Storms in Kansas in 2000

2,403 events in 358 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kansas in 2000, 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 2000 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: 2,403
Deaths: 10
Injuries: 72
Damage: $181 million
Episodes: 358

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	946	3	12	$25 million
Thunderstorm Wind	744	0	0	$672,000
High Wind	113	0	2	$189,000
Heavy Snow	110	1	0	$260,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	100	0	0
Winter Storm	89	4	4
Tornado	70	0	40	$92 million
Heat	67	2	14
Flash Flood	63	0	0	$713,000
Drought	52	0	0	$62 million
Lightning	25	0	0	$213,000
Flood	13	0	0
Dense Fog	5	0	0
Funnel Cloud	3	0	0
Ice Storm	3	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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December 2000

Every year in Kansas Every state in 2000 Tornadoes in Kansas in 2000 Warnings in Kansas in 2000 1999 2001

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.