Storm History: Chautauqua County, Kansas
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Chautauqua 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
- 591
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $2.1 million
- Episodes
- 357
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 171 | 0 | 0 | $560,000 |
| Hail | 149 | 0 | 0 | $107,000 |
| Flash Flood | 79 | 0 | 0 | $222,000 |
| Drought | 50 | 0 | 0 | $600,000 |
| Flood | 48 | 0 | 0 | $400 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 27 | 0 | 0 | $15,000 |
| Winter Storm | 19 | 0 | 0 | $550,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 4 | 0 | 0 | $30,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sleet | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Drought, July 1, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 1, 1999
- Tornado, May 16, 1957
- Winter Storm, January 26, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2007
- Drought, September 1, 2011
- Tornado, May 30, 2013
- Tornado, July 1, 1994
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2007
- Flash Flood, April 23, 2004
- Blizzard, March 27, 2009
- Tornado, August 25, 2006
- Tornado, April 2, 1956
- Tornado, September 24, 1973
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2006
- Hail, June 16, 2011
- Hail, April 4, 2017
- Tornado, May 8, 1993
- Hail, March 8, 2002
- Tornado, February 28, 2012
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Flood, May 31, 2008
- Flash Flood, April 2, 1998
- Hail, September 9, 1992
- Tornado, May 6, 2024
- Hail, June 21, 1990
- Hail, April 1, 2024
- Hail, June 25, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 5, 2008
- Hail, May 21, 2005
- Tornado, July 4, 1995
- Hail, May 22, 1989
- Hail, May 26, 1985
- Hail, June 14, 1985
- Hail, September 7, 2012
- Hail, June 18, 2011
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, May 20, 1957
- Tornado, April 26, 1991
- Tornado, April 2, 1956
- Tornado, May 3, 1999
- Tornado, April 30, 1951
- Tornado, May 26, 1973
- Tornado, April 26, 1984
- Tornado, June 26, 2018
- Tornado, May 16, 1957
- Tornado, May 20, 1959
- Tornado, September 24, 1973
- Tornado, November 20, 1973
- Tornado, April 29, 1984
- Tornado, April 9, 1994
- Tornado, March 30, 2006
Every episode, newest first
- Hail, April 17, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Drought, March 1, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 23, 2026
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2025
- Hail, July 30, 2025
- Hail, June 29, 2025
- Hail, June 8, 2025
- Wildfire, March 14, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2025
- Drought, October 1, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 19, 2024
- Drought, September 1, 2024
- Hail, June 25, 2024
- Flood, May 15, 2024
- Tornado, May 6, 2024
- Tornado, April 30, 2024
- Tornado, April 27, 2024
- Drought, April 1, 2024
- Hail, April 1, 2024
- Hail, March 7, 2024
- Drought, March 1, 2024
- Heavy Rain, February 3, 2024
- Drought, February 1, 2024
- Drought, January 1, 2024
- Drought, December 1, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Flood, August 5, 2023
- Drought, August 1, 2023
- Hail, July 17, 2023
- Drought, July 1, 2023
- Hail, June 10, 2023
- Hail, June 9, 2023
- Drought, June 1, 2023
- Hail, May 9, 2023
- Drought, May 1, 2023
- Drought, April 1, 2023
- Wildfire, March 31, 2023
- Drought, March 1, 2023
- Drought, February 1, 2023
- Drought, January 1, 2023
- Winter Weather, December 22, 2022
- Drought, December 1, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2022
- Drought, September 1, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 2022
- Drought, August 1, 2022
- Drought, July 1, 2022
- Hail, June 10, 2022
- Flood, May 4, 2022
- Drought, April 1, 2022
- Heavy Snow, March 10, 2022
- Drought, March 1, 2022
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2022
- Heavy Rain, October 10, 2021
- Excessive Heat, July 27, 2021
- Hail, July 10, 2021
- Flood, March 12, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 6, 2021
- Ice Storm, October 25, 2020
- Flood, May 13, 2020
- Hail, May 7, 2020
- Hail, April 28, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 24, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2020
- Winter Storm, January 10, 2020
- Tornado, September 21, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2019
- Flood, May 18, 2019
- Tornado, May 7, 2019
- Ice Storm, February 6, 2019
- Flash Flood, October 9, 2018
- Flood, October 8, 2018
- Tornado, August 14, 2018
- Tornado, June 26, 2018
- Tornado, May 13, 2018
- Drought, May 1, 2018
- Drought, April 1, 2018
- Flood, September 16, 2017
- Hail, May 10, 2017
- Flash Flood, April 29, 2017
- Hail, April 25, 2017
- Hail, April 4, 2017
- Tornado, March 6, 2017
- Ice Storm, January 13, 2017
- Hail, June 30, 2016
- Tornado, May 26, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 29, 2016
- Tornado, March 30, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 26, 2015
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2015
- Tornado, June 12, 2015
- Flood, May 23, 2015
- Flood, May 16, 2015
- Tornado, April 8, 2015
- Tornado, April 2, 2015
- Hail, March 25, 2015
- Flash Flood, October 9, 2014
- Tornado, September 1, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2014
- Drought, July 1, 2014
- Drought, June 1, 2014
- Drought, May 1, 2014
- Hail, April 13, 2014
- Tornado, April 2, 2014
- Drought, April 1, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2014
- Winter Weather, February 9, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2014
- Winter Storm, December 21, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 9, 2013
- Hail, June 15, 2013
- Tornado, May 30, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 29, 2013
- Tornado, May 20, 2013
- Tornado, May 19, 2013
- Drought, May 1, 2013
- Drought, April 1, 2013
- Drought, March 1, 2013
- Blizzard, February 25, 2013
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2013
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Drought, January 1, 2013
- Drought, December 1, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Hail, September 7, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2012
- Flood, May 1, 2012
- Hail, April 9, 2012
- Tornado, February 28, 2012
- Drought, December 1, 2011
- Flood, November 7, 2011
- Drought, November 1, 2011
- Drought, September 1, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2011
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2011
- Drought, August 1, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 14, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 10, 2011
- Drought, July 1, 2011
- Flood, June 20, 2011
- Hail, June 18, 2011
- Hail, June 16, 2011
- Hail, June 10, 2011
- Tornado, May 24, 2011
- Hail, May 23, 2011
- Tornado, April 14, 2011
- Hail, March 19, 2011
- Tornado, February 27, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 8, 2011
- Blizzard, February 1, 2011
- Blizzard, January 31, 2011
- Hail, October 22, 2010
- Tornado, September 15, 2010
- Heat, August 31, 2010
- Heat, August 20, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 14, 2010
- Heat, August 8, 2010
- Heat, August 1, 2010
- Excessive Heat, July 16, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2010
- Heat, June 27, 2010
- Excessive Heat, June 20, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2010
- Hail, May 30, 2010
- Tornado, May 12, 2010
- Tornado, May 10, 2010
- Flash Flood, April 6, 2010
- Hail, April 5, 2010
- Winter Storm, March 19, 2010
- Hail, March 10, 2010
- Heavy Snow, January 28, 2010
- Ice Storm, December 23, 2009
- Flood, October 8, 2009
- Flash Flood, August 19, 2009
- Tornado, July 20, 2009
- Hail, June 27, 2009
- Tornado, May 15, 2009
- Tornado, May 13, 2009
- Flood, May 12, 2009
- Blizzard, March 27, 2009
- Hail, March 20, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 26, 2009
- High Wind, December 13, 2008
- Hail, November 5, 2008
- Flood, June 27, 2008
- Hail, June 8, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 5, 2008
- Hail, June 3, 2008
- Flood, May 31, 2008
- Tornado, May 10, 2008
- Hail, May 8, 2008
- Flash Flood, March 30, 2008
- Ice Storm, February 10, 2008
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2008
- Hail, October 21, 2007
- Hail, October 17, 2007
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2007
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2007
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2007
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, April 4, 2007
- Flood, March 20, 2007
- Winter Weather, January 31, 2007
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2007
- Sleet, January 12, 2007
- Winter Storm, November 30, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 26, 2006
- Tornado, August 25, 2006
- Heat, July 16, 2006
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2006
- Flash Flood, May 8, 2006
- Hail, April 30, 2006
- Hail, April 24, 2006
- Hail, April 6, 2006
- Tornado, March 30, 2006
- Heavy Snow, January 10, 2006
- Hail, September 14, 2005
- Tornado, September 13, 2005
- Hail, August 26, 2005
- Tornado, June 4, 2005
- Tornado, June 3, 2005
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2005
- Hail, May 21, 2005
- Flash Flood, May 12, 2005
- Hail, April 5, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2005
- Hail, July 5, 2004
- Hail, July 4, 2004
- Hail, May 26, 2004
- Flood, April 23, 2004
- Flash Flood, April 23, 2004
- Flash Flood, March 4, 2004
- Winter Storm, December 13, 2003
- Hail, September 26, 2003
- Tornado, July 9, 2003
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2003
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2003
- Hail, May 1, 2003
- Tornado, April 30, 2003
- Tornado, April 28, 2003
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Chautauqua CountyEvery warning in Chautauqua 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.