Finney County tornado history

94 tornadoes touched Finney County, Kansas between 1950 and 2025 — about 1.2 a year. The strongest was rated F3 (Jun 23, 1967). Tornadoes here killed 1 and injured 44 people.

94tornadoes since 1950

F3strongest rating

1killed · 44 injured

35.6 milongest path · 1967

(E)F0(E)F1(E)F2(E)F3(E)F4(E)F5· dots = start point only

By rating

(E)F059

(E)F119

(E)F211

(E)F34

(E)F40

(E)F50

unrated1

By month

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Peak month: May.

By decade

’50’60’70’80’90’00’10’20

Strongest tornadoes

Date	Rating	Path	Width	Injured	Killed
Jun 23, 1967	F3	35.6 mi	10 yd	30	1
Jun 16, 1962	F3	34.6 mi	50 yd	3	0
May 20, 1951	F3	12.8 mi	900 yd	0	0
May 16, 1995	F3	10 mi	800 yd	0	0
May 30, 1978	F2	31.9 mi	17 yd	0	0
Jun 16, 1962	F2	12.2 mi	50 yd	0	0
Apr 18, 2009	EF2	9 mi	300 yd	0	0
Jun 28, 1973	F2	7.2 mi	60 yd	0	0
Jun 10, 1954	F2	7 mi	150 yd	0	0
Oct 17, 1971	F2	5.6 mi	127 yd	7	0
Aug 6, 1950	F2	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 22, 1960	F2	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0

Most recent tornadoes

Date	Rating	Path	Width
Jun 18, 2024	EF0	—	10 yd
Mar 24, 2024	EF1	2.5 mi	50 yd
Feb 9, 2024	unrated	0.1 mi	25 yd
Jul 5, 2019	EF0	0.3 mi	50 yd
Jul 5, 2019	EF0	0.3 mi	50 yd
May 18, 2018	EF0	0.7 mi	50 yd
Nov 16, 2015	EF0	4.6 mi	50 yd
May 28, 2015	EF0	1.7 mi	75 yd
May 27, 2015	EF0	5 mi	125 yd
May 27, 2015	EF0	3.4 mi	200 yd
May 27, 2015	EF0	2 mi	100 yd
May 4, 2015	EF1	4.5 mi	200 yd

Deadliest: Jun 23, 1967, F3, 1 killed.

Nearby counties

Gray County, KS55 Kearny County, KS42 Scott County, KS61 Lane County, KS50 Haskell County, KS37 Wichita County, KS37 Hodgeman County, KS57 Grant County, KS28

Questions

How many tornadoes has Finney County, Kansas had?

94 tornadoes touched Finney County, Kansas between 1950 and 2025 in the NOAA Storm Prediction Center database — about 1.2 per year.

What was the strongest tornado in Finney County?

The strongest rating recorded was F3 on Jun 23, 1967, with a 35.6-mile path and 1 deaths.

When is tornado season in Finney County?

Most of its tornadoes happened in May (46 of 94). Tornadoes can occur in any month, so keep alerts on year-round.

Right now: live tornado warnings map · alerts for your location. Dates link to that day’s full storm reports where available (2004 onward).