Tornado History Map

Smith County, Kansas tornado history

45 tornadoes recorded in or across Smith County from 1955 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 Smith County

The Storm Prediction Center records 45 tornadoes whose paths touched Smith County, Kansas between 1955 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 19 tornadoes. The strongest was an F4 on 10 May 1985. The most recent was on 16 April 2024.

  • 45tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 5injuries
  • 503per 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 Smith County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF02453%
F1 / EF11022%
F2 / EF2716%
F3 / EF337%
F4 / EF412%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Smith County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 14 in 1990s.1950s41960s31970s41980s51990s142000s92010s52020s1

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

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PeriodCount
1950s4
1960s3
1970s4
1980s5
1990s14
2000s9
2010s5
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 19 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar2Apr10May19Jun12Jul1Aug0Sep1Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr10
May19
Jun12
Jul1
Aug0
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Smith County

Notable tornadoes in Smith 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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