Tornado History Map

Cloud County, Kansas tornado history

53 tornadoes recorded in or across Cloud 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 Cloud County

The Storm Prediction Center records 53 tornadoes whose paths touched Cloud County, Kansas between 1950 and 2023. They killed 1 person and injured 15. The busiest month is May, with 21 tornadoes. The strongest was an F4 on 20 May 1957. The most recent was on 9 May 2023.

  • 53tornadoes
  • 1death
  • 15injuries
  • 741per 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 Cloud County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF02445%
F1 / EF11528%
F2 / EF2815%
F3 / EF348%
F4 / EF412%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating12%

Cloud County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 14 in 1950s.1950s141960s31970s61980s51990s102000s72010s72020s1

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

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PeriodCount
1950s14
1960s3
1970s6
1980s5
1990s10
2000s7
2010s7
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 21 in May.Jan0Feb1Mar4Apr5May21Jun13Jul4Aug2Sep2Oct0Nov1Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb1
Mar4
Apr5
May21
Jun13
Jul4
Aug2
Sep2
Oct0
Nov1
Dec0

Records for Cloud County

  • Deadliest: Kansas tornado9 June 1967, F2, 1 death, 10 injuries, 42.5 miles long
  • Strongest: Glasco, Kansas tornado20 May 1957, F4, 44.6 miles long
  • Longest path: Kansas tornado25 September 1973, F3, 2 injuries, 69.9 miles long
  • Most recent: Kansas tornado9 May 2023, Unknown rating, 1.6 miles long

Notable tornadoes in Cloud County

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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