High Wind in Kansas

Events

3,336

Deaths

6

Injuries

40

Damage

$21 million

• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, May 3 to 12, 19996 deaths · 154 injured · $143 million · F4 · 63 eventsMinor roof damage inflicted to a business in Mayfield. Just north of Mayfield, a metal outbuilding was partially unroofed with minor roof damage inflicted to the adjacent house.
• Dust Storm and Damaging Winds in Kansas, March 14, 20258 deaths · 45 injured · 67 kt wind · 19 eventsA strong cold front moved east through Northwest Kansas during the afternoon. As the cold front moved into Kansas, a wall of dust formed along the front, with the blowing dust continuing for hours afterward.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, April 25 to 30, 20093 deaths · 4 injured · $8.1 million · EF1 · 83 eventsA slow moving frontal boundary in conjunction with rich low-level moisture and various upper level disturbances resulted in numerous rounds of heavy showers and thunderstorms from the afternoon of the 25th into the evening hours of the 27th across portions of central,…
• Tornadoes and Dust Storm in Kansas, April 29 to 30, 20226 injured · $42 million · EF3 · 41 eventsA powerful low pressure system approached Kansas on Friday April 29th allowing a sharp dryline to track generally along Interstate 135.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 29, 20042 deaths · 2 injured · 78 kt wind · 48 eventsThis major, widespread damaging wind event began during the afternoon as thunderstorms developed across eastern Colorado and moved into extreme NW Kansas and extreme SW Nebraska.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, June 8 to 30, 19981 injured · $35 million · F0 · 226 eventsTwo cars side-swiped on Highway 18. One patrol car sustained broken windshield. Part of the wheat crop also sustained damage.
• Wildfire and Dust Storm in Kansas, December 15 to 17, 20211 death · 4 injured · $615,000 · 104 kt wind · 32 eventsDuring the morning to mid-afternoon hours, an intense low pressure system moved away from the Colorado Front Range and across the Central High Plains. This system was responsible for generating two rounds of high winds in Northwest Kansas.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, May 15 to 16, 2003$17 million · F2 · 39 eventsThe tornado began 1 mile west of town and first tore through the northwest part of Liberal destroying several mobile homes and throwing a pickup into the debris. Other homes in the area received heavy roof damage.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 6 to 24, 1998$8.0 million · F1 · 122 eventsWindows broken in an area near Wilson.
• Wildfire and Damaging Winds in Kansas, December 15 to 16, 20211 death · $1.8 million · 84 kt wind · 16 eventsA historic onslaught of swiftly-moving severe thunderstorms followed by several hours of intense/damaging non-convective winds that stirred up clouds of blowing dust and sparked a few large wildfires unfolded within this six-county North Central Kansas area on this Wednesday…
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, May 28 to 29, 2013EF3 · 44 eventsSupercell Thunderstorms developed along a stationary boundary and produced large tornadoes during the afternoon and evening of May 28th 2013. 2 tornadoes occurred in Nemaha county Kansas and at least 1 violent long lived tornado occurred in Ottawa County Kansas.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, April 10 to 11, 2001$1.1 million · F2 · 59 eventsHail covered the ground.
• High Wind in Kansas, January 17 to 18, 19961 death · $200,000 · 61 kt wind · 27 eventsSeveral semi trucks blown off the road. Many structures with roof damage. Numerous power outages.
• Wildfire and Dust Storm in Kansas, December 2, 20221 death · $208,000 · 65 kt wind · 24 eventsIn the latter half of the morning on December 2nd, strong, dry southwesterly winds began picking up dirt and dust in Eastern Colorado and Western Kansas.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, May 1 to 29, 19971 injured · $259,000 · F0 · 163 eventsTrees and power lines blown down in center of town.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, February 24 to 25, 20001 death · $167,000 · 1 in hail · 14 eventsEstimated 70 mph winds hit northwest Great Bend damaging a telephone pole, fences and a chimney (blown down).
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 29 to 30, 20005 injured · $21 million · 2.75 in hail · 33 eventsHail covered ground to a depth of one inch.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, April 6, 2006$910,000 · F2 · 37 eventsThis tornado touched down 2.5 mile southwest of Manchester at 3:03pm cst and travelled 2.5 miles before lifting 1 mile west of Manchester at 3:08pm cst. The tornado was originally spotted by law enforcement as well as an off-duty NWS employee.
• Wildfire and High Wind in Kansas, December 15 to 16, 20211 death · 73 kt wind · 64 eventsA very strong cold front approached the area from the northwest with a strong gradient and low level jet ahead of it out of the southwest to west prior to the frontal passage.
• Wildfire and High Wind in Kansas, April 29, 20111 death · 2 injured · $25,000 · 51 kt wind · 9 eventsStrong low pressure over the western high plains resulted in very strong southerly winds across central and south-central Kansas from the late morning through the afternoon on the 29th. Winds were sustained at around 40 mph at times, with periodic gusts to around 60 mph.
• Damaging Wind and High Wind in Kansas, April 16, 20021 death · $50,000 · 52 kt wind · 9 eventsWind gusts between 60 and 65 mph were common from Sherman County to Gove County. Due to dry conditions and recently plowed fields, the strong winds produced areas of blowing dust, which limited visibilities to near zero.
• Tornado and Hail in Kansas, April 6 to 7, 200612 injured · $225,000 · F1 · 7 eventsA barn suffered minor damage.
• Blizzard and Winter Storm in Kansas, December 27, 20181 death · 50 kt wind · 19 eventsA winter storm system brought wide spread precipitation to Northwest Kansas, beginning on the 26th. The precipitation began as rain then transitioned to snow during the night of the 26th. Winds became strong as the rain changed over to snow the night of the 26th.
• Dust Storm and High Wind in Kansas, February 17, 20261 death · 70 kt wind · 16 eventsIn the midday of the 17th, west-southwesterly winds began gusting up to close to 70 MPH ahead of a cold front. Behind the front high winds continued.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, April 2 to 8, 19992 injured · $2.8 million · F0 · 40 eventsSynoptic-scale high winds of 39-53kts with gusts to 63kts ripped across Central Kansas from mid-morning thru late afternoon. The high winds tore the roof off a modular building around 9:30 am at St. Francis Academy, 5 miles west of Salina.

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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.