Tornado History Map

Wichita County, Kansas tornado history

39 tornadoes recorded in or across Wichita County from 1950 to 2025, 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 Wichita County

The Storm Prediction Center records 39 tornadoes whose paths touched Wichita County, Kansas between 1950 and 2025. They killed 1 person and injured 5. The busiest month is May, with 25 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 13 May 1968. The most recent was on 18 May 2025.

  • 39tornadoes
  • 1death
  • 5injuries
  • 543per 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 Wichita County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF02872%
F1 / EF1513%
F2 / EF238%
F3 / EF325%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating13%

Wichita County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 12 in 2010s.1950s61960s21980s31990s102000s42010s122020s2

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s6
1960s2
1980s3
1990s10
2000s4
2010s12
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 25 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar1Apr1May25Jun9Jul2Aug1Sep0Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr1
May25
Jun9
Jul2
Aug1
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Wichita County

  • Deadliest: Kansas tornado12 July 1956, F2, 1 death, 20 miles long
  • Strongest and Longest path: Kansas tornado13 May 1968, F3, 5 injuries, 140.4 miles long
  • Most recent: Kansas tornado18 May 2025, EF2, 10.8 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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