Rawlins County Kansas
The bar chart below denotes the number of tornadoes that have occurred in Rawlins County since 1950. The blue bars show the number of tornadoes that occurred in a given year. For example, four tornadoes occurred in 1994 and five tornadoes occurred in 1996. Since 2018, 7 tornadoes have occurred in the county. More information about the tornadoes occurring in each year is given in the table at the bottom of this page.
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The blue bars on the bar chart below show the number of tornadoes that occurred in Rawlins County. The number of tornado days are shown in orange. A tornado day is defined as a day where a tornado occurred. Since 1950, 14 tornadoes have occurred in June, as shown by the blue bar. The orange bar shows that there have been ten days where a tornado has occurred in June. This means that multiple tornadoes were reported on at least one day.

The following table is a list of the tornadoes that have occurred in Rawlins County. Length is the length of the tornado path measured in miles. The width of the tornado is measured in yards. An ‘M’ indicates that the data is missing. Scale indicates the F or EF rating a tornado was assigned. In the scale column, a letter without a number indicates that a scale value was not assigned.
55 TORNADOES were reported in Rawlins County, KS ... 01/01/1950 - 12/31/2024 |
Number |
Location |
Date |
Time |
Scale |
Fatality |
Injury |
Length |
Width |
Pre-1950 |
RAWLINS |
08/09/1926 |
21:00 |
F2 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
M |
Pre-1950 |
RAWLINS |
06/11/1928 |
19:30 |
F2 |
0 |
0 |
f35 |
200 |
Pre-1950 |
RAWLINS |
05/25/1932 |
15:00 |
F3 |
2 |
2 |
11 |
100 |
Pre-1950 |
RAWLINS |
05/22/1933 |
17:20 |
F2 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
50 |
Pre-1950 |
RAWLINS |
06/05/1940 |
18:15 |
F2 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
150 |
Pre-1950 |
RAWLINS |
05/20/1949 |
15:30 |
F2 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
M |
Number |
Location |
Date |
Time |
Scale |
Fatality |
Injury |
Length |
Width |
1 |
RAWLINS |
08/06/1950 |
15:00 |
F1 |
0 |
0 |
0.10 |
30 |
2 |
RAWLINS |
05/14/1951 |
19:30 |
F3 |
0 |
4 |
0.10 |
30 |
3 |
RAWLINS |
05/20/1951 |
19:00 |
F3 |
0 |
0 |
0.10 |
30 |
4 |
RAWLINS |
08/24/1951 |
17:30 |
F2 |
0 |
0 |
3.30 |
300 |
5 |
RAWLINS |
05/27/1953 |
19:53 |
F1 |
0 |
0 |
0.10 |
30 |
6 |
RAWLINS |
07/05/1956 |
15:30 |
F2 |
0 |
0 |
0.10 |
30 |
7 |
RAWLINS |
07/05/1956 |
15:30 |
F2 |
0 |
0 |
0.10 |
30 |
8 |
RAWLINS |
05/20/1957 |
11:10 |
F0 |
0 |
0 |
56.80 |
440 |
9 |
RAWLINS |
04/27/1958 |
17:30 |
F2 |
0 |
0 |
4.70 |
600 |
10 |
RAWLINS |
05/28/1962 |
15:30 |
F1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
30 |
11 |
RAWLINS |
07/28/1962 |
17:30 |
F1 |
0 |
0 |
0.10 |
30 |
12 |
RAWLINS |
06/03/1965 |
17:50 |
F1 |
0 |
0 |
0.10 |
300 |
13 |
RAWLINS |
06/17/1968 |
18:30 |
F0 |
0 |
0 |
0.10 |
30 |
14 |
RAWLINS |
07/03/1971 |
16:45 |
F1 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
30 |
15 |
RAWLINS |
10/17/1971 |
21:07 |
F3 |
0 |
0 |
3.80 |
440 |
16 |
RAWLINS |
04/20/1974 |
15:15 |
F1 |
0 |
0 |
14.00 |
300 |
17 |
RAWLINS |
06/24/1982 |
15:00 |
F0 |
0 |
0 |
0.10 |
30 |
18 |
RAWLINS |
06/11/1984 |
22:10 |
F1 |
0 |
0 |
25.00 |
200 |
19 |
RAWLINS |
05/18/1990 |
17:30 |
F0 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
30 |
20 |
RAWLINS |
06/07/1991 |
17:10 |
F0 |
0 |
0 |
0.50 |
70 |
21 |
RAWLINS |
08/13/1992 |
20:05 |
F0 |
0 |
0 |
0.10 |
30 |
22 |
RAWLINS |
08/13/1992 |
20:12 |
F0 |
0 |
0 |
0.10 |
30 |
23 |
RAWLINS |
07/01/1993 |
17:42 |
F1 |
M |
M |
3.00 |
60 |
24 |
RAWLINS |
07/23/1993 |
23:20 |
F1 |
M |
M |
0.30 |
60 |
25 |
Atwood |
06/08/1994 |
20:36 |
F1 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
20 |
26 |
Atwood |
06/08/1994 |
21:10 |
F0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
50 |
27 |
RAWLINS |
06/10/1994 |
16:46 |
F0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
200 |
28 |
Mc Donald |
06/11/1994 |
19:05 |
F0 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
10 |
29 |
Mc Donald |
05/22/1996 |
19:04 |
F0 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
100 |
30 |
Herndon |
05/22/1996 |
19:55 |
F0 |
0 |
0 |
0.10 |
10 |
31 |
Herndon |
05/22/1996 |
20:11 |
F0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
30 |
32 |
Mc Donald |
07/23/1996 |
13:57 |
F0 |
0 |
0 |
0.20 |
20 |
33 |
Herndon |
08/06/1996 |
17:28 |
F1 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
100 |
34 |
Mc Donald |
05/22/1998 |
19:56 |
F0 |
0 |
0 |
0.20 |
30 |
35 |
Mc Donald |
07/02/1999 |
19:10 |
F1 |
0 |
0 |
0.70 |
250 |
36 |
Atwood |
10/31/2000 |
18:15 |
F0 |
0 |
0 |
0.70 |
75 |
37 |
Atwood |
07/27/2001 |
17:40 |
F0 |
0 |
0 |
0.20 |
50 |
38 |
Mc Donald |
07/27/2001 |
23:17 |
F0 |
0 |
0 |
0.50 |
50 |
39 |
Herndon |
06/19/2002 |
17:10 |
F0 |
0 |
0 |
0.20 |
25 |
40 |
Herndon |
06/19/2002 |
17:22 |
F0 |
0 |
0 |
5.00 |
100 |
41 |
Atwood |
06/19/2002 |
17:45 |
F0 |
0 |
0 |
0.20 |
25 |
42 |
Ludell |
06/19/2002 |
17:45 |
F1 |
0 |
0 |
0.20 |
25 |
43 |
Atwood |
06/28/2003 |
22:15 |
F1 |
0 |
0 |
0.30 |
25 |
44 |
Mc Donald |
05/28/2005 |
14:15 |
F0 |
0 |
0 |
0.30 |
25 |
45 |
Atwood |
04/23/2007 |
22:00 |
F1 |
0 |
0 |
15.50 |
50 |
46 |
Atwood |
04/23/2007 |
22:15 |
F1 |
0 |
0 |
12.50 |
100 |
47 |
Atwood |
04/23/2007 |
22:44 |
F1 |
0 |
0 |
6.00 |
75 |
48 |
Atwood |
04/20/2014 |
16:47 |
F0 |
0 |
0 |
0.1 |
10 |
49 |
Beardsley |
08/11/2019 |
19:57 |
EFU |
0 |
0 |
0.95 |
50 |
50 |
Ludell |
05/26/2021 |
16:19 |
EFU |
0 |
0 |
1.85 |
200 |
51 |
Herndon |
05/26/2021 |
16:29 |
F1 |
0 |
0 |
3.51 |
450 |
52 |
Herndon |
05/26/2021 |
16:45 |
EFU |
0 |
0 |
2.39 |
100 |
53 |
2.2 SSE McDonald |
05/11/2023 |
12:35 |
EFU |
0 |
0 |
1.16 |
100 |
54 |
0.5 W McDonald |
05/11/2023 |
12:39 |
EFU |
0 |
0 |
1.78 |
75 |
55 |
6.9 W Achilles |
7/6/2024 |
13:02 |
EFU |
0 |
0 |
3.31 |
75 |
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Totals |
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4 |
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Total Tornado |
EFU |
F0 |
F1 |
F2 |
F3 |
F4 |
F5 |
55 |
6 |
23 |
19 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
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Updated: Jan 2025 |
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