Tornadoes · United States · Kansas

2024 tornadoes in Kansas

74 tornadoes touched down in Kansas in 2024, 23 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 1 people and injured 6.

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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.

  1. EF065 to 85 mph

    Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.

  2. EF186 to 110 mph

    Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. EF4166 to 200 mph

    Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.

  6. 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.

  7. 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 2024

February 9 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
February 92:15 PM CSTUnratedFinney0.125

March 13 2 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
March 137:45 PM CDTEF2Wabaunsee8.1300
March 138:27 PM CDTEF2Shawnee4.9100

March 24 3 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
March 243:30 PM CDTEF1Finney2.550
March 245:05 PM CDTUnratedLogan1.3100
March 245:11 PM CDTUnratedGove1.8100

April 16 5 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 161:53 AM CDTEF0Smith6.835$2,000
April 164:21 AM CDTEF1Greenwood7.5200
April 165:51 AM CDTEF1Osage3.5100
April 166:06 AM CDTEF1Osage12.8752
April 167:34 AM CDTEF2Greenwood2.7116

April 25 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 254:45 PM CDTUnratedCheyenne0.010

April 26 6 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 263:32 PM CDTEF2Elk8.5300
April 263:34 PM CDTEF2Woodson6.7100
April 263:52 PM CDTEF0Wilson1.0150
April 264:13 PM CDTEF1Wilson1.360
April 265:02 PM CDTUnratedAllen0.010
April 265:29 PM CDTEF0Bourbon3.375$50,000

April 27 17 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 272:05 PM CDTUnratedBrown3.925
April 272:15 PM CDTUnratedDoniphan0.01
April 272:31 PM CDTEF0Nemaha1.020
April 272:45 PM CDTEF0Nemaha0.675
April 273:28 PM CDTEF2Cowley1.3100
April 273:36 PM CDTEF1Cowley0.620
April 274:30 PM CDTEF1Elk0.050
April 273:35 PM MDTEF0Hamilton0.110
April 274:39 PM CDTEF1Elk0.540
April 274:42 PM CDTUnratedElk0.015
April 274:54 PM CDTUnratedElk0.030
April 275:35 PM CDTUnratedWilson0.010
April 275:56 PM CDTUnratedWilson0.010
April 276:11 PM CDTEF0Chautauqua0.020
April 276:11 PM CDTEF0Chautauqua0.010
April 277:45 PM CDTUnratedMontgomery0.020
April 279:50 PM CDTUnratedWilson0.010

April 30 8 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 304:30 PM CDTUnratedHarvey0.010
April 304:40 PM CDTEF3Pottawatomie2.210014$2.9 million
April 305:02 PM CDTEF1Nemaha3.275
April 305:36 PM CDTUnratedPottawatomie0.320
April 306:23 PM CDTUnratedButler0.010
April 306:34 PM CDTUnratedShawnee0.125
April 306:57 PM CDTEF1Jefferson2.175
April 308:32 PM CDTEF0Chautauqua0.115

May 1 2 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 16:26 PM CDTUnratedGove0.150
May 18:55 PM CDTUnratedLane0.950

May 3 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 38:10 PM CDTEF0Kearny0.010

May 6 5 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 67:39 PM CDTEF0Riley1.275
May 68:55 PM CDTUnratedChautauqua0.010
May 69:22 PM CDTEF0Coffey0.950
May 69:30 PM CDTEF0Coffey0.950
May 611:13 PM CDTEF0Cherokee2.750$64,000

May 8 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 812:53 PM MDTUnratedWallace0.150

May 19 10 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 193:32 PM CDTEF1Russell1.615
May 194:20 PM CDTEF0Ellsworth0.210
May 196:47 PM CDTUnratedBarton1.140
May 198:16 PM CDTEF1Marion1.140
May 199:44 PM CDTEF0Osage0.740
May 1910:08 PM CDTEF0Shawnee0.125
May 1910:19 PM CDTEF1Johnson0.975
May 1910:26 PM CDTEF1Leavenworth1.5150
May 1910:31 PM CDTEF1Johnson1.6105
May 1910:39 PM CDTEF1Johnson2.6150

May 25 2 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 257:15 PM CDTEF0Barber1.31
May 257:29 PM CDTEF2Harper6.7100

June 13 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 133:05 PM CDTUnratedWichita0.025

June 18 2 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 183:46 PM CDTEF0Finney0.010
June 187:47 PM CDTEF0Ford0.010

June 28 3 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 288:13 PM CDTUnratedLyon2.430
June 288:39 PM CDTEF0Osage1.230
June 288:59 PM CDTEF0Osage0.330

June 29 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 294:25 PM CDTUnratedWoodson0.110

July 6 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
July 62:02 PM CDTUnratedRawlins3.375

August 14 2 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
August 147:25 PM CDTUnratedPottawatomie0.520
August 147:39 PM CDTUnratedPottawatomie0.015

Crossed into Kansas

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

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 611:00 PM CDTEF0Ottawa, OK to KS24.11,100$350,000

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.