Kansas

Storm History: Morris County, Kansas

438 episodes, 638 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Morris 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
638
Deaths
3
Injuries
8
Damage
$8.9 million
Episodes
438

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
Hail22200$34,000
Tornado15608$7.7 million
Flash Flood7110$679,000
Winter Storm3700
Thunderstorm Wind3600$49,000
Flood1400$400,000
Dense Fog1400
Heavy Snow1300
Heat1320
Drought1100
High Wind900
Winter Weather900$3,000
Excessive Heat800
Ice Storm700
Blizzard500
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Cold/Wind Chill300
Funnel Cloud300
Strong Wind200$20,000
Lightning100$500

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 Morris County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Morris CountyEvery warning in Morris 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.