Tornado History Map

Rooks County, Kansas tornado history

56 tornadoes recorded in or across Rooks County from 1951 to 2019, 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 Rooks County

The Storm Prediction Center records 56 tornadoes whose paths touched Rooks County, Kansas between 1951 and 2019. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 23 tornadoes. The strongest was an F4 on 10 May 1985. The most recent was on 21 May 2019.

  • 56tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 10injuries
  • 629per 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 Rooks County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF02443%
F1 / EF12138%
F2 / EF2611%
F3 / EF347%
F4 / EF412%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Rooks County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 22 in 2000s.1950s21960s91970s41980s51990s92000s222010s5

The 2010s only run to 2019, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s9
1970s4
1980s5
1990s9
2000s22
2010s5
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 23 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar2Apr11May23Jun13Jul5Aug1Sep0Oct1Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr11
May23
Jun13
Jul5
Aug1
Sep0
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Rooks County

  • Strongest: Stockton, Kansas tornado10 May 1985, F4, 33 miles long
  • Longest path: Kansas tornado13 May 1968, F3, 5 injuries, 140.4 miles long
  • Most recent: Kansas tornado21 May 2019, EF0, 0.2 miles long

Notable tornadoes in Rooks 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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