Tornado History Map

Kings County, California tornado history

8 tornadoes recorded in or across Kings County from 1964 to 1996, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Kings County

The Storm Prediction Center records 8 tornadoes whose paths touched Kings County, California between 1964 and 1996. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is March, with 3 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 5 April 1980. The most recent was on 22 November 1996.

  • 8tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 1injury
  • 58per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Kings County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0563%
F1 / EF1225%
F2 / EF2113%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Kings County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in 1990s.1960s11980s11990s6

The 1990s only run to 1996, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1960s1
1980s1
1990s6
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 3 in Mar.Jan0Feb0Mar3Apr1May0Jun0Jul0Aug0Sep0Oct1Nov3Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar3
Apr1
May0
Jun0
Jul0
Aug0
Sep0
Oct1
Nov3
Dec0

Records for Kings County

  • Strongest and Longest path: California tornado5 April 1980, F2, 1 injury, 15 miles long
  • Most recent: California tornado22 November 1996, F1, 0.8 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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