10 tornadoes were confirmed on June 23, 1969. 6 were in Texas and Oklahoma. An F1 briefly hit Wallowa County, OR. The strongest of the day was an F4. It crossed through parts of Sedgwick County, KS. The SPC Tornado Database has the path length listed as 8.7 miles. The Storm Data entry has the length a little longer at 12 miles. The tornado began 12 miles west of the Wichita Airport and lifted 5 miles SW of the airport. A pickup truck at one of several destroyed homes was tossed 300 yards. Per Thomas Grazulis, one farm house was picked up and “scattered across the prairie.”
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