Kansas

Storm History: Allen County, Kansas

323 episodes, 563 events since 1950

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Allen County, Kansas: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
563
Deaths
3
Injuries
11
Damage
$18 million
Episodes
323

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Hail16700$2.1 million
Tornado15704$8.7 million
Flash Flood4601$6.2 million
Flood4201$56,000
Drought3900$250,000
Thunderstorm Wind2300$99,000
Winter Storm2200$365,000
Heavy Snow1000$55,000
Winter Weather1025$50,000
Heavy Rain1000
Excessive Heat700
Heat610
Blizzard600$50,000
Ice Storm500$10,000
Wildfire500
High Wind200$14,000
Strong Wind200$10,000
Sleet100
Frost/Freeze100
Cold/Wind Chill100
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Allen County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Allen CountyEvery warning in Allen County since 1986Every county in Kansas

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.