Allen County, Kansas tornado history

30 tornadoes recorded in or across Allen County from 1950 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 Allen County

The Storm Prediction Center records 30 tornadoes whose paths touched Allen County, Kansas between 1950 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 13 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 20 July 1956. The most recent was on 26 April 2024.

  • 30tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 10injuries
  • 600per 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 Allen County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01240%
F1 / EF1930%
F2 / EF2620%
F3 / EF327%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating13%

Allen County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 11 in 2000s.1950s41960s21970s41980s51990s32000s112020s1

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
1960s2
1970s4
1980s5
1990s3
2000s11
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 13 in May.Jan0Feb2Mar7Apr2May13Jun3Jul2Aug0Sep0Oct0Nov1Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb2
Mar7
Apr2
May13
Jun3
Jul2
Aug0
Sep0
Oct0
Nov1
Dec0

Records for Allen County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Kansas tornado20 July 1956, F3, 69.5 miles long
  • Most recent: Kansas tornado26 April 2024, Unknown rating, 0 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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