Tornado History Map

Ellis County, Kansas tornado history

70 tornadoes recorded in or across Ellis County from 1951 to 2021, 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 Ellis County

The Storm Prediction Center records 70 tornadoes whose paths touched Ellis County, Kansas between 1951 and 2021. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 34 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 13 May 1968. The most recent was on 26 May 2021.

  • 70tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 12injuries
  • 778per 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 Ellis County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF03246%
F1 / EF11826%
F2 / EF21217%
F3 / EF369%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating23%

Ellis County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 19 in 2000s.1950s51960s61970s121980s51990s82000s192010s132020s2

The 2020s only run to 2021, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s5
1960s6
1970s12
1980s5
1990s8
2000s19
2010s13
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 34 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr11May34Jun10Jul5Aug4Sep1Oct5Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr11
May34
Jun10
Jul5
Aug4
Sep1
Oct5
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Ellis County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Kansas tornado13 May 1968, F3, 5 injuries, 140.4 miles long
  • Most recent: Kansas tornado26 May 2021, EF0, 0.5 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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