Tornado History Map

Grant County, Kansas tornado history

31 tornadoes recorded in or across Grant County from 1951 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 Grant County

The Storm Prediction Center records 31 tornadoes whose paths touched Grant County, Kansas between 1951 and 2023. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is October, with 11 tornadoes. The strongest was an F4 on 5 May 1993. The most recent was on 23 June 2023.

  • 31tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 8injuries
  • 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 Grant County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01961%
F1 / EF1516%
F2 / EF2516%
F3 / EF313%
F4 / EF413%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Grant County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 16 in 2000s.1950s31970s31980s11990s42000s162010s22020s2

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

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PeriodCount
1950s3
1970s3
1980s1
1990s4
2000s16
2010s2
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 11 in Oct.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr2May9Jun6Jul0Aug1Sep1Oct11Nov1Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr2
May9
Jun6
Jul0
Aug1
Sep1
Oct11
Nov1
Dec0

Records for Grant County

  • Strongest: Hugoton, Kansas tornado5 May 1993, F4, 23 miles long
  • Longest path: Kansas tornado18 May 1977, F2, 117.2 miles long
  • Most recent: Kansas tornado23 June 2023, EF0, 4.2 miles long

Notable tornadoes in Grant 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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