Storms in Kansas in 2002

3,188 events in 410 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kansas in 2002, 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 2002 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: 3,188
Deaths: 2
Injuries: 9
Damage: $200 million
Episodes: 410

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	1,695	0	3	$47 million
Thunderstorm Wind	694	1	3	$1.1 million
Winter Storm	194	0	2	$23 million
Drought	115	0	0	$60 million
Flash Flood	115	0	0	$4.5 million
Tornado	104	0	1	$26 million
Heavy Snow	88	0	0
High Wind	65	0	0	$332,000
Ice Storm	43	1	0	$37 million
Lightning	28	0	0	$33,000
Heat	23	0	0	$4,000
Dense Fog	11	0	0
Flood	6	0	0	$715,000
Funnel Cloud	5	0	0
Heavy Rain	2	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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October 2002

November 2002

Drought in Kansas, November 1 to 30, 200223 events

December 2002

Every year in Kansas Every state in 2002 Tornadoes in Kansas in 2002 Warnings in Kansas in 2002 2001 2003

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.