Storm History: Lincoln County, Kansas
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Lincoln 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
- 774
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 3
- Damage
- $39 million
- Episodes
- 443
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 239 | 0 | 1 | $1.3 million |
| Tornado | 235 | 0 | 2 | $27 million |
| Flash Flood | 76 | 0 | 0 | $1.2 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 43 | 0 | 0 | $35,000 |
| Flood | 41 | 0 | 0 | $95,000 |
| Drought | 37 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 28 | 0 | 0 | $30,000 |
| High Wind | 21 | 0 | 0 | $500 |
| Heavy Snow | 12 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Blizzard | 10 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Wildfire | 6 | 0 | 0 | $12,000 |
| Winter Weather | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 4 | 0 | 0 | $9.8 million |
| Heat | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sleet | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 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.
- Tornado, June 8, 1998
- Ice Storm, December 10, 2007
- Hail, September 3, 2009
- Flash Flood, September 10, 2003
- Tornado, December 25, 2016
- Tornado, July 15, 1956
- Tornado, October 29, 1956
- Flash Flood, May 5, 2007
- Tornado, April 24, 2015
- Tornado, May 4, 2007
- Flash Flood, August 2, 2006
- Tornado, June 1, 2011
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2002
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2014
- Flood, June 27, 2013
- Hail, August 10, 2009
- Tornado, May 7, 1993
- Hail, August 10, 2021
- Tornado, May 6, 1998
- Tornado, April 21, 2001
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Flood, June 27, 2013
- Flood, July 23, 2013
- Hail, May 29, 1991
- Hail, June 26, 1989
- Hail, June 16, 1985
- Hail, June 7, 1965
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2020
- Flood, June 5, 2014
- Hail, April 20, 2005
- Hail, May 8, 1990
- Hail, May 28, 1957
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2019
- Hail, June 15, 2017
- Hail, September 3, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 5, 2008
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, March 26, 1991
- Tornado, June 15, 1992
- Tornado, May 7, 1993
- Tornado, May 3, 1999
- Tornado, April 21, 2001
- Tornado, April 14, 2012
- Tornado, July 15, 1956
- Tornado, October 29, 1956
- Tornado, May 13, 1968
- Tornado, May 16, 1995
- Tornado, May 29, 2004
- Tornado, June 11, 2008
- Tornado, May 19, 2012
- Tornado, May 6, 2015
- Tornado, May 16, 2017
Every episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2026
- Tornado, June 8, 2026
- Hail, May 30, 2026
- Hail, May 18, 2026
- Tornado, May 17, 2026
- Tornado, April 26, 2026
- Drought, April 21, 2026
- Hail, April 9, 2026
- High Wind, March 15, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 23, 2026
- High Wind, December 18, 2025
- Flash Flood, September 8, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 9, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2025
- Tornado, June 17, 2025
- Tornado, May 18, 2025
- Hail, March 27, 2025
- Blizzard, March 18, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2025
- Blizzard, January 4, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2024
- Hail, June 13, 2024
- Tornado, May 25, 2024
- Tornado, May 19, 2024
- Drought, May 1, 2024
- High Wind, April 6, 2024
- Drought, April 1, 2024
- Drought, February 1, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 8, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2024
- Drought, January 1, 2024
- Drought, December 1, 2023
- Winter Storm, November 25, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Heavy Rain, August 3, 2023
- Drought, August 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2023
- Hail, July 14, 2023
- Drought, July 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2023
- Drought, June 1, 2023
- Drought, May 1, 2023
- Hail, April 14, 2023
- Drought, April 1, 2023
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2023
- Winter Weather, November 14, 2022
- Heavy Rain, November 4, 2022
- High Wind, October 23, 2022
- Hail, September 17, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 19, 2022
- Hail, July 6, 2022
- Tornado, June 23, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 5, 2022
- Hail, May 14, 2022
- Hail, May 12, 2022
- Drought, May 1, 2022
- High Wind, April 22, 2022
- Hail, April 10, 2022
- Drought, April 1, 2022
- Heavy Snow, March 10, 2022
- Drought, March 1, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2022
- Wildfire, December 15, 2021
- High Wind, October 28, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 12, 2021
- Heavy Rain, September 3, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2021
- Hail, August 12, 2021
- Hail, August 10, 2021
- Flood, August 7, 2021
- Flash Flood, May 14, 2021
- Flood, May 8, 2021
- Hail, April 6, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 6, 2021
- Heavy Snow, January 25, 2021
- High Wind, January 14, 2021
- Hail, August 14, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2020
- Hail, June 18, 2020
- High Wind, June 9, 2020
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2020
- Hail, May 4, 2020
- High Wind, April 12, 2020
- Heavy Snow, February 25, 2020
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2020
- Winter Storm, January 10, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2019
- High Wind, December 1, 2019
- High Wind, November 30, 2019
- Heavy Snow, November 22, 2019
- Hail, September 24, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 26, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2019
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2019
- Blizzard, February 23, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 19, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 11, 2019
- Blizzard, November 25, 2018
- Hail, September 1, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2018
- Drought, June 1, 2018
- Hail, May 3, 2018
- Tornado, May 2, 2018
- Tornado, May 1, 2018
- Drought, May 1, 2018
- Drought, April 1, 2018
- High Wind, March 6, 2018
- Drought, March 1, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 4, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 18, 2017
- Hail, June 20, 2017
- Hail, June 15, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2017
- Tornado, May 16, 2017
- Flash Flood, April 15, 2017
- Ice Storm, January 13, 2017
- Tornado, December 25, 2016
- Hail, October 4, 2016
- Flood, August 29, 2016
- Hail, July 11, 2016
- Hail, July 5, 2016
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2016
- Tornado, May 26, 2016
- Hail, May 8, 2016
- Tornado, April 24, 2016
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2015
- Flood, August 5, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2015
- Hail, June 7, 2015
- Tornado, May 6, 2015
- Tornado, April 24, 2015
- Hail, September 30, 2014
- Hail, September 9, 2014
- Hail, August 31, 2014
- Hail, June 14, 2014
- Flood, June 5, 2014
- Drought, June 1, 2014
- Flood, June 1, 2014
- Tornado, May 11, 2014
- Hail, May 7, 2014
- Drought, May 1, 2014
- Drought, April 1, 2014
- High Wind, March 26, 2014
- High Wind, February 20, 2014
- Winter Weather, February 9, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2014
- High Wind, November 3, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2013
- Flood, July 23, 2013
- Hail, July 9, 2013
- Flood, June 27, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2013
- Hail, June 16, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 29, 2013
- Tornado, May 28, 2013
- Drought, May 1, 2013
- Drought, April 1, 2013
- Drought, March 1, 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
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Wildfire, July 25, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Drought, June 26, 2012
- Hail, May 30, 2012
- Tornado, May 19, 2012
- Tornado, April 14, 2012
- Hail, August 18, 2011
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 14, 2011
- Hail, June 16, 2011
- Hail, June 16, 2011
- Tornado, June 1, 2011
- Hail, May 30, 2011
- Flood, May 25, 2011
- Tornado, May 24, 2011
- Hail, May 24, 2011
- Tornado, May 19, 2011
- Hail, May 11, 2011
- Drought, May 10, 2011
- Tornado, April 14, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 8, 2011
- Blizzard, February 1, 2011
- Blizzard, January 31, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 9, 2011
- Flash Flood, September 15, 2010
- Hail, September 13, 2010
- Flood, August 31, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2010
- Heat, August 8, 2010
- Hail, August 1, 2010
- Heat, August 1, 2010
- Excessive Heat, July 16, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2010
- Excessive Heat, June 20, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2010
- Hail, April 29, 2010
- Flood, April 22, 2010
- Winter Storm, March 19, 2010
- Heavy Snow, January 28, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 6, 2009
- Winter Weather, November 15, 2009
- Hail, September 3, 2009
- Flood, August 25, 2009
- Hail, August 17, 2009
- Hail, August 10, 2009
- Tornado, July 20, 2009
- Tornado, June 20, 2009
- Tornado, June 15, 2009
- Tornado, April 25, 2009
- Blizzard, March 27, 2009
- Tornado, March 23, 2009
- High Wind, November 6, 2008
- Flood, August 24, 2008
- Tornado, June 11, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 5, 2008
- Flash Flood, May 26, 2008
- Tornado, May 25, 2008
- Tornado, May 23, 2008
- Hail, May 22, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2008
- Heavy Snow, December 14, 2007
- Ice Storm, December 10, 2007
- Flash Flood, October 12, 2007
- Flash Flood, August 1, 2007
- High Wind, June 6, 2007
- Flash Flood, May 5, 2007
- Tornado, May 4, 2007
- Winter Storm, April 5, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, April 4, 2007
- High Wind, February 24, 2007
- Hail, February 23, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2007
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2007
- Sleet, January 12, 2007
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Lincoln CountyEvery warning in Lincoln 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.