Doniphan County, Kansas tornado history

22 tornadoes recorded in or across Doniphan County from 1955 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 Doniphan County

The Storm Prediction Center records 22 tornadoes whose paths touched Doniphan County, Kansas between 1955 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is April, with 7 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 11 June 1967. The most recent was on 27 April 2024.

  • 22tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 11injuries
  • 559per 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 Doniphan County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01255%
F1 / EF1418%
F2 / EF229%
F3 / EF3314%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating15%

Doniphan County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in 1950s.1950s41960s41970s11980s41990s22000s42010s12020s2

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

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PeriodCount
1950s4
1960s4
1970s1
1980s4
1990s2
2000s4
2010s1
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in Apr.Jan0Feb0Mar1Apr7May5Jun3Jul2Aug0Sep2Oct1Nov0Dec1
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr7
May5
Jun3
Jul2
Aug0
Sep2
Oct1
Nov0
Dec1

Records for Doniphan County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Kansas tornado11 June 1967, F3, 43.9 miles long
  • Most recent: Kansas tornado27 April 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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