Marshall County, Kansas tornado history

44 tornadoes recorded in or across Marshall County from 1950 to 2022, 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 Marshall County

The Storm Prediction Center records 44 tornadoes whose paths touched Marshall County, Kansas between 1950 and 2022. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 19 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 16 May 1960. The most recent was on 11 June 2022.

  • 44tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 1injury
  • 489per 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 Marshall County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01739%
F1 / EF12148%
F2 / EF249%
F3 / EF312%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating12%

Marshall County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 9 in 1990s.1950s71960s81970s21980s31990s92000s42010s52020s6

The 2020s only run to 2022, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s7
1960s8
1970s2
1980s3
1990s9
2000s4
2010s5
2020s6
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 19 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar1Apr5May16Jun19Jul2Aug1Sep0Oct0Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr5
May16
Jun19
Jul2
Aug1
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Marshall County

  • Strongest: Kansas tornado16 May 1960, F3, 13.3 miles long
  • Longest path: Kansas tornado2 May 1959, F2, 18.7 miles long
  • Most recent: Kansas tornado11 June 2022, EF1, 1.7 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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