Tornado History Map

Bourbon County, Kansas tornado history

22 tornadoes recorded in or across Bourbon 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 Bourbon County

The Storm Prediction Center records 22 tornadoes whose paths touched Bourbon County, Kansas between 1954 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is April, with 6 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 20 July 1956. The most recent was on 26 April 2024.

  • 22tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 3injuries
  • 346per 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 Bourbon County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0941%
F1 / EF1418%
F2 / EF2836%
F3 / EF315%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Bourbon County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in 1950s.1950s61960s51970s21980s22000s42010s22020s1

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
1970s2
1980s2
2000s4
2010s2
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in Apr.Jan0Feb1Mar2Apr6May6Jun2Jul3Aug0Sep2Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb1
Mar2
Apr6
May6
Jun2
Jul3
Aug0
Sep2
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Bourbon County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Kansas tornado20 July 1956, F3, 69.5 miles long
  • Most recent: Kansas tornado26 April 2024, EF0, 3.3 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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