Tornado History Map

Chautauqua County, Kansas tornado history

23 tornadoes recorded in or across Chautauqua County from 1951 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 Chautauqua County

The Storm Prediction Center records 23 tornadoes whose paths touched Chautauqua County, Kansas between 1951 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is April, with 10 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 16 May 1957. The most recent was on 6 May 2024.

  • 23tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 360per 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 Chautauqua County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01774%
F1 / EF1313%
F2 / EF214%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating29%

Chautauqua County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in 2010s.1950s21970s21980s21990s32000s42010s62020s4

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

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1970s2
1980s2
1990s3
2000s4
2010s6
2020s4
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 10 in Apr.Jan0Feb1Mar0Apr10May7Jun2Jul0Aug0Sep3Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb1
Mar0
Apr10
May7
Jun2
Jul0
Aug0
Sep3
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Chautauqua County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Kansas tornado16 May 1957, F2, 39.3 miles long
  • Most recent: Kansas tornado6 May 2024, Unknown rating, 0 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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