Tornado History Map

Mitchell County, Kansas tornado history

56 tornadoes recorded in or across Mitchell County from 1950 to 2023, coloured by rating on the map.

Tap or scroll to load the interactive map

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 Mitchell County

The Storm Prediction Center records 56 tornadoes whose paths touched Mitchell County, Kansas between 1950 and 2023. They killed 1 person and injured 12. The busiest month is June, with 23 tornadoes. The strongest was an F4 on 4 June 1955. The most recent was on 12 October 2023.

  • 56tornadoes
  • 1death
  • 12injuries
  • 798per 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 Mitchell County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF02036%
F1 / EF11730%
F2 / EF21221%
F3 / EF347%
F4 / EF424%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating12%

Mitchell County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 17 in 1990s.1950s101960s51970s41980s11990s172000s122010s62020s1

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

Show the numbers
PeriodCount
1950s10
1960s5
1970s4
1980s1
1990s17
2000s12
2010s6
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 23 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar1Apr6May18Jun23Jul2Aug1Sep3Oct2Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr6
May18
Jun23
Jul2
Aug1
Sep3
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Mitchell County

Notable tornadoes in Mitchell County

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

More in Kansas

Embed this map

Copy this code into your web page. It is free to use. Please keep the link under the map, as it is how people find where the map comes from.