Tornado History Map

Ford County, Kansas tornado history

120 tornadoes recorded in or across Ford 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 Ford County

The Storm Prediction Center records 120 tornadoes whose paths touched Ford County, Kansas between 1951 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 50 tornadoes. The strongest was an F4 on 4 June 1955. The most recent was on 18 June 2024.

  • 120tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 2injuries
  • 1,093per 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 Ford County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF06252%
F1 / EF13630%
F2 / EF21412%
F3 / EF376%
F4 / EF41<1%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Ford County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 41 in 2000s.1950s171960s71970s71980s11990s112000s412010s292020s7

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

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PeriodCount
1950s17
1960s7
1970s7
1980s1
1990s11
2000s41
2010s29
2020s7
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 50 in May.Jan0Feb1Mar2Apr8May50Jun24Jul7Aug5Sep1Oct18Nov2Dec2
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb1
Mar2
Apr8
May50
Jun24
Jul7
Aug5
Sep1
Oct18
Nov2
Dec2

Records for Ford County

  • Strongest: Minneola, Kansas tornado4 June 1955, F4, 72.2 miles long
  • Longest path: Kansas tornado14 April 1976, F1, 73.2 miles long
  • Most recent: Kansas tornado18 June 2024, EF0, 0 miles long

Notable tornadoes in Ford 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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