Kansas

Storm History: Jefferson County, Kansas

554 episodes, 1,014 events since 1951

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Jefferson 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
1,014
Deaths
2
Injuries
24
Damage
$37 million
Episodes
554

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
Hail36613$2.0 million
Tornado210011$30 million
Flash Flood18508$3.4 million
Thunderstorm Wind9202$396,000
Winter Storm4800$1.0 million
Flood1700$800,000
Heavy Snow1300
Heat1200
High Wind1100$3,000
Drought1100
Excessive Heat1100
Dense Fog1010
Winter Weather800
Blizzard700
Ice Storm600
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Cold/Wind Chill300

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 Jefferson County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Jefferson CountyEvery warning in Jefferson 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.