Tornadoes · United States · Kansas

1993 tornadoes in Kansas

111 tornadoes touched down in Kansas in 1993, 84 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 1 people and injured 6. 2 were rated F4 or EF4 and above.

1992 1994 The whole country in 1993

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 1993

March 28 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 28	4:51 PM CST	F1	Norton	5.0	20			$500 to $5,000
March 28	5:50 PM CST	F0	Decatur	0.3	10

March 29 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 29	10:40 PM CST	F1	Pottawatomie	4.0	100			$50,000 to $500,000

March 30 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 30	6:18 PM CST	F1	Johnson	1.3	13			$50,000 to $500,000

April 28 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 28	6:15 PM CDT	F0	Pratt	5.0	10

April 30 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 30	6:09 PM CDT	F0	Ness	0.1	10
April 30	6:50 PM CDT	F2	Ness	4.0	50	$5,000 to $50,000
April 30	7:20 PM CDT	F0	Finney	0.6	20
April 30	8:01 PM CDT	F1	Finney	6.0	30	$50,000 to $500,000
April 30	8:27 PM CDT	F0	Gray	0.1	10
April 30	8:55 PM CDT	F0	Haskell	0.1	10

May 5 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 5	8:27 PM CDT	F4	Stevens	23.0	880	$500,000 to $5 million
May 5	10:00 PM CDT	F0	Finney	0.2	10
May 5	10:30 PM CDT	F1	Scott	0.3	20	$5,000 to $50,000

May 6 13 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 6	5:28 PM CDT	F1	Pottawatomie	3.5	100	$50,000 to $500,000
May 6	5:44 PM CDT	F1	Wabaunsee	13.0	100	$50,000 to $500,000
May 6	5:47 PM CDT	F2	Nemaha	23.0	440	$500,000 to $5 million
May 6	6:00 PM CDT	F1	Jackson	5.0	250	$50,000 to $500,000
May 6	6:50 PM CDT	F2	Brown	8.0	300	$50,000 to $500,000
May 6	6:55 PM CDT	F2	Atchison	12.0	500	$50,000 to $500,000
May 6	6:56 PM CDT	F0	Osage	1.5	100
May 6	6:58 PM CDT	F0	Franklin	0.3	30
May 6	7:25 PM CDT	F0	Franklin	0.3	73
May 6	7:27 PM CDT	F1	Brown	6.0	100	$50,000 to $500,000
May 6	7:45 PM CDT	F0	Douglas	1.0	73
May 6	8:08 PM CDT	F0	Shawnee	0.3	30
May 6	8:26 PM CDT	F0	Leavenworth	0.1	20	$500 to $5,000

May 7 17 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 7	5:10 PM CDT	F0	Russell	4.0	50			$500 to $5,000
May 7	5:30 PM CDT	F1	Pawnee	4.0	50			$50,000 to $500,000
May 7	5:31 PM CDT	F0	Stafford	0.1	10
May 7	5:40 PM CDT	F0	Stafford	0.5	13
May 7	5:42 PM CDT	F0	Kiowa	7.0	20
May 7	5:45 PM CDT	F0	Pawnee	3.0	20			$50,000 to $500,000
May 7	5:50 PM CDT	F0	Barton	0.5	50			$500 to $5,000
May 7	5:58 PM CDT	F0	Stafford	0.5	13
May 7	5:59 PM CDT	F0	Kiowa	5.0	20
May 7	6:05 PM CDT	F4	Russell	25.5	880	1	6	$500,000 to $5 million
May 7	6:20 PM CDT	F1	Barton	0.3	23			$5,000 to $50,000
May 7	6:25 PM CDT	F0	Russell	2.0	50			$500 to $5,000
May 7	6:49 PM CDT	F0	Smith	1.5	73			$50 to $500
May 7	6:53 PM CDT	F0	Lincoln	13.0	440			$5,000 to $50,000
May 7	7:23 PM CDT	F2	Pratt	19.5	440			$500 to $5,000
May 7	7:45 PM CDT	F0	Stafford	2.0	20
May 7	8:05 PM CDT	F1	Rice	1.0	100			$5,000 to $50,000

May 8 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 8	3:46 PM CDT	F0	Smith	2.5	73	$500 to $5,000
May 8	3:51 PM CDT	F0	Smith	0.3	23	$50 to $500
May 8	4:12 PM CDT	F1	Smith	2.0	50	$5,000 to $50,000

May 17 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 17	5:17 PM CDT	F0	Reno	0.1	100
May 17	6:23 PM CDT	F0	Kingman	0.5	100	$500 to $5,000
May 17	6:23 PM CDT	F0	Kingman	0.5	100	$500 to $5,000

May 22 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 22	5:11 PM MDT	F1	Greeley	1.0	30
May 22	5:35 PM MDT	F1	Greeley	0.5	20
May 22	8:30 PM CDT	F0	Kearny	0.2	10
May 22	9:07 PM CDT	F1	Finney	5.0	20	$500 to $5,000

June 2 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 2	5:40 PM MDT	F1	Wallace	2.0	30
June 2	6:00 PM MDT	F0	Wallace	0.2	20

June 7 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 7	3:45 PM CDT	F0	Sumner	0.1	100

June 13 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 13	6:14 PM CDT	F0	Pottawatomie	0.1	20

June 17 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 17	6:09 PM CDT	F0	Smith	0.5	50	$500 to $5,000
June 17	6:20 PM CDT	F1	Smith	2.0	73	$5,000 to $50,000
June 17	6:30 PM CDT	F1	Smith	1.0	50	$5,000 to $50,000

June 18 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 18	9:35 PM CDT	F0	Pawnee	0.1	20

June 22 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 22	8:15 PM CDT	F1	Cheyenne	0.5	30

June 26 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 26	2:20 PM CDT	F0	Decatur	0.2	20
June 26	3:00 PM CDT	F1	Decatur	2.0	30
June 26	5:00 PM CDT	F0	Decatur	0.2	20
June 26	11:07 PM CDT	F1	Finney	10.0	30	$50,000 to $500,000

June 30 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 30	5:38 PM CDT	F0	Riley	2.0	50
June 30	6:15 PM CDT	F0	Geary	0.2	30
June 30	7:05 PM CDT	F1	Riley	0.8	100	$50,000 to $500,000
June 30	7:30 PM CDT	F1	Riley	0.3	73	$50,000 to $500,000
June 30	7:50 PM CDT	F0	Riley	0.3	80	$5,000 to $50,000
June 30	8:29 PM CDT	F0	Wabaunsee	0.1	23

July 1 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
July 1	6:42 PM CDT	F1	Rawlins	3.0	20
July 1	8:10 PM CDT	F0	Cheyenne	2.0	20
July 1	8:30 PM CDT	F1	Russell	0.1	23	$5,000 to $50,000
July 1	8:07 PM MDT	F1	Sherman	10.0	10

July 2 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 2	6:07 PM CDT	F0	Chase	0.5	50			$500 to $5,000
July 2	7:13 PM CDT	F0	Lyon	0.3	23

July 4 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
July 4	7:00 PM CDT	F0	Pottawatomie	0.8	20	$500 to $5,000
July 4	7:35 PM CDT	F0	Barton	2.0	30	under $50
July 4	7:47 PM CDT	F0	Ellsworth	0.1	23	$50 to $500
July 4	8:10 PM CDT	F0	Marshall	0.1	20
July 4	9:08 PM CDT	F1	Graham	0.3	20

July 6 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
July 6	6:22 PM CDT	F0	Sedgwick	0.5	50
July 6	6:59 PM MDT	F1	Sherman	1.0	40
July 6	7:40 PM MDT	F1	Sherman	0.3	30
July 6	12:57 AM CDT	F1	Sheridan	8.0	20

July 7 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
July 7	9:00 PM MDT	F2	Sherman	2.0	150	$5,000 to $50,000
July 7	11:50 PM CDT	F0	Gove	0.1	20
July 7	11:58 PM CDT	F1	Sheridan	0.1	30

July 9 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
July 9	10:40 PM CDT	F1	Shawnee	0.1	30	$5,000 to $50,000
July 9	10:55 PM CDT	F0	Shawnee	0.1	23	$5,000 to $50,000
July 9	11:35 PM CDT	F0	Douglas	0.1	13
July 9	12:14 AM CDT	F1	Douglas	1.0	23	$50,000 to $500,000

July 23 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
July 23	9:51 PM CDT	F0	Nemaha	0.1	30
July 23	9:55 PM CDT	F0	Brown	0.1	30
July 23	12:20 AM CDT	F1	Rawlins	0.3	20	$5,000 to $50,000

July 24 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
July 24	2:13 AM CDT	F2	Norton	2.0	30	$5,000 to $50,000
July 24	8:08 PM CDT	F1	Washington	1.5	23	$50,000 to $500,000
July 24	8:15 PM CDT	F1	Washington	0.3	20	$5,000 to $50,000
July 24	8:40 PM CDT	F0	Clay	0.2	13	$500 to $5,000

August 12 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 12	9:00 PM CDT	F0	Wichita	0.1	13

September 18 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 18	8:38 PM CDT	F0	Kearny	15.0	20
September 18	9:12 PM CDT	F1	Finney	16.0	20			$5,000 to $50,000

September 21 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
September 21	12:45 PM CDT	F0	Pottawatomie	0.3	30
September 21	1:40 PM CDT	F0	Pottawatomie	0.3	30
September 21	1:50 PM CDT	F0	Jackson	0.5	30	$500 to $5,000
September 21	2:35 PM CDT	F0	Jackson	0.2	23
September 21	3:40 PM CDT	F0	Douglas	0.3	23
September 21	4:20 PM CDT	F0	Douglas	0.3	30	$500 to $5,000

Crossed into Kansas

Tornadoes that touched down in a neighboring state and ran into Kansas. They are counted under the state they began in.

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 5	7:54 PM CDT	F3	Texas, OK to KS	18.5	1,200			$5,000 to $50,000

Nearby

Every tornado in Kansas since 1950 Warnings in force in Kansas The 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.