Tornado History Map

Rush County, Kansas tornado history

56 tornadoes recorded in or across Rush County from 1950 to 2023, 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 Rush County

The Storm Prediction Center records 56 tornadoes whose paths touched Rush County, Kansas between 1950 and 2023. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 24 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 30 April 1972. The most recent was on 19 September 2023.

  • 56tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 8injuries
  • 780per 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 Rush County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF03461%
F1 / EF11221%
F2 / EF2814%
F3 / EF324%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Rush County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 20 in 2010s.1950s51960s71970s61990s22000s152010s202020s1

The 2020s only run to 2023, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s5
1960s7
1970s6
1990s2
2000s15
2010s20
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 24 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr12May24Jun7Jul5Aug3Sep4Oct0Nov0Dec1
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr12
May24
Jun7
Jul5
Aug3
Sep4
Oct0
Nov0
Dec1

Records for Rush County

  • Strongest: Kansas tornado30 April 1972, F3, 17 miles long
  • Longest path: Kansas tornado31 May 1996, F1, 18 miles long
  • Most recent: Kansas tornado19 September 2023, 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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