Tornado History Map

Lane County, Kansas tornado history

52 tornadoes recorded in or across Lane County from 1951 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 Lane County

The Storm Prediction Center records 52 tornadoes whose paths touched Lane County, Kansas between 1951 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 31 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 13 May 1968. The most recent was on 1 May 2024.

  • 52tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 10injuries
  • 725per 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 Lane County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF03058%
F1 / EF11223%
F2 / EF2510%
F3 / EF348%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating12%

Lane County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 18 in 2010s.1950s21960s81970s51980s21990s22000s132010s182020s2

The 2020s only run to 2024, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s8
1970s5
1980s2
1990s2
2000s13
2010s18
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 31 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr5May31Jun6Jul4Aug3Sep1Oct1Nov1Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr5
May31
Jun6
Jul4
Aug3
Sep1
Oct1
Nov1
Dec0

Records for Lane County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Kansas tornado13 May 1968, F3, 5 injuries, 140.4 miles long
  • Most recent: Kansas tornado1 May 2024, Unknown rating, 0.9 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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