Tornado History Map

Jewell County, Kansas tornado history

49 tornadoes recorded in or across Jewell County from 1950 to 2015, 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 Jewell County

The Storm Prediction Center records 49 tornadoes whose paths touched Jewell County, Kansas between 1950 and 2015. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 21 tornadoes. The strongest was an F4 on 4 June 1955. The most recent was on 6 May 2015.

  • 49tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 12injuries
  • 538per 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 Jewell County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01735%
F1 / EF12041%
F2 / EF2612%
F3 / EF3510%
F4 / EF412%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Jewell County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 11 in 2010s.1950s81960s31970s81980s51990s72000s72010s11

The 2010s only run to 2015, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s8
1960s3
1970s8
1980s5
1990s7
2000s7
2010s11
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 21 in May.Jan0Feb2Mar5Apr4May21Jun12Jul2Aug1Sep2Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb2
Mar5
Apr4
May21
Jun12
Jul2
Aug1
Sep2
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Jewell County

Notable tornadoes in Jewell County

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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