Tornadoes · United States · Kansas

2007 tornadoes in Kansas

146 tornadoes touched down in Kansas in 2007, 142 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 14 people and injured 82. 2 were rated F4 or EF4 and above.

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The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Enhanced Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

EF065 to 85 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
EF186 to 110 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
EF2111 to 135 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.
EF3136 to 165 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
EF4166 to 200 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
EF5over 200 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 2007

February 23 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 23	9:56 PM CST	EF0	Meade	2.5	50
February 23	10:11 PM CST	EF1	Meade	18.4	100			$275,000

February 24 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 24	1:15 PM CST	EF0	Russell	0.3	25

February 28 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
February 28	6:33 PM CST	EF0	Woodson	0.3	50
February 28	6:53 PM CST	EF0	Anderson	1.2	50
February 28	7:01 PM CST	EF0	Allen	0.1	20
February 28	7:05 PM CST	EF1	Anderson	9.4	440
February 28	7:07 PM CST	EF0	Allen	0.3	250
February 28	7:24 PM CST	EF0	Anderson	3.5	100
February 28	7:30 PM CST	EF4	Linn	24.5	800	$400,000

March 28 26 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
March 28	5:49 PM MDT	EF0	Wallace	0.5	10
March 28	5:52 PM MDT	EF0	Wallace	6.0	75
March 28	7:05 PM CDT	EF0	Decatur	8.0	25	$40,000
March 28	7:28 PM CDT	EF0	Meade	1.4	50
March 28	7:32 PM CDT	EF0	Meade	1.3	50
March 28	6:33 PM MDT	EF0	Hamilton	10.6	100
March 28	6:37 PM MDT	EF0	Sherman	0.5	10
March 28	7:42 PM CDT	EF1	Meade	13.5	125	$78,000
March 28	6:48 PM MDT	EF0	Greeley	11.0	100
March 28	6:49 PM MDT	EF0	Sherman	0.5	10
March 28	7:58 PM CDT	EF0	Ford	7.8	50
March 28	7:06 PM MDT	EF0	Sherman	3.0	25
March 28	7:09 PM MDT	EF0	Greeley	15.0	100	$25,000
March 28	8:14 PM CDT	EF1	Gray	10.4	200	$160,000
March 28	7:15 PM MDT	EF2	Sherman	7.0	350	$100,000
March 28	8:29 PM CDT	EF2	Cheyenne	27.0	700	$2.0 million
March 28	8:32 PM CDT	EF1	Hodgeman	10.7	200	$3,000
March 28	8:39 PM CDT	EF0	Meade	8.7	100
March 28	7:41 PM MDT	EF1	Wallace	8.0	100	$250,000
March 28	8:49 PM CDT	EF1	Cheyenne	4.0	100	$6,000
March 28	9:01 PM CDT	EF3	Hodgeman	29.1	1,320	$535,000
March 28	9:09 PM CDT	EF1	Cheyenne	3.0	200	$25,000
March 28	8:29 PM MDT	EF0	Sherman	2.5	25	$3,000
March 28	8:54 PM MDT	EF0	Sherman	0.5	10
March 28	9:09 PM MDT	EF0	Wallace	0.5	10
March 28	10:24 PM CDT	EF0	Cheyenne	2.0	25

March 30 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 30	9:28 PM CDT	EF0	Morris	2.8	20
March 30	10:39 PM CDT	EF0	Douglas	2.0	30

April 23 12 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 23	6:47 PM MDT	EF1	Wallace	12.0	50	$2,000
April 23	7:03 PM MDT	EF0	Wallace	5.0	75
April 23	8:04 PM CDT	EF0	Clark	1.4	50
April 23	8:10 PM CDT	EF1	Clark	7.8	150
April 23	8:22 PM CDT	EF0	Comanche	1.7	75
April 23	8:37 PM CDT	EF0	Comanche	1.6	50
April 23	9:38 PM CDT	EF0	Thomas	6.0	25	$48,000
April 23	9:02 PM MDT	EF0	Sherman	0.5	10
April 23	10:15 PM CDT	EF1	Thomas	13.0	50	$16,000
April 23	11:00 PM CDT	EF1	Rawlins	2.5	50
April 23	11:15 PM CDT	EF1	Rawlins	12.5	100	$305,000
April 23	11:44 PM CDT	EF1	Rawlins	6.0	75	$26,000

April 24 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
April 24	1:48 PM MDT	EF0	Wallace	0.5	10
April 24	7:01 PM CDT	EF0	Reno	0.0	25
April 24	7:09 PM CDT	EF0	Reno	0.0	25
April 24	7:12 PM CDT	EF0	Reno	0.0	25
April 24	7:14 PM CDT	EF0	Reno	0.0	25
April 24	7:16 PM CDT	EF0	Reno	0.0	25
April 24	7:29 PM CDT	EF0	Reno	0.0	25

May 1 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
May 1	1:50 PM CDT	EF0	Wabaunsee	0.1	50
May 1	2:20 PM CDT	EF0	Meade	0.2	30
May 1	3:07 PM CDT	EF0	Wabaunsee	0.1	50
May 1	3:17 PM CDT	EF0	Wabaunsee	0.1	50

May 4 21 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 4	8:20 PM CDT	EF0	Smith	0.1	40			$45,000
May 4	8:32 PM CDT	EF0	Clark	6.0	75
May 4	8:34 PM CDT	EF0	Clark	4.2	50
May 4	8:48 PM CDT	EF0	Comanche	2.9	50
May 4	8:50 PM CDT	EF1	Clark	2.3	75
May 4	9:00 PM CDT	EF1	Comanche	3.0	100
May 4	9:03 PM CDT	EF5	Kiowa	25.8	3,000	11	63	$250 million
May 4	9:08 PM CDT	EF1	Kiowa	1.3	50
May 4	9:18 PM CDT	EF0	Kiowa	0.1	25
May 4	9:18 PM CDT	EF0	Kiowa	0.5	30
May 4	9:24 PM CDT	EF0	Kiowa	1.5	75
May 4	9:25 PM CDT	EF0	Kiowa	0.7	30
May 4	9:55 PM CDT	EF0	Kiowa	0.5	30
May 4	9:55 PM CDT	EF1	Kiowa	4.6	100
May 4	10:03 PM CDT	EF3	Kiowa	23.5	3,872		1	$1.5 million
May 4	10:39 PM CDT	EF3	Kiowa	18.2	2,110	1	2
May 4	11:20 PM CDT	EF1	Phillips	0.5	75			$75,000
May 4	11:34 PM CDT	EF3	Stafford	17.4	1,515	1
May 4	12:28 AM CDT	EF1	Stafford	5.7	150
May 4	12:48 AM CDT	EF0	Barton	0.5	40
May 4	12:55 AM CDT	EF0	Barton	0.1	50			$5,000

May 5 36 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 5	1:21 AM CDT	EF1	Barton	5.5	100			$2.0 million
May 5	1:28 AM CDT	EF1	Barton	6.2	125			$57,000
May 5	1:46 AM CDT	EF1	Barton	5.2	100			$40,000
May 5	2:06 AM CDT	EF0	Ellsworth	0.5	40			$13,000
May 5	4:48 PM CDT	EF0	Pratt	1.4	30
May 5	4:59 PM CDT	EF1	Pratt	11.1	150
May 5	5:36 PM CDT	EF0	Stafford	4.5	100
May 5	5:59 PM CDT	EF2	Osborne	7.5	75		11	$150,000
May 5	6:00 PM CDT	EF0	Edwards	2.4	75
May 5	6:09 PM CDT	EF0	Rice	0.3	40
May 5	6:15 PM CDT	EF0	Rice	1.5	40
May 5	6:33 PM CDT	EF0	Comanche	1.9	30
May 5	6:45 PM CDT	EF0	Barton	0.1	50
May 5	6:54 PM CDT	EF0	Barton	0.2	40
May 5	7:01 PM CDT	EF2	Edwards	2.7	75
May 5	7:02 PM CDT	EF0	Kiowa	7.8	75
May 5	7:22 PM CDT	EF2	Kiowa	26.9	880
May 5	7:26 PM CDT	EF0	Kiowa	1.3	50
May 5	7:32 PM CDT	EF1	Barton	4.0	100			$60,000
May 5	7:50 PM CDT	EF1	Edwards	1.5	50
May 5	7:55 PM CDT	EF0	Stafford	1.3	50
May 5	7:55 PM CDT	EF0	Ellsworth	0.3	40
May 5	8:04 PM CDT	EF2	Stafford	9.1	880
May 5	8:06 PM CDT	EF0	Russell	1.0	50
May 5	8:11 PM CDT	EF1	Stafford	5.0	300
May 5	8:30 PM CDT	EF1	Stafford	16.9	200			$25,000
May 5	8:37 PM CDT	EF1	Kiowa	1.6	50
May 5	9:08 PM CDT	EF1	Barton	3.6	75			$1.0 million
May 5	9:42 PM CDT	EF1	Rice	4.5	75			$35,000
May 5	9:50 PM CDT	EF0	Stafford	1.9	50
May 5	10:34 PM CDT	EF0	Riley	0.3	50
May 5	10:51 PM CDT	EF1	Lincoln	2.0	75			$125,000
May 5	11:32 PM CDT	EF0	Ottawa	0.3	50
May 5	11:39 PM CDT	EF2	Ottawa	11.0	100	1	5
May 5	12:01 AM CDT	EF1	Ottawa	10.1	200
May 5	12:50 AM CDT	EF1	Washington	1.4	200

May 6 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
May 6	10:20 AM CDT	EF0	Harper	1.0	50
May 6	4:27 PM CDT	EF0	Barber	3.0	300
May 6	4:33 PM CDT	EF0	Barber	1.3	50
May 6	4:40 PM CDT	EF0	Barber	1.4	50
May 6	5:30 PM CDT	EF0	Reno	4.2	75
May 6	6:00 PM CDT	EF0	Reno	0.5	40

May 10 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 10	4:30 PM CDT	EF0	Sumner	0.5	30
May 10	5:15 PM CDT	EF0	Greenwood	1.0	30

May 14 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 14	6:25 PM CDT	EF0	Norton	0.3	10

May 22 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
May 22	6:48 PM CDT	EF0	Graham	2.0	20
May 22	5:49 PM MDT	EF0	Wallace	2.5	10
May 22	7:10 PM CDT	EF0	Graham	2.5	50
May 22	8:02 PM CDT	EF0	Logan	0.3	10
May 22	8:18 PM CDT	EF0	Trego	0.9	50
May 22	8:23 PM CDT	EF0	Sheridan	0.3	10
May 22	9:56 PM CDT	EF0	Ellis	0.5	30

May 23 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 23	6:40 PM CDT	EF0	Edwards	0.6	30
May 23	6:42 PM CDT	EF0	Edwards	1.3	50

May 26 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 26	6:50 PM CDT	EF0	Nemaha	0.1	50

May 31 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 31	3:10 PM CDT	EF0	Phillips	0.3	25
May 31	8:25 PM CDT	EF0	Rush	0.5	30

June 10 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 10	5:25 PM CDT	EF0	Cherokee	0.1	50

June 19 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 19	2:35 PM CDT	EF0	Sheridan	2.0	50
June 19	9:06 PM CDT	EF0	Stevens	0.8	50

July 14 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 14	7:00 PM CDT	EF0	Doniphan	0.1	25

August 24 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 24	4:31 PM CDT	EF0	Brown	0.1	25
August 24	4:32 PM CDT	EF0	Atchison	0.1	25

September 28 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 28	7:21 PM CDT	EF0	Gove	0.3	10

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
March 28	9:40 PM CDT	EF1	Greeley, CO to KS	11.6	440			$2,000

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.