Tornado History Map

Gray County, Kansas tornado history

59 tornadoes recorded in or across Gray County from 1955 to 2021, 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 Gray County

The Storm Prediction Center records 59 tornadoes whose paths touched Gray County, Kansas between 1955 and 2021. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 30 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF3 on 16 November 2015. The most recent was on 12 October 2021.

  • 59tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 3injuries
  • 679per 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 Gray County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF03559%
F1 / EF11322%
F2 / EF2712%
F3 / EF335%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating12%

Gray County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 22 in 2010s.1950s41960s21970s21980s31990s102000s142010s222020s2

The 2020s only run to 2021, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s4
1960s2
1970s2
1980s3
1990s10
2000s14
2010s22
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 30 in May.Jan0Feb1Mar4Apr8May30Jun6Jul1Aug1Sep1Oct5Nov2Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb1
Mar4
Apr8
May30
Jun6
Jul1
Aug1
Sep1
Oct5
Nov2
Dec0

Records for Gray County

  • Strongest: Kansas tornado16 November 2015, EF3, 51.3 miles long
  • Longest path: Kansas tornado14 April 1976, F1, 73.2 miles long
  • Most recent: Kansas tornado12 October 2021, EF1, 1.9 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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