Tornadoes · United States · Kansas

2009 tornadoes in Kansas

102 tornadoes touched down in Kansas in 2009, 69 percent above the average of the record for the state. None of them killed anybody.

2008 2010 The whole country in 2009

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 2009

March 7 8 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
March 7	4:13 PM CST	EF0	Reno	1.3	75
March 7	4:28 PM CST	EF0	Reno	0.8	75
March 7	4:36 PM CST	EF0	Reno	0.5	75
March 7	5:15 PM CST	EF0	Harvey	0.5	75
March 7	6:18 PM CST	EF0	Barber	0.0	20
March 7	7:21 PM CST	EF0	Harper	0.5	75
March 7	7:30 PM CST	EF0	Harper	0.5	75
March 7	8:10 PM CST	EF0	Kingman	0.7	75

March 23 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
March 23	5:00 PM CDT	EF0	Sumner	0.5	75
March 23	5:06 PM CDT	EF0	Cowley	0.7	75	$10,000
March 23	5:15 PM CDT	EF0	Cowley	0.5	75
March 23	5:35 PM CDT	EF0	Cowley	0.5	75
March 23	6:33 PM CDT	EF1	Nemaha	11.0	50

April 18 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
April 18	12:57 PM CDT	EF0	Gray	0.5	50
April 18	1:29 PM CDT	EF0	Gray	0.7	100
April 18	2:02 PM CDT	EF0	Finney	2.1	125
April 18	2:10 PM CDT	EF2	Hodgeman	9.0	300
April 18	2:25 PM CDT	EF0	Finney	0.6	75

April 25 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 25	6:35 PM CDT	EF1	Leavenworth	7.2	75	$400,000
April 25	6:49 PM CDT	EF0	Sumner	0.5	70
April 25	7:34 PM CDT	EF0	Cowley	0.5	70
April 25	8:29 PM CDT	EF1	Butler	1.2	75	$30,000

April 26 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
April 26	3:50 PM CDT	EF0	Butler	0.5	50		$3,000
April 26	4:02 PM CDT	EF0	Marion	0.6	70
April 26	5:49 PM CDT	EF1	Sedgwick	3.1	75	2	$85,000
April 26	8:10 PM CDT	EF0	Doniphan	0.1	25

April 29 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
April 29	7:00 PM CDT	EF0	Finney	0.7	50
April 29	7:26 PM CDT	EF1	Finney	2.1	330	1	$240,000
April 29	7:33 PM CDT	EF1	Finney	4.3	330	1	$1.3 million
April 29	7:37 PM CDT	EF1	Finney	1.0	100		$225,000
April 29	7:44 PM CDT	EF1	Haskell	2.4	100		$240,000

May 13 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 13	5:52 PM CDT	EF0	Coffey	0.1	25
May 13	6:00 PM CDT	EF0	Coffey	0.0	25
May 13	6:55 PM CDT	EF0	Cowley	0.8	75
May 13	7:20 PM CDT	EF1	Bourbon	12.6	300	$100,000
May 13	9:49 PM CDT	EF0	Labette	0.3	50

May 15 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
May 15	4:57 PM CDT	EF0	Reno	0.8	50
May 15	5:31 PM CDT	EF0	Sedgwick	0.4	50
May 15	5:58 PM CDT	EF0	Kingman	1.5	75
May 15	6:25 PM CDT	EF0	Sumner	0.3	50

May 25 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 25	1:45 PM MDT	EF0	Greeley	0.3	20

June 1 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 1	9:24 PM CDT	EF0	Cheyenne	0.3	25

June 2 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 2	2:39 PM CDT	EF0	Ford	0.3	50
June 2	3:45 PM CDT	EF0	Ford	0.6	75

June 9 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
June 9	1:33 PM CDT	EF0	Allen	0.8	50
June 9	2:25 PM CDT	EF0	Neosho	1.6	65
June 9	6:53 PM CDT	EF0	Kiowa	0.6	50

June 10 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 10	8:28 PM CDT	EF0	Seward	0.3	50

June 14 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 14	5:23 PM CDT	EF0	Haskell	3.3	125
June 14	5:47 PM CDT	EF1	Haskell	3.7	150	$250,000
June 14	5:50 PM CDT	EF1	Haskell	0.6	75	$2,000
June 14	8:03 PM CDT	EF1	Comanche	3.7	100

June 15 21 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 15	1:49 AM CDT	EF0	Cowley	2.7	100	$150,000
June 15	4:26 PM CDT	EF0	Ford	0.6	75
June 15	5:25 PM CDT	EF0	Edwards	2.6	100
June 15	5:26 PM CDT	EF1	Ford	0.5	100	$65,000
June 15	5:27 PM CDT	EF1	Ford	1.7	250	$150,000
June 15	5:37 PM CDT	EF0	Edwards	3.9	100
June 15	5:40 PM CDT	EF1	Edwards	2.8	125	$1.5 million
June 15	5:56 PM CDT	EF1	Edwards	3.4	350
June 15	6:03 PM CDT	EF2	Edwards	11.6	1,400
June 15	6:45 PM CDT	EF0	Butler	0.7	75
June 15	6:47 PM CDT	EF0	Butler	0.8	75
June 15	6:50 PM CDT	EF0	Butler	0.9	65
June 15	6:55 PM CDT	EF0	Butler	0.8	50
June 15	6:58 PM CDT	EF0	Butler	0.5	50
June 15	7:01 PM CDT	EF0	Butler	0.8	65
June 15	7:04 PM CDT	EF0	Butler	0.6	55
June 15	7:08 PM CDT	EF0	Butler	0.7	50
June 15	7:17 PM CDT	EF0	Reno	0.4	50
June 15	7:20 PM CDT	EF0	Chase	1.3	75
June 15	7:37 PM CDT	EF1	Stafford	2.0	125
June 15	8:40 PM CDT	EF0	Greenwood	0.7	55

June 16 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 16	9:25 PM CDT	EF0	Sumner	0.8	55

June 17 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 17	2:20 PM CDT	EF1	Washington	8.8	200			$10,000

June 20 11 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
June 20	5:44 PM CDT	EF0	Kiowa	1.0	50
June 20	6:10 PM CDT	EF0	Coffey	1.4	25
June 20	6:17 PM CDT	EF1	Pawnee	5.0	100		$50,000
June 20	7:11 PM CDT	EF0	Franklin	0.3	25
June 20	7:22 PM CDT	EF0	Lane	4.2	50
June 20	7:44 PM CDT	EF0	Barton	1.2	50	2	$75,000
June 20	7:55 PM CDT	EF1	McPherson	0.9	75		$75,000
June 20	8:05 PM CDT	EF0	McPherson	4.5	100		$200,000
June 20	8:45 PM CDT	EF0	Marion	0.9	75		$100,000
June 20	9:10 PM CDT	EF0	Lincoln	1.2	55
June 20	9:12 PM CDT	EF0	Lincoln	0.4	50

July 3 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 3	8:42 PM CDT	EF0	Saline	0.3	50

July 14 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 14	6:52 PM CDT	EF0	Ford	0.4	30

July 20 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
July 20	7:03 PM CDT	EF0	Cheyenne	0.3	10	$51,000
July 20	7:09 PM CDT	EF0	Kingman	2.0	75
July 20	6:25 PM MDT	EF0	Sherman	1.5	10
July 20	6:34 PM MDT	EF0	Sherman	0.3	10
July 20	7:45 PM CDT	EF0	Barton	0.2	50
July 20	8:21 PM CDT	EF0	Logan	0.3	10
July 20	10:02 PM CDT	EF0	Butler	0.8	150	$5,000

July 28 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 28	1:20 PM CDT	EF0	Nemaha	0.0	25

July 31 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
July 31	8:42 PM CDT	EF0	Gove	0.3	10
July 31	8:44 PM CDT	EF0	Gove	0.3	10
July 31	9:25 PM CDT	EF0	Lane	0.7	40
July 31	9:32 PM CDT	EF0	Ness	0.4	100

August 2 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 2	8:40 PM CDT	EF0	Haskell	1.0	40
August 2	8:50 PM CDT	EF1	Haskell	3.5	75			$70,000

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.