Storms in Kansas in 2008

3,481 events in 345 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kansas in 2008, 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 2008 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: 3,481
Deaths: 16
Injuries: 155
Damage: $165 million
Episodes: 345

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	1,794	1	9	$20 million
Thunderstorm Wind	805	0	3	$219,000
Tornado	218	5	12	$127 million
Flash Flood	139	2	6	$15 million
High Wind	136	0	0	$482,000
Winter Weather	111	8	115	$2.4 million
Flood	88	0	0	$272,000
Heavy Rain	74	0	0
Winter Storm	33	0	5
Heavy Snow	25	0	0
Funnel Cloud	16	0	0
Ice Storm	14	0	0	$230,000
Lightning	12	0	3	$55,000
Strong Wind	9	0	1	$48,000
Blizzard	4	0	0
Sleet	3	0	1

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.