Storms in Kansas in 1996

2,439 events in 2,229 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kansas in 1996, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Kansas in 1996 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The year

Events: 2,439
Deaths: 6
Injuries: 18
Damage: $79 million
Episodes: 2,229

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

By kind of event

Kind of event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Hail	1,253	0	0	$24 million
Thunderstorm Wind	680	0	8	$40 million
High Wind	95	1	2	$480,000
Flash Flood	76	2	3	$3.2 million
Tornado	73	0	0	$5.5 million
Flood	72	0	0	$705,000
Winter Storm	42	1	1	$8,000
Cold/Wind Chill	35	0	0
Heavy Snow	29	0	0	$4.5 million
Drought	27	0	0
Lightning	22	2	1	$485,000
Blizzard	20	0	0
Heavy Rain	4	0	0	$107,000
Funnel Cloud	4	0	0
Ice Storm	3	0	0	$60,000
Winter Weather	2	0	0
Wildfire	1	0	3	$250,000
Heat	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.