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Tornado outbreak of June 1881

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3 deaths – This disastrous tornado destroyed the community of Floral, where two people died and many homes were called "leveled." However, residents sought shelter as the storm neared, reducing the death toll. One other person died on a farm outside Floral, and 28 other homes were razed along the
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This tornado struck two homes just north of Mulvane, both of which were razed. The tornado obliterated another home northwest of Douglass as an onlooker watched from nearby. The snakelike funnel resembled "water being sprayed from a huge hose."
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This was probably an F4 tornado that obliterated all structures on free farms, one of which had its farmhouse swept away, with debris strewn for up to 0.5 mi (0.80 km). The funnel dissipated as it approached the
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and produced numerous strong tornadoes, killing at least 20 people, primarily in parts of Kansas and Missouri. One of the strongest tornadoes in the outbreak was an F4—possibly an F5—that hit near
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1 death – A tornado razed 15 structures in a frontier outpost 4 mi (6.4 km) northwest of
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obliterated a pair of farms near Hopkins and may have caused F5 damage in the area.
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5 deaths – This powerful tornado produced F4 damage north of
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2 deaths – This strong tornado leveled three farmhouses near
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5 deaths – This tornado narrowly missed 100 farms along the
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A tornado struck north of the "Hickory Grove" cemetery near
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List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
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National Historical Company (1882), "34: Tornadoes",
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