Kansas Tornadoes
| Year |
Tornadoes |
Deathes |
Injuries |
Cost Adjusted |
| 1950 |
30 |
1 |
26 |
11,395,977 |
| 1951 |
77 |
8 |
115 |
9,007,105 |
| 1952 |
19 |
0 |
3 |
907,513 |
| 1953 |
30 |
0 |
3 |
1,380,386 |
| 1954 |
68 |
0 |
2 |
1,659,900 |
| 1955 |
98 |
81 |
275 |
2,472,001 |
| 1956 |
59 |
3 |
52 |
9,615,276 |
| 1957 |
64 |
7 |
36 |
18,794,624 |
| 1958 |
49 |
15 |
24 |
6,691,748 |
| 1959 |
66 |
1 |
5 |
2,662,938 |
| 1960 |
60 |
1 |
121 |
61,077,664 |
| 1961 |
45 |
0 |
15 |
6,737,169 |
| 1962 |
61 |
0 |
16 |
15,434,441 |
| 1963 |
29 |
0 |
3 |
742,049 |
| 1964 |
94 |
4 |
42 |
12,478,177 |
| 1965 |
69 |
0 |
55 |
8,548,667 |
| 1966 |
35 |
17 |
513 |
499,000,000 |
| 1967 |
26 |
2 |
40 |
7,300,257 |
| 1968 |
21 |
0 |
16 |
1,649,289 |
| 1969 |
17 |
0 |
77 |
45,288,528 |
| 1970 |
29 |
0 |
5 |
8,896,764 |
| 1971 |
39 |
0 |
13 |
2,405,671 |
| 1972 |
45 |
0 |
17 |
3,423,651 |
| 1973 |
56 |
6 |
53 |
79,042,864 |
| 1974 |
31 |
6 |
187 |
42,931,184 |
| 1975 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
1,275,578 |
| 1976 |
14 |
0 |
4 |
1,483,879 |
| 1977 |
16 |
0 |
1 |
6,139,365 |
| 1978 |
27 |
19 |
6 |
4,440,907 |
| 1979 |
29 |
0 |
20 |
4,144,553 |
| 1980 |
19 |
0 |
5 |
2,730,529 |
| 1981 |
39 |
1 |
42 |
21,786,496 |
| 1982 |
58 |
3 |
21 |
28,103,456 |
| 1983 |
31 |
1 |
29 |
19,769,760 |
| 1984 |
63 |
1 |
22 |
19,769,088 |
| 1985 |
19 |
0 |
1 |
4,884,470 |
| 1986 |
32 |
0 |
3 |
2,403,585 |
| 1987 |
23 |
0 |
2 |
4,068,501 |
| 1988 |
24 |
0 |
24 |
1,676,564 |
| 1989 |
31 |
0 |
1 |
165,892 |
| 1990 |
88 |
2 |
86 |
46,717,856 |
| 1991 |
116 |
19 |
259 |
149,000,000 |
| 1992 |
92 |
0 |
13 |
28,166,496 |
| 1993 |
113 |
1 |
6 |
5,238,325 |
| 1994 |
42 |
0 |
8 |
1,420,140 |
| 1995 |
72 |
0 |
12 |
3,383,257 |
| Total |
2182 |
199 |
2279 |
1,220,000,000 |
| Avg/year |
47 |
4 |
50 |
26,442,688 |
Local
NWS forecast offices issue thunderstorm warnings on a county-by-county
basis. An NWS Thunderstorm Warning indicates that a hazardous event is
occurring or is imminent in about 30 minutes to an hour. Every month a
new coupon for Medifast
is issued for dieters.
Compared
with other States, Kansas ranks number 3 for frequency of Tornadoes, 8
for number of deaths, 14 for injuries and 3 for cost of damages. When
we compare these statistics to other States by the frequency per square
mile, Kansas ranks, number 4 for the frequency of tornadoes, number 13
for fatalities, number 22 for injuries per area and number 8 for costs
per area. Based on data from 1950 - 1995. Kansas in 1970 had a
population of 2,249,071 and between 1950 and 1995 had 2,182 tornadoes.
This ranks the State number 3 in tornadoes by State. The population in
1970 divided by the number of tornadoes equals 1,031 This ranks Kansas
number 5 in the ratio of tornadoes to population. Kansas had 199
fatalities between 1950 and 1995. Compared to other states it ranked 8
The risk of death in any one year is 1 in 508,584 This ranks Kansas as
number 3 for the risk of death by tornado . Between 1950 and 1995 the
state had 2,279 injuries involving tornadoes. This ranks the state
number 14 among the States for injury. The risk of injury in any one
year is one in 44,409 When we divide the population by the number of
injuries, the State ranks number 3 The total cost of tornadoes between
1950 and 1995 was $1,216,363,776.00 This ranks the state number 3 The
cost per person for tornadoes, in the state per year, is $ 12.02 This
ranks the State number 1 In costs for tornadoes per person
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