Tornadoes · United States · Kansas

2005 tornadoes in Kansas

136 tornadoes touched down in Kansas in 2005, 126 percent above the average of the record for the state. None of them killed anybody.

2004 2006 The whole country in 2005

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 2005

March 21 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
March 21	1:26 PM CST	F0	Comanche	2.0	100
March 21	1:40 PM CST	F0	Comanche	0.3	50
March 21	3:50 PM CST	F0	Harper	0.5	55

April 5 9 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
April 5	2:33 PM CDT	F1	Seward	7.5	100
April 5	2:35 PM CDT	F0	Seward	0.5	30
April 5	3:00 PM CDT	F0	Haskell	0.3	30
April 5	3:20 PM CDT	F0	Haskell	0.2	20
April 5	3:20 PM CDT	F0	Gray	3.1	100
April 5	3:27 PM CDT	F0	Gray	2.6	75
April 5	3:35 PM CDT	F0	Gray	0.3	20
April 5	4:03 PM CDT	F0	Osborne	1.0	20
April 5	4:21 PM CDT	F0	Rooks	1.0	20

April 10 20 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 10	2:00 PM CDT	F0	Scott	0.3	75
April 10	2:25 PM CDT	F0	Scott	0.1	20
April 10	4:35 PM CDT	F0	Trego	0.4	125
April 10	4:35 PM CDT	F0	Trego	6.7	150
April 10	4:37 PM CDT	F1	Trego	6.2	200
April 10	4:50 PM CDT	F0	Trego	1.0	30
April 10	4:56 PM CDT	F0	Trego	6.5	400
April 10	4:57 PM CDT	F0	Trego	0.2	15
April 10	4:57 PM CDT	F0	Trego	0.5	30
April 10	5:00 PM CDT	F1	Graham	0.2	25	$2,000
April 10	5:00 PM CDT	F0	Graham	0.1	25
April 10	5:04 PM CDT	F0	Trego	3.7	150
April 10	5:53 PM CDT	F0	Ellis	3.3	100
April 10	5:59 PM CDT	F1	Russell	6.0	440	$70,000
April 10	6:05 PM CDT	F1	Rush	1.4	50
April 10	6:12 PM CDT	F0	Barton	0.5	55
April 10	6:24 PM CDT	F0	Russell	0.5	55
April 10	6:26 PM CDT	F0	Russell	0.5	55
April 10	6:31 PM CDT	F0	Russell	1.0	110
April 10	6:52 PM CDT	F0	Russell	1.0	110

April 21 8 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 21	3:48 PM CDT	F0	Nemaha	0.1	25
April 21	4:19 PM CDT	F0	Crawford	0.2	50
April 21	5:04 PM CDT	F0	Atchison	0.5	50
April 21	5:10 PM CDT	F0	Atchison	2.0	50
April 21	5:54 PM CDT	F3	Neosho	5.0	200	$200,000
April 21	6:05 PM CDT	F0	Cherokee	0.1	20
April 21	6:19 PM CDT	F1	Neosho	7.0	100	$10,000
April 21	6:34 PM CDT	F0	Labette	0.5	55

May 8 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 8	5:40 PM CDT	F0	McPherson	0.7	75

May 11 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 11	8:44 PM CDT	F0	Grant	0.5	30
May 11	8:48 PM CDT	F0	Grant	0.2	30
May 11	9:03 PM CDT	F2	Grant	13.2	250	$350,000
May 11	9:22 PM CDT	F0	Kearny	1.3	30
May 11	9:48 PM CDT	F0	Finney	0.2	15
May 11	10:24 PM CDT	F0	Finney	0.2	15

May 28 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 28	3:18 PM CDT	F0	Rawlins	0.3	25

May 30 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 30	9:10 PM CDT	F0	Morton	3.2	75

June 2 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 2	9:35 PM CDT	F1	Cheyenne	3.0	75

June 3 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 3	12:58 PM CDT	F0	Ness	1.8	30
June 3	1:05 PM CDT	F0	Ness	0.3	20
June 3	5:25 PM CDT	F1	Grant	3.4	100	$50,000
June 3	5:57 PM CDT	F0	Stevens	0.2	10
June 3	9:43 PM CDT	F1	Cowley	3.0	110	$50,000
June 3	11:48 PM CDT	F1	Cowley	6.0	110	$30,000

June 4 8 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 4	1:18 AM CDT	F0	Chautauqua	0.5	110
June 4	1:43 AM CDT	F0	Montgomery	0.5	110
June 4	4:18 PM CDT	F2	Brown	3.0	100	$400,000
June 4	5:30 PM CDT	F1	Pottawatomie	0.5	100	$250,000
June 4	6:57 PM CDT	F0	Cowley	0.5	55
June 4	7:05 PM CDT	F0	Cowley	3.0	55
June 4	7:44 PM CDT	F0	Doniphan	1.0	50
June 4	8:02 PM CDT	F0	Greenwood	0.5	110

June 8 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 8	5:28 PM CDT	F0	Jefferson	0.5	40			$1,000

June 9 25 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 9	4:20 PM CDT	F2	Graham	9.5	400
June 9	4:31 PM CDT	F0	Decatur	1.5	25
June 9	4:45 PM CDT	F0	Decatur	0.8	25
June 9	4:45 PM CDT	F0	Graham	0.3	25
June 9	4:46 PM CDT	F0	Graham	0.6	25
June 9	5:05 PM CDT	F0	Rooks	2.5	40	$30,000
June 9	5:18 PM CDT	F0	Trego	2.0	50
June 9	5:25 PM CDT	F1	Rooks	9.0	60	$300,000
June 9	5:34 PM CDT	F1	Rooks	6.0	90	$300,000
June 9	5:57 PM CDT	F1	Rooks	4.0	50	$300,000
June 9	6:00 PM CDT	F3	Trego	6.0	200
June 9	6:16 PM CDT	F1	Trego	3.5	100
June 9	6:24 PM CDT	F1	Trego	4.4	100
June 9	6:29 PM CDT	F1	Trego	8.2	100	$3.0 million
June 9	6:38 PM CDT	F0	Meade	1.3	30
June 9	6:43 PM CDT	F0	Meade	1.8	25
June 9	6:46 PM CDT	F1	Meade	0.8	20
June 9	6:55 PM CDT	F2	Meade	9.2	200
June 9	6:57 PM CDT	F0	Gove	0.8	50
June 9	6:58 PM CDT	F0	Ellis	1.2	50
June 9	7:14 PM CDT	F0	Trego	1.8	50
June 9	7:15 PM CDT	F0	Ellis	1.8	30
June 9	7:33 PM CDT	F1	Gove	1.5	50
June 9	8:05 PM CDT	F1	Meade	8.0	150
June 9	9:30 PM CDT	F0	Meade	1.0	30

June 15 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 15	8:03 PM CDT	F0	Trego	2.5	50
June 15	8:04 PM CDT	F0	Trego	1.3	50

June 16 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 16	6:45 PM CDT	F1	Haskell	10.5	100

June 29 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 29	11:15 PM CDT	F1	Mitchell	1.0	60			$100,000

June 30 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 30	7:26 PM CDT	F0	Woodson	1.0	110
June 30	8:04 PM CDT	F0	Neosho	0.5	55
June 30	8:44 PM CDT	F0	Labette	1.0	110	$10,000
June 30	9:15 PM CDT	F0	Cherokee	3.0	25
June 30	9:45 PM CDT	F0	Cherokee	6.0	25

July 3 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
July 3	1:30 PM CDT	F0	Rush	0.1	20
July 3	5:04 PM CDT	F0	Reno	0.5	75
July 3	5:07 PM CDT	F0	Reno	1.0	100
July 3	5:42 PM CDT	F0	Reno	0.2	55
July 3	5:45 PM CDT	F1	Reno	1.0	110	$60,000
July 3	6:31 PM CDT	F0	Sedgwick	0.5	55

August 17 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 17	6:48 PM CDT	F0	Pratt	0.1	20

August 19 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
August 19	4:04 PM CDT	F0	Barton	3.0	110	$500,000
August 19	4:44 PM CDT	F1	Barton	4.0	110	$250,000
August 19	4:46 PM CDT	F0	Barton	0.5	55
August 19	5:05 PM CDT	F0	Rice	0.5	55
August 19	5:09 PM CDT	F0	Rice	0.5	55

September 5 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 5	7:26 PM MDT	F0	Wallace	1.0	25

September 13 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
September 13	5:06 PM CDT	F0	Crawford	6.0	20
September 13	6:22 PM CDT	F0	Neosho	0.5	55
September 13	6:38 PM CDT	F0	Elk	0.5	55

October 19 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
October 19	4:36 PM CDT	F0	Meade	0.3	30
October 19	4:42 PM CDT	F0	Gray	0.2	30

November 27 19 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
November 27	1:48 PM CST	F0	Marion	0.1	50
November 27	1:48 PM CST	F0	Marion	13.0	50
November 27	1:50 PM CST	F0	Marion	2.0	50	$1,000
November 27	2:04 PM CST	F0	Marion	0.1	50
November 27	2:05 PM CST	F0	Morris	0.3	100
November 27	2:12 PM CST	F1	Morris	20.0	400	$250,000
November 27	2:32 PM CST	F0	Dickinson	1.5	100
November 27	2:32 PM CST	F0	Morris	6.0	100
November 27	2:35 PM CST	F0	Lyon	1.0	100	$20,000
November 27	2:48 PM CST	F0	Montgomery	0.1	50
November 27	2:58 PM CST	F0	Morris	0.3	100
November 27	3:09 PM CST	F1	Geary	2.0	300	$900,000
November 27	3:15 PM CST	F0	Geary	0.3	100
November 27	3:21 PM CST	F0	Geary	2.0	150	$40,000
November 27	3:28 PM CST	F0	Riley	0.3	100
November 27	3:32 PM CST	F0	Riley	0.3	100	$10,000
November 27	3:49 PM CST	F0	Riley	0.3	100
November 27	4:06 PM CST	F1	Neosho	6.0	80	$120,000
November 27	4:22 PM CST	F0	Allen	0.2	50

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.