Kansas

Storm History: McPherson County, Kansas

565 episodes, 1,184 events since 1950

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.

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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
Tornado372219$85 million
Hail34603$3.7 million
Flood10400$2.3 million
Flash Flood10300$560,000
Thunderstorm Wind7800$530,000
Drought5600$100,000
Winter Storm3301$103,000
High Wind2400$40,000
Heavy Snow1713$10,000
Winter Weather1231
Blizzard801$310,000
Ice Storm600$9.8 million
Excessive Heat600
Heavy Rain600
Wildfire400
Heat300
Dense Fog200
Lightning100$10,000
Sleet100
Frost/Freeze100
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100

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 McPherson County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

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.