Tornado History Map

Rawlins County, Kansas tornado history

55 tornadoes recorded in or across Rawlins County from 1950 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 Rawlins County

The Storm Prediction Center records 55 tornadoes whose paths touched Rawlins County, Kansas between 1950 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 15 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 17 October 1971. The most recent was on 6 July 2024.

  • 55tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 4injuries
  • 514per 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 Rawlins County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF02342%
F1 / EF11935%
F2 / EF247%
F3 / EF335%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating611%

Rawlins County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 18 in 1990s.1950s81960s41970s31980s21990s182000s122010s22020s6

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

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PeriodCount
1950s8
1960s4
1970s3
1980s2
1990s18
2000s12
2010s2
2020s6
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 15 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr7May15Jun14Jul11Aug6Sep0Oct2Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr7
May15
Jun14
Jul11
Aug6
Sep0
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Rawlins County

  • Strongest: Kansas tornado17 October 1971, F3, 3.8 miles long
  • Longest path: Kansas tornado11 June 1984, F1, 25 miles long
  • Most recent: Kansas tornado6 July 2024, Unknown rating, 3.3 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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