Tornadoes · United States · Kansas

Tornadoes in Marshall County, Kansas

41 tornadoes have crossed Marshall County since 1950, 1 of them surveyed so far this year and still preliminary, 67th of the 105 counties in Kansas with a tornado on record, an average of one every 1.9 years. They have killed 0 people and injured 1. None was rated F4 or above.

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The United States rated tornadoes on Ted Fujita’s F scale until 31 January 2007 and on the Enhanced Fujita scale after it. Both run from 0 to 5, and both rate the damage rather than measure the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

  1. F0 / EF040 to 72 mph on the F scale, 65 to 85 mph on the EF scale

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

  2. F1 / EF173 to 112 mph on the F scale, 86 to 110 mph on the EF scale

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

  3. F2 / EF2113 to 157 mph on the F scale, 111 to 135 mph on the EF scale

    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. F3 / EF3158 to 206 mph on the F scale, 136 to 165 mph on the EF scale

    Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.

  5. F4 / EF4207 to 260 mph on the F scale, 166 to 200 mph on the EF scale

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

  6. F5 / EF5261 to 318 mph on the F scale, over 200 mph on the EF scale

    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.

Now

Tornadoes
41
Deaths
0
Injuries
1
F4 and above
0
Worst on record
F3, May 16, 1960

The strongest

  1. F3, Marshall County, KansasMay 16, 1960F3, 13.3 mi (21 km)
  2. F2, Marshall County, KansasMay 2, 1959F2, 18.7 mi (30 km)
  3. F2, Marshall and Nemaha counties, KansasApril 28, 1963F2, 15.4 mi (25 km)
  4. EF2, Marshall County, KansasMay 27, 2013EF2, 3.8 mi (6 km)
  5. F2, Marshall County, KansasMay 29, 1959F2, 0.1 mi (0 km)

Every year with a tornado

The 28 years of the 76 in the record with a tornado in Marshall County. Each year links to every tornado in Kansas that year.

YearTornadoesDeathsInjuriesStrongest
20261EF1
20225EF1
20201Unrated
20191EF1
20182EF0
20171EF1
20131EF2
20091EF1
20081EF0
20042F1
19992F1
19981F1
19962F0
19931F0
19902F0
19831F0
19811F0
19791F1
19761F1
19691F1
19661F1
19641F0
19633F2
19601F3
195921F2
19562F1
19531F1
19501F1

Every tornado that crossed Marshall County

41 tornadoes, newest first. 1 of them touched down in a neighboring state and ran in, so the record files it under that state rather than Kansas. The 1 at the top is this year's, from the surveying office rather than SPC's published database, and its rating is marked as preliminary.

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 18, 20265:27 PM CDTEF1Marshall15.2100
June 11, 20226:26 PM CDTEF1Marshall1.7100
June 11, 20226:02 PM CDTEF1Marshall0.730
June 11, 20225:53 PM CDTEF1Marshall6.330
June 11, 20225:40 PM CDTEF1Gage to KS4.2150
June 7, 202211:02 PM CDTEF1Marshall2.875
June 9, 20206:26 PM CDTUnratedMarshall0.010
May 24, 20193:40 AM CDTEF1Marshall9.650
May 2, 20185:47 PM CDTEF0Marshall7.760
May 2, 20185:30 PM CDTEF0Marshall2.330
June 16, 201711:01 PM CDTEF1Marshall2.6100
May 27, 20139:40 PM CDTEF2Marshall3.8150
June 17, 20092:20 PM CDTEF1Washington8.8200$10,000
June 5, 20085:41 PM CDTEF0Marshall0.150
May 29, 20048:10 PM CDTF1Marshall1.075
May 29, 20047:28 PM CDTF0Marshall1.075$10,000
May 20, 19996:30 PM CDTF1Marshall0.150$1,000
April 5, 19991:30 PM CDTF0Marshall5.080$60,000
June 27, 199811:10 PM CDTF1Marshall6.080$810,000
May 9, 19969:25 PM CDTF0Marshall0.115
May 9, 19968:55 PM CDTF0Marshall0.220$10,000
July 4, 19938:10 PM CDTF0Marshall0.120
June 13, 199012:35 AM CDTF0Marshall2.050
June 13, 199012:04 AM CDTF0Marshall1.050
May 18, 19833:00 PM CDTF0Washington8.017$500 to $5,000
June 24, 19816:45 PM CDTF0Marshall0.517
March 18, 19798:50 PM CSTF1Marshall4.5150$50,000 to $500,000
April 17, 19768:30 AM CSTF1Pottawatomie15.5280$50,000 to $500,000
June 26, 19692:45 PM GMT-5F1Marshall0.510$500 to $5,000
May 11, 19663:15 PM GMT-5F1Marshall15.010
June 22, 19643:30 PM GMT-5F0Marshall0.110
April 28, 19635:45 PM GMT-5F1Marshall0.110
April 28, 19635:45 PM GMT-5F1Marshall0.110
April 28, 19635:10 PM GMT-5F2Marshall15.4100$50 to $500
May 16, 19603:00 AM GMT-5F3Marshall13.310$5,000 to $50,000
May 29, 19598:30 PM GMT-5F2Marshall0.1101
May 2, 19591:00 PM GMT-5F2Marshall18.710$5,000 to $50,000
June 26, 19563:00 AM GMT-5F0Marshall0.110
May 29, 19569:30 PM GMT-5F1Marshall9.210
August 2, 19534:00 PM GMT-5F1Marshall4.110$500 to $5,000
July 8, 195011:45 PM GMT-5F1Marshall1.090$5,000 to $50,000

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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.