls, and wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph reported across the area. A tornado touched down north of Beloit in Mitchell County and traveled east. Several houses, outbuildings, grain bins, trees and power poles were damaged along the it???s path. This tornado crossed into Cloud County. | |||||||||||
| 14.5 | 1950-05-08 | 2 | 39°34'N / 98°18'W | 39°38'N / 98°12'W | 6.80 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 1 | 25K | 0 | Jewell |
| 16.1 | 1956-10-29 | 3 | 39°13'N / 98°25'W | 39°14'N / 98°25'W | 1.10 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Mitchell |
| 16.3 | 1956-07-15 | 3 | 39°12'N / 98°06'W | 39°12'N / 97°58'W | 7.10 Miles | 880 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Lincoln |
| 16.7 | 2008-05-29 | 3 | 39°34'N / 98°14'W | 39°42'N / 98°07'W | 11.00 Miles | 2000 Yards | 0 | 0 | 5.0M | 1.0M | Jewell |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: This tornado moved out of Mitchell County and into Jewell County about 4 miles west of Highway 14. As the tornado moved northeast and was southwest of the town of Jewell, it hit three farmsteads and severely damaged the homes and outbuildings at these locations. One of the homes was completely destroyed and other had a machine shed also destroyed. Trees and power poles and lines were also damaged along its path. The tornado entered the southwest side of community of Jewell and moved across the west side of town. Several homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed. The Jewell Caf?? and the Bourbon Trucking Company were destroyed. The town???s water tower was also blown down by the tornado. The tornado lifted about two miles northeast of town. Luckily no injuries were reported. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A significant severe weather outbreak occurred during the afternoon and evening of May 29th. Several tornadoes were reported from south of Palco in Rooks County to community of Jewell in Jewell County. On tornado inflected significant damage to the community of Jewell, including destroying the town???s caf?? and water tower. Several homes in rural areas of Mitchell and Jewell Counties were damaged or destroyed. The town of Woodston in eastern Rooks County also had a twister move through the community; luckily damage was not as severe. All together eight tornadoes occurred in this part of north-central Kansas and no critical injuries were reported. Other areas of north-central Kansas also saw hail and heavy rains from the storms. An area between Webster Lake and Stockton in Rooks County had hail up to the size of baseballs. The hail damaged windows and siding of homes along the storms path. In addition to the tornadoes, hail and wind, thunderstorms dumped several inches of rain across the Solomon River valleys. This resulted in some flooding of rural roads and area creeks and rivers. | |||||||||||
| 22.6 | 2004-05-29 | 2 | 39°37'N / 97°56'W | 39°38'N / 97°53'W | 5.00 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.1M | 0 | Cloud |
| Brief Description: A tornado touched down 4 miles westnorthwest of Jamestown and moved eastnorteast before dissipating 3 miles northnorthwest of Jamestown. Large trees and power poles were downed. A number of farms along the route had significant damage. | |||||||||||
| 23.0 | 1992-06-15 | 3 | 39°17'N / 97°50'W | 39°17'N / 97°46'W | 3.00 Miles | 800 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Ottawa |
| 23.5 | 1967-06-09 | 2 | 39°27'N / 97°55'W | 39°31'N / 97°39'W | 14.80 Miles | 1320 Yards | 1 | 5 | 2.5M | 0 | Cloud |
| 23.6 | 1956-10-29 | 3 | 39°00'N / 98°29'W | 39°13'N / 98°25'W | 15.20 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 2 | 250K | 0 | Lincoln |
| 24.2 | 2007-05-05 | 2 | 39°23'N / 98°42'W | 39°28'N / 98°37'W | 8.00 Miles | 75 Yards | 0 | 11 | 150K | 50K | Osborne |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: A tornado sat down south of Osborne and moved north into town. The twister destroyed 2 mobile homes, damaged roofs, fences, cars and windows, and damaged 2 restaurants. The Pizza Hut sustained minor damage and several employees??? car windows were blown out. Across the road, the Circle Inn lost a large part of their roof, a couple of outside walls, and substantial damage happened to the interior portion of the restaurant. A couple of semi-trailers were blown around and one ended up on top of another car. Eleven people were injured, none seriously, and were treated at the Osborne County Memorial Hospital. The Osborne County Sheriff's office reported the most severe injury was a broken arm. (sources: Osborne County Farmer newspaper, Osborne County Sheriff's office, and the Osborne County Emergency Management Agency). EPISODE NARRATIVE: Thunderstorms rumbled across northern Kansas. A few became severe in the early evening hours. One produced a tornado in Osborne. This tornado damaged homes and two restaurants in town. Other storms in Mitchell and Jewell Counties produced hail to the size of quarters. | |||||||||||
| 25.7 | 1954-03-11 | 2 | 39°27'N / 98°41'W | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Osborne | |||
| 26.0 | 1970-05-08 | 2 | 39°02'N / 97°58'W | 39°09'N / 97°52'W | 9.50 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Lincoln |
| 26.7 | 1955-06-04 | 4 | 39°31'N / 98°32'W | 40°00'N / 97°33'W | 61.90 Miles | 500 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Osborne |
| 27.0 | 1952-05-21 | 2 | 39°41'N / 97°52'W | 0.20 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Republic | |
| 27.0 | 1992-06-15 | 2 | 39°47'N / 98°10'W | 1.50 Miles | 73 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Jewell | |
| 29.0 | 1973-03-13 | 2 | 39°35'N / 98°35'W | 39°50'N / 98°33'W | 17.20 Miles | 220 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Smith |
| 29.4 | 1952-08-07 | 3 | 39°00'N / 98°31'W | 39°03'N / 98°27'W | 4.70 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Russell |
| 30.8 | 1976-04-14 | 2 | 39°46'N / 98°13'W | 39°53'N / 97°55'W | 17.70 Miles | 330 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Jewell |
| 31.0 | 1957-05-20 | 2 | 39°28'N / 97°38'W | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Cloud | |||
| 31.6 | 1960-11-27 | 3 | 39°33'N / 97°39'W | 2.00 Miles | 167 Yards | 0 | 2 | 250K | 0 | Cloud | |
| 31.8 | 1957-05-20 | 2 | 39°31'N / 97°38'W | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Cloud | |||
| 31.8 | 1957-05-20 | 2 | 39°31'N / 97°38'W | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Cloud | |||
| 31.8 | 1971-05-30 | 2 | 39°50'N / 98°23'W | 1.50 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Jewell | |
| 31.8 | 1950-05-08 | 2 | 39°14'N / 98°57'W | 39°14'N / 98°35'W | 19.60 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 2 | 25K | 0 | Osborne |
| 34.1 | 1973-09-25 | 2 | 39°18'N / 97°36'W | 39°21'N / 97°33'W | 4.30 Miles | 67 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Cloud |
| 36.8 | 2007-05-05 | 2 | 39°04'N / 97°36'W | 39°13'N / 97°36'W | 11.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 1 | 5 | 0K | 0K | Ottawa |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: The tornado touched down near the intersection of Granite Rd and 190th Rd approximately 3 miles south of the Ottawa State Fishing Lake. It lifted approximately 11 miles north of it's touchdown point, at Rifle Rd between 200th and 210th Rds. 38 structures were destroyed or damaged; including homes, mobile homes, cabins, outbuildings, and small cottages. A mobile home that was anchored to the ground was totally destroyed by the tornado. EPISODE NARRATIVE: An upper level low pressure system remained relatively stationary over the Central Plains Saturday through Monday, May 5th through May 7th. Severe weather swept across Northeast Kansas during the late evening hours the 5th, and the early morning of the 6th. Hail, strong winds, and tornadoes were all observed over the course of the evening. An F2 tornado that ripped across Ottawa County killed one woman, and injured one other when their mobile home was demolished. At least three other people were confirmed to have been injured during the tornado. NWS Storm Surveys the following day confirmed that damage was created by both tornadoes and strong winds across portions of northeast Kansas, but 6 tornadoes were confirmed. Cloud county qualified for FEMA funds. | |||||||||||
| 37.2 | 1956-10-29 | 3 | 38°51'N / 98°37'W | 39°00'N / 98°29'W | 12.40 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Russell |
| 38.0 | 1990-03-13 | 2 | 39°43'N / 97°51'W | 39°55'N / 97°39'W | 15.00 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Republic |
| 39.1 | 1957-05-20 | 3 | 39°34'N / 97°34'W | 39°38'N / 97°29'W | 6.10 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Cloud |
| 39.2 | 1968-05-13 | 3 | 39°13'N / 99°02'W | 39°17'N / 98°48'W | 13.10 Miles | 320 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Osborne |
| 39.3 | 1953-05-09 | 3 | 39°48'N / 97°54'W | 39°59'N / 97°48'W | 13.50 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Republic |
| 39.4 | 1979-10-18 | 2 | 39°11'N / 97°38'W | 39°17'N / 97°22'W | 15.80 Miles | 400 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Pawnee |
| 39.5 | 1967-06-09 | 2 | 39°31'N / 97°39'W | 39°39'N / 97°22'W | 17.50 Miles | 1320 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Cloud |
| 39.8 | 1971-05-30 | 2 | 39°46'N / 98°46'W | 39°51'N / 98°41'W | 7.10 Miles | 220 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Smith |
| 40.8 | 2004-05-22 | 2 | 39°54'N / 97°51'W | 39°55'N / 97°49'W | 2.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 90K | 0 | Republic |
| Brief Description: A tornado touched down at the Pawnee Indian Museum and damaged a roof to the museum building before moving 2 miles and lifting at the edge of Republic. Along the tornado's path a windmill was destroyed, power lines were downed, and 3 center pivoting irrigation systems were damaged. A one ton granite memorial at the Pawnee Indian Museum was moved 8 feet off the foundation. | |||||||||||
| 41.4 | 1986-09-18 | 3 | 39°56'N / 97°59'W | 39°59'N / 97°55'W | 5.00 Miles | 500 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Jewell |
| 41.7 | 2008-05-29 | 3 | 39°43'N / 97°55'W | 40°00'N / 97°30'W | 30.00 Miles | 1320 Yards | 0 | 0 | 1.0M | 0K | Republic |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: The tornado crossed from Jewell County into Republic County 4 miles South Southwest of Courtland. There, tree damage was noted, and several outbuildings were destroyed at a residence. An old rock home was also destroyed. Significant tree, power pole, and power line damage was reported along the path. Several of these trees had been uprooted and thrown for several hundred feet. Irrigation units were destroyed. Several homes, a newspaper reported at least six, were damaged along the path. The home that sustained the most significant damage had portions of the roof removed, and it's eastern wall blown out. Barns, outbuildings, and grain bins were destroyed at the residence as well. The old Union Valley Schoolhouse was demolished, and several headstones and trees in the Union Valley Cemetary were blown down. The tornado was rated EF-3 when it entered the county. Local Emergency Management reported that several residents had to be rescued after the tornado because of debris and damage to their homes. Highway 36 was closed through Friday morning because of power poles and power lines on the roadway. Between Hwy 81 and a point two miles south of the state line along the path, EF-2 damage was surveyed. Thereafter, EF-1 damage was noted. The tornado exited Republic County and entered Thayer County 5 miles west northwest of Narka. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A supercell that tracked across much of north central Kansas spawned a long-lived tornado that tracked from Jewell County, KS (Hastings CWA) into Republic County, KS (Topeka CWA) into Thayer County, NE (Hastings CWA) and finally into Jefferson County, NE (Omaha CWA) before dissipating. The bulk of the damage that occurred in Republic County happened within a few minutes of crossing the county line. Damage there was rated EF-3. Six residences were reported to have been significantly damaged. A few residents of these homes needed to be rescued, as they were trapped by debris. Other damage occurred to trees, power lines, and farm related buildings. | |||||||||||
| 41.9 | 1973-09-25 | 3 | 39°03'N / 97°35'W | 39°18'N / 97°22'W | 20.70 Miles | 67 Yards | 0 | 2 | 25.0M | 0 | Ottawa |
| 42.8 | 1957-05-20 | 4 | 39°23'N / 97°44'W | 39°53'N / 97°12'W | 44.60 Miles | 400 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Cloud |
| 42.9 | 1961-05-31 | 2 | 39°49'N / 97°37'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Republic | |||
| 43.5 | 1973-09-25 | 2 | 39°44'N / 98°58'W | 39°59'N / 98°33'W | 27.90 Miles | 80 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Smith |
| 43.8 | 2010-06-20 | 2 | 40°01'N / 98°04'W | 40°01'N / 98°03'W | 1.00 Mile | 1300 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0K | Nuckolls |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: The most significant damage was confined to the city limits of Superior. There was widespread tree damage, along with a warehouse building and several small buildings being destroyed and a number of snapped power poles. On the southeast edge of town, railroad cars were overturned. EPISODE NARRATIVE: Much like the previous day, most severe weather focused south of the Nebraska and Kansas border on this Sunday afternoon and evening. However, one severe storm crept just far enough north of the state line to produce a damaging EF2 tornado in the community of Superior in southern Nuckolls County. The storm complex that eventually produced this tornado initially developed across Northwest Kansas in the vicinity of a nearly stationary east-west surface front, as a subtle mid-level shortwave ejected from a large-scale western United States trough. As these storms snuck into far South Central Nebraska out of North Central Kansas, the synoptic environment was quite supportive of severe weather, featuring deep-layer wind shear of 40 knots, and MLCAPE values around 3500 J/kg. The low-level shear environment was also favorable for tornadoes, with 0-1 km shear values around 25 knots, and 0-1 km storm relative helicity of at least 300 m2/s2. The storm that produced the Superior tornado was essentially an embedded supercell on the north end of a squall line, associated with a bookend vortex that first developed within the line in North Central Kansas. Around the same time as the Superior tornado, a separate area of strong to severe storms flared up several counties to the north, resulting in a quarter-sized hail report from Valley County. | |||||||||||
| 44.3 | 1976-04-14 | 2 | 39°53'N / 97°55'W | 40°00'N / 97°38'W | 17.00 Miles | 330 Yards | 0 | 1 | 250K | 0 | Republic |
| 44.5 | 1986-09-18 | 3 | 39°59'N / 97°55'W | 40°01'N / 97°56'W | 1.00 Mile | 500 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Republic |
| 44.6 | 1974-05-10 | 2 | 40°02'N / 98°06'W | 1.00 Mile | 233 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Nuckolls | |
| 44.6 | 1959-05-20 | 2 | 39°36'N / 99°00'W | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Smith | |||
| 45.7 | 1963-06-11 | 2 | 39°46'N / 98°55'W | 1.00 Mile | 20 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Smith | |
| 46.1 | 1986-09-18 | 3 | 40°01'N / 97°56'W | 40°02'N / 97°55'W | 1.00 Mile | 80 Yards | 0 | 7 | 2.5M | 0 | Nuckolls |
| 46.5 | 1957-06-15 | 3 | 39°46'N / 98°56'W | 2.00 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Smith | |
| 46.5 | 2003-06-22 | 2 | 39°57'N / 97°47'W | 39°59'N / 97°43'W | 4.00 Miles | 450 Yards | 0 | 0 | 80K | 0 | Republic |
| Brief Description: A tornado struck 3 miles northeast of Republic and moved northeast 4 miles and destroyed a house in its path before it dissipated near the Nebraska border. Thunderstorms developed over Republic county the evening of the 22nd and persisted into the early morning hours of the 23rd. Numerous reports of large hail and damaging winds along with several tornadoes (discussed separately) were the result. The persistance of the thunderstorms in the same location led to flash flooding in Republic County as well as the Republican River to flood and do considerable crop damage. | |||||||||||
| 46.6 | 1965-05-25 | 2 | 39°45'N / 98°57'W | 0 | 1 | 25K | 0 | Smith | |||
| 47.3 | 1959-05-04 | 2 | 39°15'N / 97°23'W | 39°15'N / 97°18'W | 3.80 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Ottawa |
| 48.1 | 1978-04-07 | 2 | 40°05'N / 98°20'W | 0.20 Mile | 10 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Webster | |
| 48.6 | 1960-05-16 | 2 | 39°12'N / 97°20'W | 0.30 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Clay | |
| 49.1 | 1962-06-24 | 2 | 38°51'N / 97°37'W | 0.50 Mile | 27 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Saline | |
| 49.3 | 1973-09-25 | 3 | 38°58'N / 97°28'W | 39°05'N / 97°22'W | 9.40 Miles | 100 Yards | 1 | 2 | 25.0M | 0 | Ottawa |
| 49.6 | 1973-09-25 | 2 | 39°29'N / 97°20'W | 39°33'N / 97°15'W | 5.90 Miles | 67 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Clay |
| 49.6 | 1960-04-13 | 2 | 38°54'N / 97°32'W | 1.00 Mile | 150 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Saline | |
| 49.8 | 1996-05-09 | 2 | 39°34'N / 97°19'W | 39°34'N / 97°17'W | 1.50 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 300K | 40K | Washington |
| Brief Description: A tornado hit along the Clay-Washington county line moving east through mainly the city of Vining, beginning about 1.5 West of town and ending about 1/2 mile eastnortheast. Some damage was also noted in Clifton. There were about 25 buildings damaged in Vining including a large grain elevator complex with many trees downed or uprooted. A few buildings had their roofs torn completely off. Wind damage also occurred just north of Vining on a couple of farm homes and buildings. There were no injuries. | |||||||||||
* The information on this page is based on the global volcano database, the U.S. earthquake database of 1638-1985, and the U.S. Tornado and Weather Extremes database of 1950-2010.