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Tornadoes in Wallace County, Kansas

47 tornadoes have crossed Wallace County since 1950, 51st of the 105 counties in Kansas with a tornado on record, an average of one every 1.6 years. They have killed 0 people and injured 4. 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.

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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: 47
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 4
F4 and above: 0
Worst on record: F3, July 20, 1958

The strongest

Every year with a tornado

The 26 years of the 76 in the record with a tornado in Wallace County. Each year links to every tornado in Kansas that year.

Year	Tornadoes	Injuries	Strongest
2024	1		Unrated
2023	5		EF1
2022	1		EF1
2021	3		EF0
2020	1		Unrated
2019	1		Unrated
2007	8		EF1
2006	3		F0
2005	1		F0
2004	1		F0
2001	1		F0
2000	1		F2
1996	1		F1
1994	1		F0
1993	2		F1
1992	3		F0
1991	2		F0
1989	1		F0
1984	1		F0
1976	1		F1
1972	1		F1
1968	1		F0
1966	1		F0
1965	2		F0
1958	1	4	F3
1955	2		F0

Every tornado that crossed Wallace County

47 tornadoes, newest first.

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
May 8, 2024	12:53 PM MDT	Unrated	Wallace	0.1	50
July 10, 2023	5:40 PM MDT	Unrated	Wallace	0.0	75
May 11, 2023	5:09 PM MDT	EF0	Wallace	6.6	100
May 11, 2023	4:45 PM MDT	EF1	Wallace	1.3	175
May 11, 2023	4:41 PM MDT	EF0	Wallace	3.2	100
May 11, 2023	4:33 PM MDT	EF0	Wallace	8.5	100
April 22, 2022	10:42 PM MDT	EF1	Wallace	3.0	350
October 12, 2021	6:25 PM MDT	EF0	Wallace	3.3	100
May 24, 2021	2:42 PM MDT	Unrated	Wallace	1.0	25
May 24, 2021	2:03 PM MDT	Unrated	Wallace	0.6	25
June 2, 2020	3:02 PM MDT	Unrated	Wallace	0.6	30
April 28, 2019	3:35 PM MDT	Unrated	Wallace	1.9	100
May 22, 2007	5:49 PM MDT	EF0	Wallace	2.5	10
April 24, 2007	1:48 PM MDT	EF0	Wallace	0.5	10
April 23, 2007	7:03 PM MDT	EF0	Wallace	5.0	75
April 23, 2007	6:47 PM MDT	EF1	Wallace	12.0	50		$2,000
March 28, 2007	9:09 PM MDT	EF0	Wallace	0.5	10
March 28, 2007	7:41 PM MDT	EF1	Wallace	8.0	100		$250,000
March 28, 2007	5:52 PM MDT	EF0	Wallace	6.0	75
March 28, 2007	5:49 PM MDT	EF0	Wallace	0.5	10
June 3, 2006	2:30 PM MDT	F0	Wallace	0.3	10
May 7, 2006	3:22 PM MDT	F0	Wallace	0.6	25
May 7, 2006	3:12 PM MDT	F0	Wallace	0.3	15
September 5, 2005	7:26 PM MDT	F0	Wallace	1.0	25
May 16, 2004	2:41 PM MDT	F0	Wallace	1.5	75
May 27, 2001	2:35 PM MDT	F0	Wallace	0.2	50
October 31, 2000	2:15 PM MST	F2	Wallace	12.0	240
June 21, 1996	5:15 PM MDT	F1	Wallace	0.3	20
May 3, 1994	7:33 PM MDT	F0	Wallace	0.1	20
June 2, 1993	6:00 PM MDT	F0	Wallace	0.2	20
June 2, 1993	5:40 PM MDT	F1	Wallace	2.0	30
August 10, 1992	2:57 PM MDT	F0	Wallace	3.1	23		$5,000 to $50,000
July 15, 1992	9:12 PM MDT	F0	Wallace	0.1	10
July 15, 1992	9:05 PM MDT	F0	Wallace	0.1	10
May 28, 1991	6:25 PM MDT	F0	Wallace	1.0	50
May 15, 1991	4:58 PM MDT	F0	Wallace	1.0	20
May 3, 1989	3:00 PM MDT	F0	Wallace	0.2	10
May 31, 1984	5:00 PM MDT	F0	Wallace	1.0	200
September 12, 1976	4:55 PM MDT	F1	Wallace	0.1	10		$500 to $5,000
July 6, 1972	7:10 PM MDT	F1	Wallace	0.2	17
June 22, 1968	4:55 PM GMT-6	F0	Wallace	0.1	500		$500 to $5,000
June 7, 1966	5:10 PM GMT-6	F0	Wallace	0.1	10
July 3, 1965	10:05 PM GMT-6	F0	Wallace	0.1	10
June 4, 1965	9:15 PM GMT-6	F0	Wallace	0.1	10
July 20, 1958	3:20 PM GMT-7	F3	Wallace	3.3	700	4	$5,000 to $50,000
June 12, 1955	6:00 PM GMT-7	F0	Wallace	0.1	10
June 4, 1955	12:20 PM GMT-7	F0	Wallace	0.1	10

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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.