Kansas

Storm History: Labette County, Kansas

400 episodes, 712 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Labette 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
712
Deaths
3
Injuries
46
Damage
$85 million
Episodes
400

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
Tornado236344$80 million
Hail22400$1.5 million
Flash Flood8000$1.7 million
Drought3600$100,000
Thunderstorm Wind3300$282,000
Flood3300$57,000
Winter Storm1400$500,000
Heavy Snow1100
Excessive Heat800
Ice Storm600$2,000
Heat600
Winter Weather600
Blizzard300$10,000
Wildfire300
High Wind202$37,000
Cold/Wind Chill200
Heavy Rain200
Lightning100$20,000
Sleet100
Frost/Freeze100
Dust Storm100$5,000
Strong Wind100
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100
Funnel Cloud100

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 Labette County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Labette CountyEvery warning in Labette 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.