Kansas tornado history

4,552 tornadoes in Kansas from 1950 to 2025, killing 300 people. Choose a county to see every track on a map.

Ford County110Sherman County110Barton County106Finney County94Butler County91Sedgwick County90Reno County89Cowley County88Sumner County86Russell County80Pratt County76Republic County71Harper County67Kingman County66Stafford County65Gove County64Kiowa County64Ellis County63Trego County63Scott County61Thomas County61Shawnee County59Meade County58Hodgeman County57Edwards County55Gray County55Marion County55Rush County55McPherson County54Sheridan County54Mitchell County53Cloud County52Ness County52Rawlins County52Cheyenne County51Decatur County51Osage County51Rooks County51Chase County50Ellsworth County50Greenwood County50Harvey County50Lane County50Lyon County50Saline County50Johnson County49Pawnee County49Brown County48Rice County48Wabaunsee County47Wallace County47Cherokee County46Comanche County46Clay County45Dickinson County45Smith County45Greeley County44Jewell County44Osborne County44Douglas County43Nemaha County43Barber County42Graham County42Kearny County42Labette County42Washington County42Clark County41Jefferson County41Pottawatomie County41Marshall County40Seward County40Logan County39Phillips County39Crawford County37Haskell County37Jackson County37Morris County37Wichita County37Hamilton County36Montgomery County36Ottawa County36Riley County35Lincoln County34Leavenworth County33Norton County32Neosho County31Franklin County30Elk County29Allen County28Grant County28Stanton County27Coffey County26Stevens County25Wilson County24Atchison County23Chautauqua County23Miami County23Geary County22Doniphan County20Morton County20Bourbon County19Anderson County15Linn County14Woodson County14Wyandotte County10

By decade

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Deadliest tornadoes in Kansas

DateRatingPathWidthInjuredKilled
May 25, 1955F556.4 mi1,320 yd27380
May 20, 1957F569.4 mi440 yd20744
May 25, 1955F528.4 mi500 yd28020
Apr 26, 1991F546 mi440 yd22517
Jun 17, 1978F17.3 mi150 yd316
Jun 8, 1966F521.1 mi880 yd45016
Jun 10, 1958F49 mi300 yd515
May 4, 2007EF525.8 mi3,000 yd6311
Jun 8, 1974F437.5 mi1,760 yd1776
May 3, 1999F424 mi880 yd1506