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

This page is a county record of past events and claims. It does not show the flood zone or the risk of an address. For the flood map of an address, use FEMA's address search (opens in a new tab).

NCEI has 110 tornado events on record for Sherman County, Kansas, from 1950 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest tornado event on record is on 16 May 2026.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 9 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 16 2026

TornadoEF unrated

1 mile W of EDSON

Jun 2 2025

TornadoEF unrated

61 miles S of KANORADO

May 18 2025

TornadoEF unrated

3 miles NNW of KANORADO ARPT

Aug 8 2023

TornadoEF unrated

2 miles S of KANORADO

May 11 2023

TornadoEF unrated

8 miles SSE of EDSON

May 13 2021

TornadoEF unrated

5 miles NW of GOODLAND ARPT

May 23 2020

TornadoEF unrated

8 miles ENE of KANORADO ARPT

Jun 3 2019

TornadoEF unrated

5 miles S of KANORADO

TornadoEF unrated

3 miles N of GOODLAND ARPT

Apr 27 2017

TornadoEF0

3 miles SSE of KANORADO ARPT

Apr 17 2015

TornadoEF0

11 miles SSE of EDSON

Jun 27 2014

TornadoEF0

2 miles SSE of EDSON

Aug 5 2013

TornadoEF0

9 miles NE of GOODLAND ARPT

TornadoEF0

9 miles NNW of EDSON

Jul 17 2012

TornadoEF0

14 miles NNE of EDSON

May 30 2012

TornadoEF0

10 miles NE of EDSON

Sep 14 2010

TornadoEF0

10 miles N of RULETON

May 23 2010

TornadoEF0

13 miles NNE of GOODLAND ARPT

TornadoEF1

9 miles NNE of GOODLAND ARPT. Damage estimate: $25 thousand

TornadoEF0

3 miles SE of RULETON

Jul 20 2009

TornadoEF0

1 mile NW of GOODLAND ARPT

TornadoEF0

12 miles N of GOODLAND ARPT

Oct 11 2008

TornadoEF0

At EDSON

Jul 6 2008

TornadoEF0

14 miles E of GOODLAND ARPT

Apr 23 2007

TornadoEF0

9 miles NE of GOODLAND ARPT

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 Sherman 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	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	5
1960s	5	0	5	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	19
1970s	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	6
1980s	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	7
1990s	0	8	0	0	11	1	3	1	2	1	27
2000s	5	0	1	6	0	0	3	7	2	2	26
2010s	4	0	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	2	13
2020s	1	1	0	2	0	2	1 (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
Mar7 events
Apr3 events
May38 events
Jun39 events
Jul14 events
Aug3 events
Sep1 event
Oct5 events
Nov0 events
Dec0 events

Magnitudes on record

Tornado events on record for Sherman County by rating
Rating	Wind estimate of the scale	Events
EF0 or F0	65 to 85 mph (EF0)	68
EF1 or F1	86 to 110 mph (EF1)	13
EF2 or F2	111 to 135 mph (EF2)	6
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	22

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: Sherman County beside the total of the counties of Kansas and of the United States
Measure	Sherman	All counties of Kansas	All counties of the United States
Tornado events, 1950 to 2026	110	4,965	81,254
Events for each 100 square miles	10.4	6.1	2.3
Events for each 10,000 residents	186.6	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 Sherman County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
28 Mar 2007	Tornado	EF0	none	County
28 Mar 2007	Tornado	EF0	none	County
28 Mar 2007	Tornado	EF0	none	County
28 Mar 2007	Tornado	EF2	$100 thousand	County
28 Mar 2007	Tornado	EF0	$3 thousand	County
28 Mar 2007	Tornado	EF0	none	County
16 Jun 2006	Tornado	F0	none	County
16 Jun 2006	Tornado	F1	$25 thousand	County
16 Jun 2006	Tornado	F1	$15 thousand	County
14 Jun 2003	Tornado	F0	none	County
4 Jun 2003	Tornado	F0	none	County
4 Jun 2003	Tornado	F0	none	County
1 Jun 2003	Tornado	F0	none	County
1 Jun 2003	Tornado	F0	none	County
1 Jun 2003	Tornado	F0	none	County
19 Jun 2002	Tornado	F0	none	County
31 Oct 2000	Tornado	F0	none	County
31 Oct 2000	Tornado	F0	none	County
31 Oct 2000	Tornado	F2	none	County
31 Oct 2000	Tornado	F1	none	County
29 Jun 2000	Tornado	F0	none	County
30 Jun 1999	Tornado	F0	none	County
24 May 1998	Tornado	F0	none	County
22 May 1998	Tornado	F0	none	County
5 Jul 1997	Tornado	F0	none	County
25 Jul 1996	Tornado	F0	none	County
25 Jul 1996	Tornado	F1	none	County
19 Jul 1996	Tornado	F0	none	County
16 May 1995	Tornado	F0	none	County
24 Jul 1994	Tornado	F0	none	County
10 Jun 1994	Tornado	F0	none	County
10 Jun 1994	Tornado	F0	none	County
10 Jun 1994	Tornado	F0	none	County
10 Jun 1994	Tornado	F0	none	County
10 Jun 1994	Tornado	F0	none	County
7 Jun 1994	Tornado	F0	none	County
7 Jun 1994	Tornado	F2	$500 thousand	County
7 Jun 1994	Tornado	F0	none	County
7 Jun 1994	Tornado	F1	none	County
5 May 1994	Tornado	F0	none	County
18 Jun 1991	Tornado	F0	none	County
18 Jun 1991	Tornado	F0	none	County
26 May 1991	Tornado	F0	none	County
26 May 1991	Tornado	F0	none	County
16 May 1991	Tornado	F0	none	County
16 May 1991	Tornado	F0	none	County
16 May 1991	Tornado	F0	none	County
15 May 1991	Tornado	F0	none	County
12 Jul 1988	Tornado	F0	none	County
11 Jun 1984	Tornado	F1	$250 thousand	County
11 Jun 1984	Tornado	F2	$250 thousand	County
8 Jun 1984	Tornado	F0	$3 thousand	County
19 May 1982	Tornado	F0	$30	County
19 May 1982	Tornado	F3	$2.5 million	County
14 Jul 1981	Tornado	F1	none	County
1 May 1979	Tornado	F1	$25 thousand	County
21 May 1973	Tornado	F0	none	County
6 May 1973	Tornado	F0	none	County
6 May 1973	Tornado	F0	none	County
13 Mar 1973	Tornado	F1	$3 thousand	County
9 Jun 1971	Tornado	F1	$25 thousand	County
22 Jun 1968	Tornado	F0	none	County
23 Jun 1966	Tornado	F1	none	County
27 Jul 1965	Tornado	not recorded	none	County
3 Jul 1965	Tornado	not recorded	none	County
22 May 1965	Tornado	not recorded	$3 thousand	County
22 May 1965	Tornado	not recorded	none	County
22 May 1965	Tornado	not recorded	none	County
22 May 1965	Tornado	F2	none	County
22 May 1965	Tornado	not recorded	none	County
23 Jun 1962	Tornado	not recorded	$3 thousand	County
23 Jun 1962	Tornado	not recorded	$2.5 million	County
22 Jun 1962	Tornado	F1	none	County
17 May 1962	Tornado	not recorded	none	County
17 May 1962	Tornado	F0	none	County
9 Jun 1960	Tornado	F0	$25 thousand	County
9 Jun 1960	Tornado	F0	$30	County
9 Jun 1960	Tornado	F0	$30	County
4 May 1960	Tornado	not recorded	$25 thousand	County
4 May 1960	Tornado	not recorded	$30	County
31 May 1957	Tornado	not recorded	none	County
31 May 1957	Tornado	not recorded	none	County
20 May 1957	Tornado	F0	$30	County
20 May 1957	Tornado	F0	$30	County
6 Jul 1952	Tornado	F2	$3 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: 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 Sherman County, Kansas". https://countyhazards.com/county/ks/sherman/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 Sherman County?: June has 39 of the 110 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 Sherman County compare with the other counties of Kansas?: The counties of Kansas have 6.1 tornado events for each 100 square miles. Sherman County has 10.4.
Which tornado ratings are on record for Sherman County?: 81 tornado events have a rating of EF0, F0, EF1 or F1. 7 events have a higher rating. 22 events have no rating.