Tornado History Map

Comanche County, Kansas tornado history

48 tornadoes recorded in or across Comanche County from 1950 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 Comanche County

The Storm Prediction Center records 48 tornadoes whose paths touched Comanche County, Kansas between 1950 and 2025. They killed 11 people and injured 65. The busiest month is May, with 19 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF5 on 4 May 2007. The most recent was on 18 May 2025.

  • 48tornadoes
  • 11deaths
  • 65injuries
  • 609per 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 Comanche County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF02450%
F1 / EF11633%
F2 / EF248%
F3 / EF336%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF512%
Unknown rating00%

Comanche County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 20 in 2000s.1950s51960s21970s31980s31990s42000s202010s82020s3

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

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PeriodCount
1950s5
1960s2
1970s3
1980s3
1990s4
2000s20
2010s8
2020s3
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 19 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar4Apr11May19Jun3Jul3Aug0Sep2Oct2Nov3Dec1
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar4
Apr11
May19
Jun3
Jul3
Aug0
Sep2
Oct2
Nov3
Dec1

Records for Comanche County

Notable tornadoes in Comanche 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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