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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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