Storm History: Barber County, Kansas
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Barber 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
- 881
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 5
- Damage
- $53 million
- Episodes
- 476
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 404 | 0 | 1 | $862,000 |
| Tornado | 222 | 0 | 2 | $1.2 million |
| Flash Flood | 54 | 0 | 0 | $601,000 |
| High Wind | 50 | 0 | 0 | $6,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 35 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 25 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Winter Storm | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 6 | 0 | 0 | $30 million |
| Drought | 3 | 0 | 0 | $20 million |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Dust Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sleet | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Wildfire, March 22, 2016
- Drought, August 28, 2003
- Flash Flood, June 11, 1997
- Hail, May 24, 1998
- Tornado, May 22, 1995
- Hail, June 3, 2008
- Tornado, June 11, 1967
- Tornado, April 17, 1976
- Tornado, September 27, 1998
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2019
- Tornado, May 31, 1999
- Tornado, May 4, 1959
- Tornado, May 5, 1964
- Tornado, August 1, 1986
- Flood, September 12, 2009
- Tornado, May 12, 2004
- High Wind, April 16, 2003
- Tornado, May 29, 2001
- Tornado, March 11, 1976
- Hail, July 10, 1998
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 26, 1991
- Tornado, April 17, 1976
- Tornado, March 26, 1991
- Tornado, May 5, 1964
- Tornado, June 11, 1967
- Tornado, March 15, 1982
- Tornado, April 26, 1984
- Tornado, May 7, 2002
- Tornado, March 27, 2004
- Tornado, May 22, 2008
- Tornado, April 14, 2012
- Tornado, July 1, 1956
- Tornado, May 4, 1959
- Tornado, April 21, 1968
- Tornado, September 24, 1973
Every episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 11, 2026
- High Wind, March 15, 2026
- Hail, March 10, 2026
- Hail, March 5, 2026
- Wildfire, February 17, 2026
- High Wind, January 15, 2026
- Dense Fog, November 19, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 23, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 19, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2025
- Tornado, August 3, 2025
- Hail, June 14, 2025
- Hail, June 2, 2025
- Hail, May 23, 2025
- High Wind, May 14, 2025
- Hail, April 22, 2025
- Blizzard, March 17, 2025
- Dust Storm, March 14, 2025
- High Wind, March 4, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 20, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 9, 2025
- High Wind, December 30, 2024
- High Wind, October 29, 2024
- Hail, October 21, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 21, 2024
- Hail, August 25, 2024
- Hail, August 18, 2024
- Hail, July 31, 2024
- Hail, June 28, 2024
- Hail, June 13, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 2024
- Tornado, May 25, 2024
- High Wind, May 7, 2024
- High Wind, April 6, 2024
- High Wind, February 27, 2024
- Winter Weather, February 10, 2024
- Heavy Snow, November 25, 2023
- High Wind, October 13, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2023
- Tornado, July 17, 2023
- Hail, July 16, 2023
- Hail, July 2, 2023
- Hail, June 17, 2023
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2023
- Flash Flood, May 29, 2023
- Hail, May 9, 2023
- Dust Storm, April 19, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 31, 2023
- High Wind, February 14, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 20, 2023
- High Wind, January 11, 2023
- High Wind, December 21, 2022
- Wildfire, December 2, 2022
- Hail, June 4, 2022
- Hail, May 14, 2022
- Hail, April 22, 2022
- High Wind, March 22, 2022
- Heavy Snow, March 10, 2022
- High Wind, January 15, 2022
- Wildfire, December 15, 2021
- High Wind, December 5, 2021
- High Wind, October 28, 2021
- Hail, July 31, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 30, 2021
- Hail, June 25, 2021
- Tornado, May 26, 2021
- Hail, April 6, 2021
- High Wind, December 23, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 12, 2020
- Hail, November 24, 2020
- Hail, November 9, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2020
- High Wind, April 12, 2020
- High Wind, November 11, 2019
- Tornado, September 24, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 24, 2019
- Hail, August 16, 2019
- Tornado, July 5, 2019
- Hail, June 19, 2019
- Hail, June 14, 2019
- Hail, June 11, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2019
- Hail, May 18, 2019
- High Wind, March 12, 2019
- High Wind, January 18, 2019
- High Wind, December 1, 2018
- Winter Weather, November 11, 2018
- Flash Flood, October 4, 2018
- Flood, September 2, 2018
- Hail, July 30, 2018
- Hail, June 23, 2018
- Hail, June 22, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 2018
- Tornado, May 18, 2018
- Hail, May 13, 2018
- High Wind, April 17, 2018
- High Wind, March 6, 2018
- High Wind, January 10, 2018
- Hail, October 6, 2017
- Flash Flood, September 24, 2017
- Hail, August 16, 2017
- Hail, August 9, 2017
- Hail, August 5, 2017
- Hail, June 29, 2017
- Hail, June 15, 2017
- Hail, June 13, 2017
- Tornado, May 19, 2017
- Hail, May 11, 2017
- High Wind, March 6, 2017
- Ice Storm, January 13, 2017
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 18, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 24, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 24, 2016
- Hail, June 28, 2016
- Hail, June 26, 2016
- Hail, May 9, 2016
- Tornado, May 8, 2016
- Hail, April 26, 2016
- Wildfire, March 22, 2016
- Ice Storm, November 26, 2015
- Hail, September 17, 2015
- High Wind, September 14, 2015
- Hail, July 16, 2015
- Hail, June 28, 2015
- Flood, June 11, 2015
- Hail, April 18, 2015
- Tornado, April 12, 2015
- Tornado, April 8, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 27, 2015
- Winter Weather, December 29, 2014
- Winter Weather, December 17, 2014
- Heavy Rain, July 30, 2014
- Hail, July 14, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 30, 2014
- Flood, June 11, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 11, 2014
- Tornado, June 3, 2014
- Hail, May 10, 2014
- Tornado, April 2, 2014
- Hail, March 15, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2014
- High Wind, January 26, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2013
- Tornado, July 29, 2013
- Hail, July 22, 2013
- Hail, June 27, 2013
- Hail, June 16, 2013
- Tornado, June 4, 2013
- Hail, April 22, 2013
- Hail, April 17, 2013
- Hail, April 9, 2013
- Blizzard, February 25, 2013
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2013
- High Wind, October 18, 2012
- Tornado, May 30, 2012
- Hail, May 19, 2012
- Tornado, April 30, 2012
- Tornado, April 14, 2012
- Flood, April 10, 2012
- Hail, March 7, 2012
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2012
- Hail, February 2, 2012
- Hail, September 17, 2011
- Hail, August 12, 2011
- Hail, August 3, 2011
- Hail, July 23, 2011
- Hail, July 13, 2011
- Tornado, June 16, 2011
- Hail, June 8, 2011
- Tornado, May 24, 2011
- High Wind, April 15, 2011
- High Wind, April 3, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 8, 2011
- Hail, October 10, 2010
- Heavy Rain, August 17, 2010
- Hail, August 14, 2010
- Flood, July 4, 2010
- Hail, May 24, 2010
- Hail, May 19, 2010
- Hail, May 12, 2010
- Tornado, May 10, 2010
- Hail, April 24, 2010
- Hail, April 14, 2010
- Flood, September 12, 2009
- Hail, September 3, 2009
- Hail, August 26, 2009
- Hail, August 17, 2009
- Lightning, July 27, 2009
- Hail, July 20, 2009
- Hail, July 8, 2009
- Tornado, June 14, 2009
- Flood, June 11, 2009
- Hail, June 7, 2009
- Hail, May 15, 2009
- Hail, April 26, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 4, 2009
- Blizzard, March 27, 2009
- Tornado, March 7, 2009
- High Wind, February 20, 2009
- Flood, September 11, 2008
- Hail, August 5, 2008
- Hail, July 2, 2008
- Flood, June 17, 2008
- Hail, June 15, 2008
- Hail, June 13, 2008
- Tornado, June 5, 2008
- Hail, June 3, 2008
- Hail, June 1, 2008
- Tornado, May 25, 2008
- Tornado, May 22, 2008
- Tornado, May 22, 2008
- Hail, May 5, 2008
- Hail, April 7, 2008
- Hail, March 2, 2008
- Winter Weather, January 30, 2008
- Winter Weather, December 27, 2007
- Blizzard, December 22, 2007
- Heavy Snow, December 14, 2007
- Blizzard, December 10, 2007
- Winter Weather, November 23, 2007
- Hail, October 17, 2007
- Hail, October 14, 2007
- Hail, September 18, 2007
- Hail, August 20, 2007
- Tornado, June 19, 2007
- Hail, June 1, 2007
- Tornado, May 31, 2007
- Tornado, May 6, 2007
- Heavy Rain, March 31, 2007
- Heavy Snow, January 31, 2007
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2007
- Sleet, January 14, 2007
- Winter Storm, November 29, 2006
- Tornado, August 19, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 2006
- Tornado, June 16, 2006
- Flood, May 30, 2006
- Tornado, May 25, 2006
- Tornado, May 7, 2006
- Hail, April 23, 2006
- High Wind, April 7, 2006
- Tornado, April 1, 2006
- High Wind, March 30, 2006
- High Wind, March 12, 2006
- Heavy Snow, January 9, 2006
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2005
- High Wind, November 15, 2005
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Barber CountyEvery warning in Barber 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.