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

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NCEI has 50 tornado events on record for Sheridan County, Kansas, from 1950 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest tornado event on record is on 18 May 2025.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 11 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 18 2025

TornadoEF2

9 miles ENE of ANGELUS. Damage estimate: $50 thousand

TornadoEF3

8 miles ENE of ANGELUS. Damage estimate: $120 thousand

TornadoEF3

4 miles SSE of ANGELUS

May 10 2023

TornadoEF unrated

3 miles NW of SELDEN

Apr 23 2022

TornadoEF1

7 miles ESE of ANGELUS

TornadoEF1

2 miles SSE of SELDEN

May 24 2021

TornadoEF1

4 miles W of SELDEN

Jun 21 2020

TornadoEF0

7 miles NNE of HOXIE. Damage estimate: $10 thousand

May 18 2018

TornadoEF0

12 miles S of TASCO

May 26 2017

TornadoEF0

6 miles N of HOXIE

TornadoEF0

6 miles NW of HOXIE

Nov 16 2015

TornadoEF1

12 miles ESE of ANGELUS

Jun 4 2015

TornadoEF0

5 miles W of SELDEN

May 9 2015

TornadoEF2

7 miles SSW of SELDEN. Damage estimate: $75 thousand

TornadoEF0

2 miles NE of ANGELUS

Jun 20 2011

TornadoEF0

5 miles S of SELDEN

Jun 21 2010

TornadoEF0

6 miles E of ANGELUS

Jun 11 2010

TornadoEF0

7 miles NW of LUCERNE

TornadoEF0

7 miles NW of LUCERNE

TornadoEF0

3 miles WNW of LUCERNE

TornadoEF1

3 miles WNW of LUCERNE. Damage estimate: $100 thousand

Jun 21 2008

TornadoEF0

8 miles WNW of LUCERNE

May 29 2008

TornadoEF0

9 miles S of HOXIE

TornadoEF0

2 miles SSE of HOXIE

May 23 2008

TornadoEF0

12 miles S of TASCO

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 Sheridan 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 5	Year that ends in 6	Year that ends in 7	Year that ends in 8	Year that ends in 9	All
1950s	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2
1960s	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1970s	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
1980s	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1990s	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	3
2000s	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	12	0	19
2010s	5	1	0	0	4	0	2	1	0	13
2020s	1	1	2	1	3	0 (part of the year)				8

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
Apr2 events
May27 events
Jun15 events
Jul1 event
Aug0 events
Sep1 event
Oct2 events
Nov1 event
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Tornado events on record for Sheridan County by rating
Rating	Wind estimate of the scale	Events
EF0 or F0	65 to 85 mph (EF0)	28
EF1 or F1	86 to 110 mph (EF1)	9
EF2 or F2	111 to 135 mph (EF2)	7
EF3 or F3	136 to 165 mph (EF3)	3
EF4 or F4	166 to 200 mph (EF4)	0
EF5 or F5	more than 200 mph (EF5)	0
Unrated	no rating on record	3

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: Sheridan County beside the total of the counties of Kansas and of the United States
Measure	Sheridan	All counties of Kansas	All counties of the United States
Tornado events, 1950 to 2026	50	4,965	81,254
Events for each 100 square miles	5.6	6.1	2.3
Events for each 10,000 residents	201.8	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 Sheridan County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
23 May 2008	Tornado	EF1	$25 thousand	County
23 May 2008	Tornado	EF2	$1.0 million	County
23 May 2008	Tornado	EF0	none	County
22 May 2008	Tornado	EF1	$250 thousand	County
22 May 2008	Tornado	EF0	none	County
22 May 2008	Tornado	EF2	$750 thousand	County
22 May 2008	Tornado	EF0	none	County
22 May 2008	Tornado	EF0	none	County
19 Jun 2007	Tornado	EF0	none	County
22 May 2007	Tornado	EF0	none	County
29 May 2001	Tornado	F0	none	County
31 Oct 2000	Tornado	F0	none	County
28 Oct 2000	Tornado	F0	none	County
19 Jun 2000	Tornado	F0	none	County
19 Jun 2000	Tornado	F0	$15 thousand	County
22 Jun 1996	Tornado	F0	none	County
12 May 1995	Tornado	F2	$300 thousand	County
12 May 1995	Tornado	F2	$50 thousand	County
28 Mar 1981	Tornado	F1	$30	County
5 Sep 1972	Tornado	F2	$3 thousand	County
20 Jul 1972	Tornado	F0	$3 thousand	County
14 Jun 1970	Tornado	F3	$2.5 million	County
4 May 1965	Tornado	not recorded	$25 thousand	County
29 May 1959	Tornado	F1	$250 thousand	County
15 Jun 1957	Tornado	not recorded	none	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: Goodland, 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 Sheridan County, Kansas". https://countyhazards.com/county/ks/sheridan/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 Sheridan County?: May has 27 of the 50 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 Sheridan County compare with the other counties of Kansas?: The counties of Kansas have 6.1 tornado events for each 100 square miles. Sheridan County has 5.6.
Which tornado ratings are on record for Sheridan County?: 37 tornado events have a rating of EF0, F0, EF1 or F1. 10 events have a higher rating. 3 events have no rating.