Storms in Kansas in 2009

2,884 events in 321 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kansas in 2009, 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 2009 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: 2,884
Deaths: 18
Injuries: 92
Damage: $140 million
Episodes: 321

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	1,368	1	3	$10 million
Thunderstorm Wind	712	0	0	$10 million
High Wind	129	0	2	$155,000
Winter Storm	114	2	15	$2.7 million
Flash Flood	114	1	2	$35 million
Tornado	107	4	16	$44 million
Blizzard	79	3	14	$17 million
Flood	68	1	20	$15 million
Heavy Snow	54	1	8	$4.9 million
Heavy Rain	47	0	0
Winter Weather	33	3	5	$345,000
Funnel Cloud	15	0	0
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	13	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	13	0	0
Lightning	9	0	1
Strong Wind	7	0	0
Ice Storm	2	2	6	$77,000

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.