Tornado History Map

Chase County, Kansas tornado history

50 tornadoes recorded in or across Chase County from 1950 to 2023, 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 Chase County

The Storm Prediction Center records 50 tornadoes whose paths touched Chase County, Kansas between 1950 and 2023. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is April, with 19 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 2 April 1956. The most recent was on 19 April 2023.

  • 50tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 13injuries
  • 647per 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 Chase County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF03162%
F1 / EF1816%
F2 / EF2816%
F3 / EF336%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Chase County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 11 in 1990s.1950s71960s61970s21980s41990s112000s82010s32020s9

The 2020s only run to 2023, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s7
1960s6
1970s2
1980s4
1990s11
2000s8
2010s3
2020s9
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 19 in Apr.Jan0Feb1Mar3Apr19May13Jun7Jul5Aug2Sep0Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb1
Mar3
Apr19
May13
Jun7
Jul5
Aug2
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Chase County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Kansas tornado2 April 1956, F3, 4 injuries, 127 miles long
  • Most recent: Kansas tornado19 April 2023, EF2, 5.2 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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