Storm History: McPherson County, Kansas
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in McPherson 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
- 1,184
- Deaths
- 6
- Injuries
- 28
- Damage
- $103 million
- Episodes
- 565
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 372 | 2 | 19 | $85 million |
| Hail | 346 | 0 | 3 | $3.7 million |
| Flood | 104 | 0 | 0 | $2.3 million |
| Flash Flood | 103 | 0 | 0 | $560,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 78 | 0 | 0 | $530,000 |
| Drought | 56 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Winter Storm | 33 | 0 | 1 | $103,000 |
| High Wind | 24 | 0 | 0 | $40,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 17 | 1 | 3 | $10,000 |
| Winter Weather | 12 | 3 | 1 | |
| Blizzard | 8 | 0 | 1 | $310,000 |
| Ice Storm | 6 | 0 | 0 | $9.8 million |
| Excessive Heat | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Sleet | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, March 13, 1990
- Tornado, June 15, 1992
- Ice Storm, December 10, 2007
- Tornado, May 13, 1974
- Tornado, May 24, 1990
- Hail, May 7, 2014
- Flood, November 1, 1998
- Hail, May 31, 2007
- Tornado, June 11, 2002
- Flood, June 27, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2010
- Tornado, June 20, 2009
- Blizzard, March 27, 2009
- Flood, June 5, 2014
- Tornado, June 8, 1950
- Tornado, September 25, 1973
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2000
- Tornado, August 19, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2009
- Tornado, August 23, 2001
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Flash Flood, May 15, 2002
- Flood, June 27, 2013
- Flood, July 23, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 23, 2007
- Flood, June 5, 2014
- Hail, September 3, 2025
- Tornado, May 6, 2024
- Hail, March 12, 2006
- Tornado, June 10, 2026
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2019
- Hail, May 29, 2018
- Hail, June 15, 2017
- Hail, June 17, 2011
- Flood, July 8, 2009
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, March 13, 1990
- Tornado, June 8, 1950
- Tornado, March 26, 1991
- Tornado, June 15, 1992
- Tornado, May 7, 1993
- Tornado, May 3, 1999
- Tornado, April 14, 2012
- Tornado, November 27, 1960
- Tornado, May 24, 1962
- Tornado, April 22, 1964
- Tornado, June 21, 1969
- Tornado, June 6, 1971
- Tornado, September 25, 1973
- Tornado, April 26, 1984
- Tornado, May 24, 1990
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, June 20, 2026
- Tornado, June 10, 2026
- Tornado, June 8, 2026
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Hail, May 18, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Tornado, April 26, 2026
- Drought, April 21, 2026
- High Wind, March 15, 2026
- Hail, March 1, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 23, 2026
- Hail, September 3, 2025
- Hail, July 30, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2025
- Tornado, June 17, 2025
- Flood, June 14, 2025
- Hail, May 19, 2025
- Tornado, May 18, 2025
- Hail, April 23, 2025
- Hail, April 22, 2025
- Tornado, April 1, 2025
- Wildfire, March 14, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2025
- Blizzard, January 4, 2025
- Hail, September 20, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 14, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2024
- Flood, June 18, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 2024
- Flood, June 4, 2024
- Drought, June 1, 2024
- Hail, May 31, 2024
- Tornado, May 25, 2024
- Tornado, May 19, 2024
- Tornado, May 6, 2024
- Drought, May 1, 2024
- High Wind, April 6, 2024
- Drought, April 1, 2024
- Drought, March 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
- Dense Fog, November 7, 2023
- Dense Fog, November 6, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 22, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2023
- Flood, August 5, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2023
- Drought, August 1, 2023
- Hail, July 22, 2023
- Hail, July 14, 2023
- Hail, July 4, 2023
- Drought, July 1, 2023
- Flood, June 17, 2023
- Hail, June 10, 2023
- Hail, June 9, 2023
- Flood, June 5, 2023
- Drought, June 1, 2023
- Drought, May 1, 2023
- Tornado, April 19, 2023
- Hail, April 14, 2023
- Drought, April 1, 2023
- Drought, March 1, 2023
- Drought, February 1, 2023
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2023
- Drought, January 1, 2023
- Drought, December 1, 2022
- Heavy Rain, November 5, 2022
- Heavy Rain, November 4, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- High Wind, October 23, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2022
- Hail, September 17, 2022
- Drought, September 1, 2022
- Hail, July 1, 2022
- Hail, June 10, 2022
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2022
- Hail, May 14, 2022
- Drought, May 1, 2022
- Hail, April 10, 2022
- Drought, April 1, 2022
- Heavy Snow, March 10, 2022
- Drought, March 1, 2022
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2022
- Wildfire, December 15, 2021
- High Wind, October 28, 2021
- Heavy Rain, September 4, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2021
- Flood, August 7, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 24, 2021
- Tornado, May 25, 2021
- Flash Flood, May 14, 2021
- Hail, April 6, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 6, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 6, 2021
- High Wind, January 14, 2021
- High Wind, October 11, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2020
- Flood, July 15, 2020
- Hail, June 18, 2020
- High Wind, June 9, 2020
- Flood, May 22, 2020
- High Wind, April 12, 2020
- Heavy Snow, February 25, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 19, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 12, 2020
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2020
- Winter Storm, January 10, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2019
- High Wind, November 30, 2019
- Heavy Snow, November 22, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 1, 2019
- Hail, September 27, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 17, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2019
- Hail, June 23, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 26, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 20, 2019
- Flood, May 18, 2019
- Tornado, May 7, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 19, 2019
- Ice Storm, February 6, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 11, 2019
- Blizzard, November 25, 2018
- Winter Weather, November 8, 2018
- Flood, October 8, 2018
- Flood, September 5, 2018
- Drought, August 1, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2018
- Hail, July 19, 2018
- Flood, July 16, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2018
- Drought, July 1, 2018
- Hail, June 11, 2018
- Drought, June 1, 2018
- Hail, May 29, 2018
- Tornado, May 2, 2018
- Drought, May 1, 2018
- High Wind, March 6, 2018
- Drought, March 1, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 21, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 4, 2018
- Drought, February 1, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 11, 2018
- Flood, September 16, 2017
- Hail, June 15, 2017
- Hail, May 27, 2017
- Tornado, May 18, 2017
- Flash Flood, April 15, 2017
- Hail, March 24, 2017
- Ice Storm, January 13, 2017
- Flood, September 24, 2016
- Flash Flood, September 8, 2016
- Flood, August 29, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 19, 2016
- Tornado, July 28, 2016
- Hail, July 11, 2016
- Hail, July 5, 2016
- Tornado, July 2, 2016
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2016
- Flood, May 29, 2016
- Tornado, May 26, 2016
- Hail, May 9, 2016
- Tornado, April 24, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 26, 2015
- Flash Flood, December 12, 2015
- Ice Storm, November 29, 2015
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2015
- Hail, August 22, 2015
- Flood, August 5, 2015
- Hail, July 18, 2015
- Tornado, July 13, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2015
- Hail, May 7, 2015
- Hail, April 16, 2015
- Hail, April 12, 2015
- Tornado, April 2, 2015
- Winter Weather, December 30, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 1, 2014
- Hail, August 31, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2014
- Hail, June 14, 2014
- Flood, June 5, 2014
- Drought, June 1, 2014
- Flood, May 22, 2014
- Tornado, May 11, 2014
- Hail, May 7, 2014
- Drought, May 1, 2014
- Hail, April 12, 2014
- Tornado, April 2, 2014
- Drought, April 1, 2014
- High Wind, March 26, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2014
- High Wind, February 20, 2014
- Winter Weather, February 9, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2014
- High Wind, January 26, 2014
- Winter Storm, December 21, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 9, 2013
- Flood, August 6, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 4, 2013
- Hail, August 2, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2013
- Flood, July 23, 2013
- Flood, June 27, 2013
- Hail, June 16, 2013
- Drought, June 1, 2013
- Tornado, May 8, 2013
- Drought, May 1, 2013
- Ice Storm, April 10, 2013
- Hail, April 7, 2013
- Drought, April 1, 2013
- Drought, March 1, 2013
- Blizzard, February 25, 2013
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2013
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Drought, January 1, 2013
- Drought, December 1, 2012
- Hail, November 10, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Drought, June 26, 2012
- Hail, May 30, 2012
- Tornado, April 14, 2012
- Hail, March 29, 2012
- Tornado, February 28, 2012
- Hail, February 20, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2011
- Drought, October 1, 2011
- Hail, September 17, 2011
- Drought, September 1, 2011
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in McPherson CountyEvery warning in McPherson 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.