Kansas

Storm History: Anderson County, Kansas

363 episodes, 540 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Anderson 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
540
Deaths
3
Injuries
23
Damage
$20 million
Episodes
363

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
Hail19100$121,000
Flash Flood9400$2.4 million
Tornado75312$4.4 million
Thunderstorm Wind3901$172,000
Winter Storm3300$7.2 million
Flood1500$1.1 million
Dense Fog1300
Heat1202
Drought1100
Heavy Snow1008$50,000
Winter Weather1000
Excessive Heat1000
High Wind800$4.0 million
Blizzard400
Cold/Wind Chill300
Ice Storm300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Heavy Rain200
Lightning100$50,000
Strong Wind100$15,000
Sleet100
Funnel Cloud100

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 Anderson County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Anderson CountyEvery warning in Anderson 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.