Storms in Kansas in 2004

3,126 events in 388 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kansas in 2004, 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 2004 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: 3,126
Deaths: 5
Injuries: 37
Damage: $54 million
Episodes: 388

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	1,571	2	5	$10 million
Thunderstorm Wind	726	0	3	$223,000
Winter Storm	247	2	1	$42,000
Flash Flood	134	0	0	$5.2 million
Tornado	125	0	9	$36 million
Winter Weather	72	0	0
Flood	61	0	5	$1.1 million
Heavy Snow	39	0	0	$20,000
High Wind	32	0	0	$50,000
Dense Fog	25	1	9	$65,000
Lightning	22	0	0	$620,000
Funnel Cloud	19	0	0
Heavy Rain	17	0	0
Strong Wind	15	0	0	$280,000
Frost/Freeze	10	0	0
Ice Storm	4	0	5	$5,000
Dust Storm	4	0	0
Blizzard	3	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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November 2004

December 2004

Dense Fog in Kansas, December 31, 20041 death · 8 injured · $50,000 · 1 event

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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.