Kansas

Storm History: Harvey County, Kansas

477 episodes, 836 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Harvey 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
836
Deaths
4
Injuries
105
Damage
$68 million
Episodes
477

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
Tornado293166$55 million
Hail20002$317,000
Flash Flood10700$3.3 million
Drought5700$4.1 million
Thunderstorm Wind3400$73,000
Flood3010$1.0 million
Winter Storm27017$365,000
High Wind2200$84,000
Heavy Snow1211$250,000
Winter Weather12115$100,000
Blizzard904$120,000
Wildfire700$30,000
Excessive Heat700
Ice Storm500$3.8 million
Heavy Rain500
Heat400
Lightning200$6,000
Sleet100
Frost/Freeze100
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 Harvey County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Harvey CountyEvery warning in Harvey 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.