Tornado History Map

Wallace County, Kansas tornado history

48 tornadoes recorded in or across Wallace County from 1955 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 Wallace County

The Storm Prediction Center records 48 tornadoes whose paths touched Wallace County, Kansas between 1955 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 18 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 20 July 1958. The most recent was on 8 May 2024.

  • 48tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 4injuries
  • 525per 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 Wallace County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF03165%
F1 / EF1817%
F2 / EF212%
F3 / EF324%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating613%

Wallace County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 15 in 2000s.1950s31960s41970s21980s31990s92000s152010s12020s11

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

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PeriodCount
1950s3
1960s4
1970s2
1980s3
1990s9
2000s15
2010s1
2020s11
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 18 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar4Apr5May18Jun10Jul6Aug1Sep2Oct2Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar4
Apr5
May18
Jun10
Jul6
Aug1
Sep2
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Wallace County

  • Strongest: Kansas tornado20 July 1958, F3, 4 injuries, 3.3 miles long
  • Longest path: Kansas tornado23 April 2007, EF1, 12 miles long
  • Most recent: Kansas tornado8 May 2024, Unknown rating, 0.1 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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