Clark County, Kansas tornado history

46 tornadoes recorded in or across Clark County from 1952 to 2022, 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 Clark County

The Storm Prediction Center records 46 tornadoes whose paths touched Clark County, Kansas between 1952 and 2022. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 19 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF3 on 17 May 2019. The most recent was on 2 May 2022.

  • 46tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 472per 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 Clark County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF03167%
F1 / EF1920%
F2 / EF237%
F3 / EF337%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Clark County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 26 in 2000s.1950s41960s11970s31980s11990s52000s262010s52020s1

The 2020s only run to 2022, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s4
1960s1
1970s3
1980s1
1990s5
2000s26
2010s5
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 19 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar1Apr9May19Jun3Jul1Aug4Sep2Oct7Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr9
May19
Jun3
Jul1
Aug4
Sep2
Oct7
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Clark County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Kansas tornado17 May 2019, EF3, 29.6 miles long
  • Most recent: Kansas tornado2 May 2022, EF0, 1.7 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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