Tornado History Map

Seward County, Kansas tornado history

41 tornadoes recorded in or across Seward County from 1951 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 Seward County

The Storm Prediction Center records 41 tornadoes whose paths touched Seward County, Kansas between 1951 and 2023. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 14 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF3 on 16 November 2015. The most recent was on 26 February 2023.

  • 41tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 15injuries
  • 641per 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 Seward County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01537%
F1 / EF11434%
F2 / EF2717%
F3 / EF3512%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Seward County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 12 in 2000s.1950s61960s11970s21980s61990s82000s122010s42020s2

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

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PeriodCount
1950s6
1960s1
1970s2
1980s6
1990s8
2000s12
2010s4
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 14 in May.Jan0Feb1Mar2Apr5May14Jun8Jul4Aug4Sep0Oct1Nov1Dec1
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb1
Mar2
Apr5
May14
Jun8
Jul4
Aug4
Sep0
Oct1
Nov1
Dec1

Records for Seward County

  • Strongest: Kansas tornado16 November 2015, EF3, 51.3 miles long
  • Longest path: Kansas tornado14 April 1976, F1, 73.2 miles long
  • Most recent: Kansas tornado26 February 2023, EF0, 3.9 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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