Tornadoes in Kansas

1. F0 / EF040 to 72 mph on the F scale, 65 to 85 mph on the EF scale

   Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.

2. F1 / EF173 to 112 mph on the F scale, 86 to 110 mph on the EF scale

   Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.

3. F2 / EF2113 to 157 mph on the F scale, 111 to 135 mph on the EF scale

   Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.

4. F3 / EF3158 to 206 mph on the F scale, 136 to 165 mph on the EF scale

   Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.

5. F4 / EF4207 to 260 mph on the F scale, 166 to 200 mph on the EF scale

   Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.

6. F5 / EF5261 to 318 mph on the F scale, over 200 mph on the EF scale

   Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.

7. Unrated

   The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

1. F5 Ruskin Heights tornado, MissouriMay 20, 195744 killed, 207 injured
2. F5 Andover tornado, KansasApril 26, 199117 killed, 225 injured
3. F1, Osage County, KansasJune 17, 197816 killed, 3 injured
4. F5 Topeka tornado, KansasJune 8, 196616 killed, 450 injured
5. F4, Butler County, KansasJune 10, 195815 killed, 5 injured
6. EF5 Greensburg tornado, KansasMay 4, 200711 killed, 63 injured
7. F4 Haysville tornado, KansasMay 3, 19996 killed, 150 injured
8. F4, Lyon, Osage and Shawnee counties, KansasJune 8, 19746 killed, 177 injured
9. F3, Cherokee and Jasper counties, Kansas and MissouriMay 4, 20035 killed, 34 injured
10. F4, Trego County, KansasJune 27, 19515 killed, 100 injured
11. F4 Franklin–Liberal tornado, Kansas and MissouriMay 4, 20034 killed, 30 injured
12. F3, Pottawatomie and Jackson counties, KansasMay 31, 19783 killed, 1 injured

1. F5 Ruskin Heights tornado, MissouriMay 20, 1957F5, 69.4 mi (112 km)
2. F5 Hesston tornado, KansasMarch 13, 1990F5, 48.0 mi (77 km)
3. F5 Andover tornado, KansasApril 26, 1991F5, 46.0 mi (74 km)
4. EF5 Greensburg tornado, KansasMay 4, 2007EF5, 25.8 mi (42 km)
5. F5 Goessel tornado, KansasMarch 13, 1990F5, 22.0 mi (35 km)
6. F5 Topeka tornado, KansasJune 8, 1966F5, 21.1 mi (34 km)
7. F4, Ford, Edwards and Pawnee counties, KansasJune 4, 1955F4, 72.2 mi (116 km)
8. F4, Osborne, Smith and Thayer counties, Kansas and NebraskaJune 4, 1955F4, 61.9 mi (100 km)
9. F4, Phillips, Smith, Franklin and Webster counties, Kansas and NebraskaMay 10, 1985F4, 56.0 mi (90 km)
10. EF4, Rice, Ellsworth, McPherson and Saline counties, KansasApril 14, 2012EF4, 50.3 mi (81 km)
11. F4, Cloud, Republic and Washington counties, KansasMay 20, 1957F4, 44.6 mi (72 km)
12. F4, Lyon, Osage and Shawnee counties, KansasJune 8, 1974F4, 37.5 mi (60 km)

1. F3, Rice, McPherson, Saline, Ottawa and Gage counties, Kansas and NebraskaSeptember 25, 1973169.7 mi (273 km)
2. F3, Wichita, Scott, Gove and Trego counties, KansasMay 13, 1968140.4 mi (226 km)
3. F3, Marion, Chase, Lyon and Wabaunsee counties, KansasApril 2, 1956127.0 mi (204 km)
4. F2, Morton, Stevens, Grant and Haskell counties, KansasMay 18, 1977117.2 mi (189 km)
5. F2, Morris, Wabaunsee and Shawnee counties, KansasMarch 7, 1974108.4 mi (174 km)
6. F1, Seward, Meade, Gray and Ford counties, KansasApril 14, 197673.2 mi (118 km)
7. F1, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford and Rice counties, KansasAugust 5, 195473.0 mi (117 km)
8. F4, Ford, Edwards and Pawnee counties, KansasJune 4, 195572.2 mi (116 km)
9. F1, Ford, Edwards and Pawnee counties, KansasJune 4, 195572.2 mi (116 km)
10. F1, Ford, Edwards and Pawnee counties, KansasJune 4, 195572.2 mi (116 km)
11. F1, Ford, Edwards and Pawnee counties, KansasJune 4, 195572.2 mi (116 km)
12. F1, Ford, Edwards and Pawnee counties, KansasJune 4, 195572.2 mi (116 km)

1. EF3, Sedgwick County, KansasApril 14, 2012$500 million
2. EF5 Greensburg tornado, KansasMay 4, 2007$250 million
3. F4 Haysville tornado, KansasMay 3, 1999$141 million
4. F3, Montgomery, Labette, Neosho and Crawford counties, KansasApril 19, 2000$71 million
5. EF4 Manhattan tornado, KansasJune 11, 2008$66 million
6. F4 Kansas City tornado, Kansas and MissouriMay 4, 2003$48 million
7. F4 Hoisington tornado, KansasApril 21, 2001$43 million
8. EF3 Andover tornado, KansasApril 29, 2022$42 million
9. EF4 Lawrence–Linwood tornado, KansasMay 28, 2019$26 million
10. F3, Cherokee and Jasper counties, Kansas and MissouriMay 4, 2003$24 million
11. EF3, Dickinson and Geary counties, KansasJune 11, 2008$20 million
12. F4 Franklin–Liberal tornado, Kansas and MissouriMay 4, 2003$20 million

1. May 23, 200868tornadoes
2. April 14, 201243tornadoes
3. June 15, 199239tornadoes
4. May 5, 200736tornadoes
5. May 24, 201634tornadoes
6. June 4, 195533tornadoes
7. October 26, 200628tornadoes
8. May 29, 200428tornadoes
9. March 28, 200726tornadoes
10. June 9, 200525tornadoes
11. May 25, 199725tornadoes
12. May 15, 199124tornadoes

A tornado is counted once for every county its path crossed, so these add up to more than 4,582. Each county has a page of its own: every tornado that crossed it, year by year.

Warnings in force in KansasForecast for your townThe live radar over Kansas

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.