Tornado History Map

Barber County, Kansas tornado history

47 tornadoes recorded in or across Barber County from 1954 to 2024, 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 Barber County

The Storm Prediction Center records 47 tornadoes whose paths touched Barber County, Kansas between 1954 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 21 tornadoes. The strongest was an F4 on 17 April 1976. The most recent was on 25 May 2024.

  • 47tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 5injuries
  • 414per 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 Barber County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF03268%
F1 / EF1919%
F2 / EF249%
F3 / EF312%
F4 / EF412%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Barber County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 14 in 2000s.1950s61960s51970s31980s21990s72000s142010s92020s1

The 2020s only run to 2024, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s6
1960s5
1970s3
1980s2
1990s7
2000s14
2010s9
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 21 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar5Apr11May21Jun3Jul0Aug1Sep3Oct2Nov1Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar5
Apr11
May21
Jun3
Jul0
Aug1
Sep3
Oct2
Nov1
Dec0

Records for Barber County

  • Strongest: Kiowa, Kansas tornado17 April 1976, F4, 2 injuries, 19.5 miles long
  • Longest path: Kansas tornado5 May 1964, F3, 33 miles long
  • Most recent: Kansas tornado25 May 2024, EF0, 1.3 miles long

Notable tornadoes in Barber County

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

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