Storms in Kansas in 1999

2,112 events in 261 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kansas in 1999, 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 1999 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: 2,112
Deaths: 12
Injuries: 182
Damage: $234 million
Episodes: 261

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	1,028	2	2	$16 million
Thunderstorm Wind	424	0	8	$1.3 million
High Wind	142	0	4	$210,000
Winter Storm	111	0	2	$2.1 million
Flood	90	0	0	$355,000
Flash Flood	82	0	0	$56 million
Tornado	68	6	160	$157 million
Heavy Snow	43	0	0	$18,000
Cold/Wind Chill	36	0	0
Heat	33	2	0
Lightning	26	1	1	$71,000
Drought	23	0	0
Heavy Rain	4	0	0
Ice Storm	2	1	5

Every episode, month by month

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December 1999

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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.