Tornado History Map

Cheyenne County, Kansas tornado history

55 tornadoes recorded in or across Cheyenne County from 1951 to 2025, 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 Cheyenne County

The Storm Prediction Center records 55 tornadoes whose paths touched Cheyenne County, Kansas between 1951 and 2025. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 16 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF2 on 28 March 2007. The most recent was on 18 May 2025.

  • 55tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 539per 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 Cheyenne County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF03055%
F1 / EF11425%
F2 / EF2611%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating59%

Cheyenne County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 16 in 1990s.1950s41960s41970s31980s11990s162000s152010s72020s5

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s4
1960s4
1970s3
1980s1
1990s16
2000s15
2010s7
2020s5
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 16 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar5Apr1May14Jun16Jul10Aug8Sep0Oct1Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar5
Apr1
May14
Jun16
Jul10
Aug8
Sep0
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Cheyenne County

  • Strongest: Kansas tornado28 March 2007, EF2, 27 miles long
  • Longest path: Colorado tornado20 May 1957, F0, 70.1 miles long
  • Most recent: Kansas tornado18 May 2025, EF2, 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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