1950-2023 Significant (EF2-EF5) Tornadoes By Year
The table below lists significant tornadoes since 1880. There were 163 significant tornadoes during this period. When comparing this list to the county list, there are five fewer tornadoes listed here. 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 1, 2007**
Significant Tornadoes By Year |
Date |
County |
State |
F/EF |
04/25/1882 |
Dundy |
NE |
2 |
04/28/1884 |
Decatur |
KS |
2 |
04/20/1885 |
Decatur |
KS |
2 |
05/20/1891 |
Decatur |
KS |
3 |
08/12/1893 |
Logan |
KS |
2 |
08/14/1897 |
Kit Carson |
CO |
2 |
05/09/1905 |
Decatur |
KS |
2 |
04/30/1906 |
Decatur |
KS |
3 |
06/01/1908 |
Sheridan |
KS |
3 |
06/17/1908 |
Gove |
KS |
4 |
06/24/1909 |
Norton |
KS |
2 |
06/24/1909 |
Norton |
KS |
4 |
06/24/1909 |
Norton |
KS |
4 |
04/27/1912 |
Red Willow |
NE |
2 |
05/20/1916 |
Yuma |
CO |
3 |
05/20/1916 |
Yuma |
CO |
2 |
05/25/1917 |
Decatur |
KS |
2 |
05/20/1918 |
Logan |
KS |
3 |
05/24/1918 |
Red Willow |
NE |
2 |
05/28/1918 |
Sheridan |
KS |
3 |
05/18/1919 |
Gove |
KS |
2 |
04/23/1922 |
Wichita |
KS |
2 |
11/04/1922 |
Yuma |
CO |
3 |
08/04/1923 |
Wichita |
KS |
2 |
06/06/1925 |
Yuma |
CO |
3 |
06/15/1926 |
Yuma |
CO |
3 |
08/09/1926 |
Rawlins |
KS |
2 |
06/07/1928 |
Logan |
KS |
3 |
06/11/1928 |
Thomas |
KS |
2 |
06/11/1928 |
Hitchcock |
NE |
2 |
06/11/1928 |
Logan |
KS |
2 |
06/11/1928 |
Rawlins |
KS |
2 |
06/11/1928 |
Red Willow |
NE |
2 |
06/11/1928 |
Red Willow |
NE |
3 |
06/23/1928 |
Gove |
KS |
2 |
05/25/1932 |
Hitchcock |
NE |
3 |
05/25/1932 |
Rawlins |
KS |
3 |
06/01/1932 |
Sheridan |
KS |
2 |
05/22/1933 |
Rawlins |
KS |
2 |
08/23/1934 |
Thomas |
KS |
2 |
05/31/1935 |
Hitchcock |
NE |
4 |
05/31/1935 |
Red Willow |
NE |
3 |
06/26/1936 |
Gove |
KS |
2 |
04/26/1938 |
Kit Carson |
CO |
2 |
04/26/1938 |
Graham |
KS |
2 |
05/23/1939 |
Graham |
KS |
2 |
07/24/1939 |
Wichita |
KS |
2 |
04/28/1940 |
Norton |
KS |
2 |
04/28/1940 |
Norton |
KS |
2 |
06/05/1940 |
Rawlins |
KS |
2 |
08/23/1940 |
Graham |
KS |
2 |
04/12/1941 |
Wallace |
KS |
3 |
04/12/1941 |
Sherman |
KS |
2 |
04/12/1941 |
Cheyenne |
KS |
2 |
04/12/1941 |
Dundy |
NE |
2 |
04/12/1941 |
Dundy |
NE |
2 |
06/01/1941 |
Greeley |
KS |
2 |
06/08/1941 |
Cheyenne |
CO |
3 |
06/08/1941 |
Kit Carson |
CO |
3 |
06/08/1941 |
Sherman |
KS |
3 |
06/08/1941 |
Gove |
KS |
2 |
04/29/1942 |
Decatur |
KS |
5 |
05/10/1942 |
Norton |
KS |
2 |
05/30/1945 |
Norton |
KS |
3 |
05/30/1945 |
Thomas |
KS |
2 |
04/28/1947 |
Sheridan |
KS |
3 |
04/28/1947 |
Thomas |
KS |
3 |
06/21/1947 |
Norton |
KS |
2 |
06/21/1947 |
Norton |
KS |
4 |
06/21/1947 |
Red Willow |
NE |
2 |
05/20/1949 |
Cheyenne |
KS |
3 |
05/20/1949 |
Dundy |
NE |
3 |
05/20/1949 |
Yuma |
CO |
3 |
05/20/1949 |
Cheyenne |
KS |
3 |
05/20/1949 |
Dundy |
NE |
3 |
05/20/1949 |
Rawlins |
KS |
2 |
05/20/1949 |
Yuma |
CO |
3 |
05/20/1949 |
Decatur |
KS |
2 |
08/06/1950 |
Rawlins |
KS |
3 |
08/06/1950 |
Gove |
KS |
2 |
05/14/1951 |
Sherman |
KS |
2 |
05/14/1951 |
Thomas |
KS |
2 |
05/14/1951 |
Cheyenne |
KS |
2 |
05/14/1951 |
Rawlins |
KS |
3 |
05/20/1951 |
Rawlins |
KS |
3 |
06/20/1951 |
Wichita |
KS |
2 |
08/24/1951 |
Rawlins |
KS |
2 |
05/08/1952 |
Kit Carson |
CO |
2 |
06/27/1952 |
Norton |
KS |
2 |
07/06/1952 |
Sherman |
KS |
2 |
06/07/1953 |
Graham |
KS |
2 |
07/05/1956 |
Rawlins |
KS |
2 |
07/05/1956 |
Rawlins |
KS |
2 |
07/12/1956 |
Wichita |
KS |
2 |
10/29/1956 |
Thomas |
KS |
2 |
10/29/1956 |
Thomas |
KS |
2 |
04/22/1957 |
Kit Carson |
CO |
2 |
07/07/1957 |
Dundy |
NE |
2 |
04/27/1958 |
Rawlins |
KS |
2 |
06/15/1958 |
Yuma |
CO |
2 |
07/20/1958 |
Wallace |
KS |
3 |
07/20/1958 |
Cheyenne |
CO |
2 |
05/29/1959 |
Graham |
KS |
2 |
08/12/1961 |
Graham |
KS |
2 |
06/07/1962 |
Logan |
KS |
2 |
05/22/1965 |
Sherman |
KS |
2 |
05/13/1968 |
Wichita |
KS |
3 |
06/14/1970 |
Sheridan |
KS |
3 |
06/15/1970 |
Graham |
KS |
2 |
09/06/1970 |
Norton |
KS |
2 |
10/17/1971 |
Rawlins |
KS |
3 |
10/17/1971 |
Yuma |
CO |
2 |
10/17/1971 |
Cheyenne |
KS |
2 |
06/21/1972 |
Yuma |
CO |
2 |
09/05/1972 |
Sheridan |
KS |
2 |
09/05/1972 |
Decatur |
KS |
2 |
05/06/1973 |
Kit Carson |
CO |
2 |
05/10/1975 |
Cheyenne |
CO |
2 |
05/27/1975 |
Yuma |
CO |
2 |
04/19/1979 |
Graham |
KS |
2 |
06/16/1979 |
Cheyenne |
CO |
2 |
08/28/1979 |
Gove |
KS |
2 |
05/19/1982 |
Yuma |
CO |
2 |
05/19/1982 |
Sherman |
KS |
3 |
06/12/1983 |
Decatur |
KS |
2 |
06/11/1984 |
Dundy |
NE |
2 |
06/11/1984 |
Sherman |
KS |
2 |
07/31/1985 |
Yuma |
CO |
2 |
05/19/1988 |
Yuma |
CO |
2 |
05/30/1988 |
Kit Carson |
CO |
2 |
06/15/1990 |
Hitchcock |
NE |
4 |
07/07/1993 |
Kit Carson |
CO |
3 |
07/07/1993 |
Sherman |
KS |
2 |
07/24/1993 |
Norton |
KS |
2 |
06/07/1994 |
Yuma |
CO |
2 |
06/07/1994 |
Cheyenne |
KS |
2 |
06/07/1994 |
Cheyenne |
KS |
2 |
06/07/1994 |
Sherman |
KS |
2 |
10/05/1994 |
Gove |
KS |
2 |
05/12/1995 |
Thomas |
KS |
2 |
05/12/1995 |
Sheridan |
KS |
2 |
08/10/1996 |
Red Willow |
NE |
2 |
06/03/1999 |
Norton |
KS |
3 |
06/22/1999 |
Wichita |
KS |
3 |
10/31/2000 |
Sherman |
KS |
2 |
10/31/2000 |
Sherman |
KS |
2 |
06/09/2005 |
Graham |
KS |
2 |
03/28/2007 |
Sherman |
KS |
2 |
05/22/2008 |
Sheridan |
KS |
2 |
05/23/2008 |
Gove |
KS |
2 |
05/23/2008 |
Gove |
KS |
4 |
06/20/2011 |
Graham |
KS |
3 |
06/20/2011 |
Norton |
KS |
3 |
06/20/2011 |
Norton |
KS |
2 |
06/20/2011 |
Norton |
KS |
3 |
05/09/2015 |
Sheridan |
KS |
2 |
06/05/2015 |
Kit Carson |
CO |
2 |
05/07/2016 |
Yuma |
CO |
2 |
05/17/2019 |
Red Willow |
NE |
2 |
05/26/2021 |
Dundy |
NE |
2 |
08/08/2023 |
Yuma |
CO |
3 |
08/08/2023 |
Yuma |
CO |
2 |
08/08/2023 |
Kit Carson |
CO |
2 |
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78 1880-1949 Actual Sig Tors |
80 1950-2023 Actual Sig Tors |