Storms in Kansas in 2006

2,820 events in 406 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kansas in 2006, 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 2006 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: 2,820
Deaths: 10
Injuries: 54
Damage: $194 million
Episodes: 406

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	1,312	0	3	$89 million
Thunderstorm Wind	718	0	1	$1.3 million
Heat	133	5	3
Tornado	100	0	18	$6.2 million
High Wind	81	0	1	$371,000
Winter Storm	74	1	23	$88 million
Winter Weather	67	4	0
Heavy Rain	65	0	0	$455,000
Heavy Snow	47	0	1
Flash Flood	40	0	1	$1.2 million
Dense Fog	33	0	0
Ice Storm	28	0	2	$2.1 million
Blizzard	22	0	0
Flood	19	0	0	$920,000
Lightning	16	0	0	$2.2 million
Strong Wind	15	0	1	$166,000
Funnel Cloud	15	0	0
Drought	12	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	11	0	0
Wildfire	6	0	0	$1.1 million
Frost/Freeze	6	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.