Atchison County, Kansas tornado history

26 tornadoes recorded in or across Atchison County from 1951 to 2019, 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 Atchison County

The Storm Prediction Center records 26 tornadoes whose paths touched Atchison County, Kansas between 1951 and 2019. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is April, with 9 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 2 April 1956. The most recent was on 21 May 2019.

  • 26tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 38injuries
  • 603per 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 Atchison County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0727%
F1 / EF1935%
F2 / EF2519%
F3 / EF3519%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Atchison County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in 1960s.1950s41960s51970s51980s41990s32000s42010s1

The 2010s only run to 2019, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s4
1960s5
1970s5
1980s4
1990s3
2000s4
2010s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 9 in Apr.Jan0Feb0Mar2Apr9May6Jun1Jul0Aug1Sep1Oct4Nov2Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr9
May6
Jun1
Jul0
Aug1
Sep1
Oct4
Nov2
Dec0

Records for Atchison County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Kansas tornado2 April 1956, F3, 4 injuries, 127 miles long
  • Most recent: Kansas tornado21 May 2019, EF1, 5.4 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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