Tornado History Map

Brown County, Kansas tornado history

57 tornadoes recorded in or across Brown County from 1950 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 Brown County

The Storm Prediction Center records 57 tornadoes whose paths touched Brown County, Kansas between 1950 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 16 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 11 June 1967. The most recent was on 27 April 2024.

  • 57tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 17injuries
  • 998per 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 Brown County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF02340%
F1 / EF11832%
F2 / EF21221%
F3 / EF335%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating12%

Brown County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 14 in 1990s.1950s81960s101970s41980s71990s142000s82010s32020s3

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

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PeriodCount
1950s8
1960s10
1970s4
1980s7
1990s14
2000s8
2010s3
2020s3
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 16 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar7Apr8May16Jun15Jul3Aug3Sep2Oct2Nov0Dec1
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar7
Apr8
May16
Jun15
Jul3
Aug3
Sep2
Oct2
Nov0
Dec1

Records for Brown County

  • Strongest: Kansas tornado11 June 1967, F3, 43.9 miles long
  • Longest path: Kansas tornado7 March 1974, F2, 108.4 miles long
  • Most recent: Kansas tornado27 April 2024, Unknown rating, 3.9 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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