Tornado events in Sedgwick County, Colorado The tornado events on record, by date and by year

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NCEI has 43 tornado events on record for Sedgwick County, Colorado, from 1950 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest tornado event on record is on 7 Jun 2022.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 10 tornado events on record for the county.

The NWS collects event reports from a variety of sources, which include (but are not limited to): county, state, and federal emergency management officials, local law enforcement officials, SKYWARN spotters, NWS damage surveys, newspaper clipping services, the insurance industry, and the general public, among others.
The National Weather Service reports property and crop damage estimates using available data at the time of event reporting. These values should therefore be considered broad estimates. Damage amounts are not adjusted for inflation.
The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on 2 Oct 2026.

Date of the data: NCEI storm events through 30 Jun 2026. Event types on this page: Tornado.

Newest tornado events on record

Jun 7 2022

TornadoEF unrated

3 miles NE of SEDGWICK

TornadoEF unrated

1 mile N of SEDGWICK

Jul 8 2020

TornadoEF0

11 miles SE of JULESBURG

TornadoEF0

12 miles SSE of JULESBURG

TornadoEF0

8 miles SSE of JULESBURG

TornadoEF0

13 miles SSE of JULESBURG

TornadoEF0

12 miles ESE of JULESBURG

May 27 2019

TornadoEF0

3 miles SW of MARKS BUTTE

Jun 17 2018

TornadoEF0

2 miles NW of JULESBURG

Jun 27 2016

TornadoEF0

8 miles SE of JULESBURG

Apr 23 2015

TornadoEF1

2 miles E of MARKS BUTTE. Damage estimate: $25 thousand

Jun 6 2014

TornadoEF0

6 miles S of DORSEY

Jun 19 2011

TornadoEF0

3 miles NE of SEDGWICK

Mar 24 2007

TornadoEF0

11 miles E of JULESBURG

Jun 10 2004

TornadoF0

3 miles NW of OVID

Aug 17 1999

TornadoF0

5 miles W of OVID

TornadoF0

9 miles S of SEDGWICK

TornadoF0

4 miles NW of SEDGWICK

Jun 27 1999

TornadoF1

At OVID

Jun 9 1998

TornadoF1

At OVID

Aug 28 1997

TornadoF0

13 miles SE of JULESBURG

Aug 19 1997

TornadoF0

5 miles ESE of JULESBURG

Aug 8 1994

TornadoF0

The site does not show the place text of this record

Sep 4 1992

TornadoF0

No place on record. Damage estimate: $25 thousand

May 13 1990

TornadoF0

No place on record. Damage estimate: $3 thousand

A place is the text of the NCEI record: a distance and a direction from a reference place. The site does not show a place text that names a private property or reads as a person. A tornado before February 2007 has a rating on the Fujita scale (F). A later tornado has a rating on the Enhanced Fujita scale (EF).

Tornado events by year

Tornado events on record for Sedgwick County by year, 1950 to 2026
Decade	Year that ends in 0	Year that ends in 1	Year that ends in 2	Year that ends in 3	Year that ends in 4	Year that ends in 5	Year that ends in 6	Year that ends in 7	Year that ends in 8	Year that ends in 9	All
1950s	2	4	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	11
1960s	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
1970s	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2
1980s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990s	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	4	10
2000s	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2
2010s	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	6
2020s	5	0	2	0	0	0	0 (part of the year)				7

A darker cell has a larger count. The number is in each cell.

Tornado events are on record from 1950. The year 2026 has the events through 30 Jun 2026 only.

By month, all years

Jan0 events
Feb0 events
Mar1 event
Apr1 event
May9 events
Jun17 events
Jul6 events
Aug8 events
Sep1 event
Oct0 events
Nov0 events
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Tornado events on record for Sedgwick County by rating
Rating	Wind estimate of the scale	Events
EF0 or F0	65 to 85 mph (EF0)	26
EF1 or F1	86 to 110 mph (EF1)	9
EF2 or F2	111 to 135 mph (EF2)	3
EF3 or F3	136 to 165 mph (EF3)	1
EF4 or F4	166 to 200 mph (EF4)	0
EF5 or F5	more than 200 mph (EF5)	0
Unrated	no rating on record	4

Tornadoes may contain multiple segments. A tornado that crosses a county line or state line is considered a separate segment.

The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on 2 Oct 2026.

The Enhanced F-scale still is a set of wind estimates (not measurements) based on damage.

The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NWS Storm Prediction Center, Enhanced Fujita Tornado Damage Scale, copied on 2 Oct 2026.

The wind estimates are those of the Enhanced Fujita scale.

Beside the other counties

Tornado events on record: Sedgwick County beside the total of the counties of Colorado and of the United States
Measure	Sedgwick	All counties of Colorado	All counties of the United States
Tornado events, 1950 to 2026	43	2,445	81,254
Events for each 100 square miles	7.8	2.4	2.3
Events for each 10,000 residents	184.1	4.2	2.4

The columns for the state and the United States total the counties. They count the events of each county in the same way as the county column. A forecast zone with another name than a county counts for the state only.

More tornado events on record

Tornado events on record for Sedgwick County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	Deaths	Injuries	On record for
11 May 1976	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
19 May 1974	Tornado	F1	none	0	0	County
21 May 1962	Tornado	F0	$30	0	0	County
18 May 1962	Tornado	F1	$250	0	0	County
27 Jul 1960	Tornado	F2	$3 thousand	0	0	County
27 Jun 1960	Tornado	F3	$250 thousand	2	3	County
21 Jun 1960	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
7 Jun 1953	Tornado	F1	$3 thousand	0	0	County
7 Jun 1953	Tornado	F1	none	0	0	County
7 Jun 1953	Tornado	not recorded	none	0	0	County
7 Jun 1953	Tornado	not recorded	none	0	0	County
7 Jun 1953	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
25 Jun 1951	Tornado	F1	none	0	1	County
20 May 1951	Tornado	F0	$30	0	0	County
20 May 1951	Tornado	F0	$250	0	0	County
20 May 1951	Tornado	F1	$250	0	0	County
5 Aug 1950	Tornado	F2	$25 thousand	0	1	County
5 Aug 1950	Tornado	F2	$25 thousand	0	0	County

The table has all other events on record. A damage figure is an estimate in the NCEI record.

Official channels

NCEI Storm Events Database (opens in a new tab)Search the full NCEI record by state, county and date.
National Weather Service: Denver/Boulder, CO (opens in a new tab)The forecast office that issues the weather warnings for the county.
FEMA Flood Map Service Center: Search By Address (opens in a new tab)Search an address to see its flood map. This site has no flood-zone data.

These links open the pages of the agencies. The site checked the links on 2 Oct 2026.

Cite this page

County Hazards. "Tornado events on record for Sedgwick County, Colorado". https://countyhazards.com/county/co/sedgwick/tornado/. Data: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database through 30 Jun 2026. Page made on 2 Oct 2026.

Questions

Which month has the most tornado events on record for Sedgwick County?: June has 17 of the 43 tornado events on record from 1950 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many tornado events are on record for Colorado?: NCEI has 2,445 tornado events on record for Colorado from 1950 through 30 Jun 2026. That count has every forecast zone of the state.
How does Sedgwick County compare with the other counties of Colorado?: The counties of Colorado have 2.4 tornado events for each 100 square miles. Sedgwick County has 7.8.
Which tornado ratings are on record for Sedgwick County?: 35 tornado events have a rating of EF0, F0, EF1 or F1. 4 events have a higher rating. 4 events have no rating.