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1950-2023 Significant (EF2-EF5) Tornadoes By County

The table below shows the total number of significant tornadoes since 1880 occurring in each county.   While the total for all counties combined is 167, there were 163 actual significant tornadoes during this period.  This means that one or more tornadoes crossed from one county into another.  Thus, one tornado may be counted multiple times when considering county-based statistics.

 

**EF Scale Became Operational on February 1st, 2007**   
 

Significant Tornadoes By County
Date County Fatality Injury F/EF-Scale
04/12/1941 Cheyenne, KS 0 14 2
05/20/1949 Cheyenne, KS 0 1 3
05/20/1949 Cheyenne, KS 0 2 3
05/14/1951 Cheyenne, KS 0 0 2
10/17/1971 Cheyenne, KS 0 0 2
06/07/1994 Cheyenne, KS 0 0 2
06/07/1994 Cheyenne, KS 0 0 2
03/28/2007 Cheyenne, KS 0 0 2
04/28/1884 Decatur 0 0 2
04/20/1885 Decatur 0 4 2
05/20/1891 Decatur 0 0 3
05/09/1905 Decatur 0 1 2
04/30/1906 Decatur 1 4 3
05/25/1917 Decatur 0 0 2
04/29/1942 Decatur 15 25 5
05/20/1949 Decatur 0 0 2
06/14/1970 Decatur 0 5 3
09/05/1972 Decatur 0 0 2
06/12/1983 Decatur 0 0 2
06/17/1908 Gove 0 0 4
05/18/1919 Gove 0 0 2
06/23/1928 Gove 0 0 2
06/26/1936 Gove 0 0 2
06/08/1941 Gove 0 4 2
08/06/1950 Gove 0 0 2
08/28/1979 Gove 0 0 2
05/23/2008 Gove 0 2 4
04/26/1938 Graham 0 0 2
05/23/1939 Graham 0 0 2
08/23/1940 Graham 0 0 2
06/07/1953 Graham 0 0 2
05/29/1959 Graham 0 0 2
08/12/1961 Graham 0 0 2
06/15/1970 Graham 0 0 2
04/19/1979 Graham 0 0 2
06/09/2005 Graham 0 0 2
06/20/2011 Graham 0 0 3
06/01/1941 Greeley 0 0 2
8/12/1893 Logan 2 6 2
05/20/1918 Logan 0 0 3
06/07/1928 Logan 0 0 3
06/11/1928 Logan 0 0 2
06/07/1962 Logan 0 0 2
06/24/1909 Norton 0 0 2
06/24/1909 Norton 0 0 4
06/24/1909 Norton 0 0 4
04/28/1940 Norton 0 0 2
04/28/1940 Norton 0 0 2
05/10/1942 Norton 0 0 2
05/30/1945 Norton 0 4 3
06/21/1947 Norton 1 3 2
06/21/1947 Norton 1 8 4
06/27/1952 Norton 0 0 2
09/06/1970 Norton 0 0 2
07/24/1993 Norton 0 0 2
06/03/1999 Norton 0 0 3
06/20/2011 Norton 0 0 2
06/20/2011 Norton 0 0 3
06/20/2011 Norton 0 0 2
06/20/2011 Norton 0 0 3
08/09/1926 Rawlins 0 0 2
06/11/1928 Rawlins 0 0 2
05/25/1932 Rawlins 2 2 3
05/22/1933 Rawlins 0 0 2
06/05/1940 Rawlins 0 0 2
05/20/1949 Rawlins 0 0 2
05/14/1951 Rawlins 0 4 3
05/20/1951 Rawlins 0 0 3
08/24/1951 Rawlins 0 0 2
07/05/1956 Rawlins 0 0 2
07/05/1956 Rawlins 0 0 2
04/27/1958 Rawlins 0 0 2
10/17/1971 Rawlins 0 0 3
06/01/1908 Sheridan 0 0 3
05/29/1918 Sheridan 0 0 3
06/01/1932 Sheridan 0 0 2
04/28/1947 Sheridan 0 4 3
06/14/1970 Sheridan 0 0 3
09/05/1972 Sheridan 0 0 2
05/12/1995 Sheridan 0 0 2
05/12/1995 Sheridan 0 0 2
05/22/2008 Sheridan 0 0 2
05/23/2008 Sheridan 0 0 2
05/09/2015 Sheridan 0 0 2
04/12/1941 Sherman 0 0 2
06/08/1941 Sherman 0 7 3
05/14/1951 Sherman 0 0 2
07/06/1952 Sherman 0 0 2
05/22/1965 Sherman 0 0 2
05/19/1982 Sherman 0 0 3
06/11/1984 Sherman 0 0 2
07/07/1993 Sherman 0 0 2
06/07/1994 Sherman 0 0 2
10/31/2000 Sherman 0 0 2
10/31/2000 Sherman 0 0 2
03/28/2007 Sherman 0 0 2
06/11/1928 Thomas 0 0 2
08/23/1934 Thomas 0 0 2
05/30/1945 Thomas 0 0 2
04/28/1947 Thomas 0 4 3
05/14/1951 Thomas 0 0 2
05/14/1951 Thomas 0 0 2
10/29/1956 Thomas 0 0 2
05/12/1995 Thomas 0 1 2
04/12/1941 Wallace 0 4 3
07/20/1958 Wallace 0 4 3
04/23/1922 Wichita 0 0 2
08/04/1923 Wichita 0 8 2
07/24/1939 Wichita 0 0 2
06/20/1951 Wichita 0 0 2
07/12/1956 Wichita 0 0 2
05/13/1968 Wichita 0 4 3
06/22/1999 Wichita 0 0 3
06/08/1941 Cheyenne, CO 0 7 3
07/20/1958 Cheyenne, CO 0 5 2
05/10/1975 Cheyenne, CO 0 0 2
06/16/1979 Cheyenne, CO 0 0 2
08/14/1897 Kit Carson 0 0 2
08/10/1924 Kit Carson 10 8 4
04/26/1938 Kit Carson 0 0 2
06/08/1941 Kit Carson 0 7 3
05/08/1952 Kit Carson 0 1 2
04/22/1957 Kit Carson 0 0 2
05/06/1973 Kit Carson 0 5 2
05/30/1988 Kit Carson 0 0 2
07/07/1993 Kit Carson 0 0 3
10/05/1994 Kit Carson 0 0 2
06/05/2015 Kit Carson 0 0 2
08/08/2023 Kit Carson 0 0 2
05/20/1916 Yuma 0 1 2
05/20/1916 Yuma 0 20 3
11/04/1922 Yuma 1 3 3
06/06/1925 Yuma 0 6 3
06/15/1926 Yuma 0 2 3
05/20/1949 Yuma 0 1 3
05/20/1949 Yuma 0 1 3
06/15/1958 Yuma 0 0 2
10/17/1971 Yuma 0 9 2
06/21/1972 Yuma 0 3 2
05/27/1975 Yuma 0 0 2
05/19/1982 Yuma 0 0 2
07/31/1985 Yuma 0 2 2
05/19/1988 Yuma 0 0 2
06/07/1994 Yuma 0 0 2
05/07/2016 Yuma 0 4 2
08/08/2023 Yuma 0 0 3
08/08/2023 Yuma 0 0 2
04/25/1882 Dundy 0   2
04/12/1941 Dundy 0 0 2
04/12/1941 Dundy 0 14 2
05/20/1949 Dundy 0 1 3
05/20/1949 Dundy 0 1 3
07/07/1957 Dundy 0 1 2
06/11/1984 Dundy 0 0 2
05/26/2021 Dundy 0 0 2
06/11/1928 Hitchcock 0 0 2
05/25/1932 Hitchcock 2 2 3
05/31/1935 Hitchcock 5 22 4
06/15/1990 Hitchcock 0 1 4
04/27/1912 Red Willow 0 4 2
05/24/1918 Red Willow 0 0 2
06/11/1928 Red Willow 0 0 2
06/11/1928 Red Willow 0 25 4
05/31/1935 Red Willow 5 22 4
06/21/1947 Red Willow 0 1 2
06/15/1990 Red Willow 0 0 4
08/10/1996 Red Willow 0 0 2
05/17/2019 Red Willow 0 0 2
 
Cheyenne, KS 8
Decatur 11
Gove 8
Graham 10
Greeley 1
Logan 5
Norton 17
Rawlins 13
Sheridan 11
Sherman 12
Thomas 8
Wallace 2
Wichita 7
Cheyenne, CO 4
Kit Carson 12
Yuma 18
Dundy 8
Hitchcock 4
Red Willow 8
   
Total 167

 

 

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