Tornadoes · United States · Kansas
1992 tornadoes in Kansas
92 tornadoes touched down in Kansas in 1992, 53 percent above the average of the record for the state. None of them killed anybody. 2 were rated F4 or EF4 and above.
The rating scale
Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.
F040 to 72 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
F173 to 112 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
F2113 to 157 mph
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.
F3158 to 206 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
F4207 to 260 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
F5261 to 318 mph
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.
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.
Every tornado in Kansas in 1992
March 5 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 5 | 5:35 PM CST | F0 | Chase | 0.2 | 10 |
March 8 3 tornadoes
March 17 3 tornadoes
April 9 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 9 | 8:15 PM CDT | F0 | Kingman | 0.1 | 10 |
May 11 3 tornadoes
May 15 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15 | 3:27 PM CDT | F0 | Morton | 0.1 | 10 |
June 5 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 5 | 6:05 PM CDT | F0 | Stanton | 0.1 | 10 |
June 13 5 tornadoes
June 15 39 tornadoes
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 15 | 4:15 PM CDT | F0 | Rooks | 1.0 | 100 | |||
| June 15 | 4:26 PM CDT | F1 | Osborne | 1.0 | 100 | $500 to $5,000 | ||
| June 15 | 4:28 PM CDT | F0 | Rooks | 1.0 | 100 | |||
| June 15 | 4:37 PM CDT | F1 | Rooks | 7.0 | 100 | 2 | $500,000 to $5 million | |
| June 15 | 4:46 PM CDT | F0 | Osborne | 0.5 | 100 | $500 to $5,000 | ||
| June 15 | 5:51 PM CDT | F0 | Osborne | 0.5 | 50 | $500 to $5,000 | ||
| June 15 | 5:51 PM CDT | F1 | Osborne | 2.0 | 100 | $50,000 to $500,000 | ||
| June 15 | 6:15 PM CDT | F1 | Osborne | 0.8 | 50 | $5,000 to $50,000 | ||
| June 15 | 6:34 PM CDT | F1 | Osborne | 1.0 | 50 | $500 to $5,000 | ||
| June 15 | 6:40 PM CDT | F1 | Osborne | 1.0 | 73 | $5,000 to $50,000 | ||
| June 15 | 6:45 PM CDT | F1 | Osborne | 0.5 | 50 | $50,000 to $500,000 | ||
| June 15 | 6:55 PM CDT | F1 | Osborne | 1.0 | 50 | $5,000 to $50,000 | ||
| June 15 | 6:56 PM CDT | F2 | Mitchell | 3.5 | 100 | $50,000 to $500,000 | ||
| June 15 | 6:59 PM CDT | F1 | Jewell | 1.0 | 50 | $5,000 to $50,000 | ||
| June 15 | 7:02 PM CDT | F2 | Mitchell | 3.0 | 100 | $50,000 to $500,000 | ||
| June 15 | 7:06 PM CDT | F1 | Jewell | 2.0 | 73 | $5,000 to $50,000 | ||
| June 15 | 7:07 PM CDT | F1 | Mitchell | 1.5 | 73 | $50,000 to $500,000 | ||
| June 15 | 7:09 PM CDT | F2 | Jewell | 1.5 | 73 | $5,000 to $50,000 | ||
| June 15 | 7:10 PM CDT | F2 | Mitchell | 4.0 | 100 | $50,000 to $500,000 | ||
| June 15 | 7:30 PM CDT | F4 | Mitchell | 3.0 | 100 | $50,000 to $500,000 | ||
| June 15 | 7:35 PM CDT | F1 | Jewell | 1.5 | 100 | $5,000 to $50,000 | ||
| June 15 | 7:35 PM CDT | F2 | Mitchell | 2.0 | 50 | $50,000 to $500,000 | ||
| June 15 | 7:38 PM CDT | F2 | Mitchell | 2.0 | 73 | |||
| June 15 | 7:40 PM CDT | F1 | Mitchell | 2.0 | 50 | $50,000 to $500,000 | ||
| June 15 | 7:45 PM CDT | F3 | Mitchell | 2.0 | 100 | $50,000 to $500,000 | ||
| June 15 | 7:55 PM CDT | F1 | Mitchell | 1.5 | 50 | $50,000 to $500,000 | ||
| June 15 | 8:00 PM CDT | F0 | Republic | 0.5 | 23 | $500 to $5,000 | ||
| June 15 | 8:05 PM CDT | F1 | Mitchell | 1.3 | 50 | $50,000 to $500,000 | ||
| June 15 | 8:35 PM CDT | F1 | Mitchell | 2.0 | 73 | $50,000 to $500,000 | ||
| June 15 | 8:52 PM CDT | F1 | Cloud | 2.0 | 17 | $50,000 to $500,000 | ||
| June 15 | 8:58 PM CDT | F1 | Cloud | 2.0 | 100 | $50,000 to $500,000 | ||
| June 15 | 9:35 PM CDT | F1 | Ottawa | 1.0 | 50 | $5,000 to $50,000 | ||
| June 15 | 9:52 PM CDT | F3 | Ottawa | 3.0 | 800 | $50,000 to $500,000 | ||
| June 15 | 10:35 PM CDT | F4 | McPherson | 6.0 | 73 | 10 | $5 million to $50 million | |
| June 15 | 10:37 PM CDT | F1 | Cloud | 1.0 | 50 | $50,000 to $500,000 | ||
| June 15 | 10:40 PM CDT | F2 | McPherson | 7.0 | 73 | $5,000 to $50,000 | ||
| June 15 | 12:09 AM CDT | F1 | McPherson | 17.0 | 100 | $5,000 to $50,000 | ||
| June 15 | 12:20 AM CDT | F1 | Dickinson | 2.0 | 73 | $5,000 to $50,000 | ||
| June 15 | 12:38 AM CDT | F0 | Dickinson | 0.1 | 10 | $500 to $5,000 |
June 16 2 tornadoes
June 19 4 tornadoes
June 24 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 24 | 6:35 PM CDT | F0 | Stafford | 0.1 | 10 |
June 27 3 tornadoes
July 9 3 tornadoes
July 10 2 tornadoes
July 12 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 12 | 6:30 PM CDT | F0 | Cloud | 0.5 | 23 | $500 to $5,000 |
July 15 2 tornadoes
July 18 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 18 | 9:30 PM CDT | F0 | Smith | 0.5 | 23 | $500 to $5,000 |
July 29 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 29 | 10:49 PM CDT | F1 | Osborne | 1.0 | 73 | $5,000 to $50,000 |
August 10 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 10 | 2:57 PM MDT | F0 | Wallace | 3.1 | 23 | $5,000 to $50,000 |
August 13 2 tornadoes
September 5 4 tornadoes
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 5 | 6:59 PM CDT | F2 | Sedgwick | 3.0 | 200 | 1 | $5 million to $50 million | |
| September 5 | 7:25 PM CDT | F0 | Jackson | 3.0 | 13 | $500 to $5,000 | ||
| September 5 | 8:13 PM CDT | F1 | Kingman | 6.5 | 50 | $500 to $5,000 | ||
| September 5 | 8:30 PM CDT | F1 | Sedgwick | 3.7 | 100 | $500,000 to $5 million |
September 6 6 tornadoes
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 6 | 8:05 PM CDT | F0 | Gove | 0.1 | 10 | |||
| September 6 | 8:10 PM CDT | F0 | Gove | 0.1 | 10 | |||
| September 6 | 8:52 PM CDT | F0 | Decatur | 0.1 | 10 | |||
| September 6 | 9:10 PM CDT | F0 | Gove | 0.1 | 10 | |||
| September 6 | 10:30 PM CDT | F0 | Decatur | 0.1 | 10 | |||
| September 6 | 10:35 PM CDT | F0 | Decatur | 0.1 | 10 |
September 7 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 7 | 2:40 PM CDT | F0 | Jefferson | 0.1 | 13 |
October 7 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 7 | 7:07 PM CDT | F1 | Coffey | 0.5 | 50 | $500,000 to $5 million |
Nearby
Every tornado in Kansas since 1950Warnings in force in KansasThe live radar over Kansas
What this means
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.
Sources
NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.