Tornado events in Kearny County, Kansas The tornado events on record, by date and by year

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NCEI has 45 tornado events on record for Kearny County, Kansas, from 1950 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest tornado event on record is on 3 May 2024.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 5 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

May 3 2024

TornadoEF0

20 miles NNW of LAKE MC KINNEY

May 21 2020

TornadoEF unrated

16 miles SW of LAKIN

May 22 2016

TornadoEF1

19 miles N of LAKE MC KINNEY

TornadoEF0

11 miles N of LAKE MC KINNEY

TornadoEF1

6 miles N of DEERFIELD

Jun 6 2014

TornadoEF0

2 miles N of DEERFIELD

TornadoEF0

1 mile WNW of DEERFIELD

TornadoEF0

1 mile WNW of LAKE MC KINNEY

Jun 3 2014

TornadoEF0

10 miles NNW of LAKE MC KINNEY

Jun 4 2013

TornadoEF0

11 miles SW of LAKIN

May 29 2013

TornadoEF0

15 miles SSW of LAKIN

TornadoEF0

17 miles SW of LAKIN

TornadoEF0

17 miles SW of LAKIN

Apr 22 2010

TornadoEF0

11 miles NNW of LAKIN WHITE ARPT

TornadoEF0

4 miles N of LAKE MC KINNEY

TornadoEF0

4 miles W of LAKIN WHITE ARPT

TornadoEF1

11 miles WSW of LAKIN. Damage estimate: $180 thousand

Jun 3 2005

TornadoF0

15 miles SSW of LAKIN

May 11 2005

TornadoF0

14 miles SSE of LAKIN

Apr 10 2001

TornadoF1

3 miles WSW of DEERFIELD. Damage estimate: $150 thousand

Jun 22 1999

TornadoF0

19 miles NW of LAKIN

TornadoF0

At LAKIN

TornadoF0

At LAKIN

May 15 1995

TornadoF1

No place on record. Damage estimate: $70 thousand

TornadoF0

At Lakin

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 Kearny 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	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
1960s	0	0	1	0	1	5	1	1	0	1	10
1970s	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2
1980s	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1990s	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	3	9
2000s	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3
2010s	4	0	0	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	15
2020s	1	0	0	0	1	0	0 (part of the year)				2

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
Mar0 events
Apr6 events
May17 events
Jun17 events
Jul1 event
Aug1 event
Sep2 events
Oct1 event
Nov0 events
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Tornado events on record for Kearny County by rating
Rating	Wind estimate of the scale	Events
EF0 or F0	65 to 85 mph (EF0)	29
EF1 or F1	86 to 110 mph (EF1)	10
EF2 or F2	111 to 135 mph (EF2)	2
EF3 or F3	136 to 165 mph (EF3)	2
EF4 or F4	166 to 200 mph (EF4)	0
EF5 or F5	more than 200 mph (EF5)	0
Unrated	no rating on record	2

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: Kearny County beside the total of the counties of Kansas and of the United States
Measure	Kearny	All counties of Kansas	All counties of the United States
Tornado events, 1950 to 2026	45	4,965	81,254
Events for each 100 square miles	5.2	6.1	2.3
Events for each 10,000 residents	115.7	16.9	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 Kearny County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
7 Sep 1994	Tornado	F0	none	County
22 Jun 1994	Tornado	F0	none	County
18 Sep 1993	Tornado	F0	none	County
22 May 1993	Tornado	F0	none	County
10 May 1985	Tornado	F0	none	County
2 Aug 1979	Tornado	F0	none	County
15 Apr 1976	Tornado	F0	$3 thousand	County
4 Oct 1969	Tornado	F0	none	County
23 Jun 1967	Tornado	F3	$30	County
11 May 1966	Tornado	F1	$3 thousand	County
3 Jun 1965	Tornado	F0	none	County
3 Jun 1965	Tornado	F1	$3 thousand	County
3 Jun 1965	Tornado	F1	$25 thousand	County
3 Jun 1965	Tornado	F1	$25 thousand	County
3 Jun 1965	Tornado	F1	none	County
10 May 1964	Tornado	not recorded	none	County
4 Jul 1962	Tornado	F0	none	County
10 Jun 1954	Tornado	F2	$25 thousand	County
20 May 1951	Tornado	F2	$25 thousand	County
20 May 1951	Tornado	F3	$250 thousand	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: Dodge City, KS (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 Kearny County, Kansas". https://countyhazards.com/county/ks/kearny/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 Kearny County?: May has 17 of the 45 tornado events on record from 1950 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many tornado events are on record for Kansas?: NCEI has 4,965 tornado events on record for Kansas from 1950 through 30 Jun 2026. That count has every forecast zone of the state.
How does Kearny County compare with the other counties of Kansas?: The counties of Kansas have 6.1 tornado events for each 100 square miles. Kearny County has 5.2.
Which tornado ratings are on record for Kearny County?: 39 tornado events have a rating of EF0, F0, EF1 or F1. 4 events have a higher rating. 2 events have no rating.