Storm History: Osage County, Kansas
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Osage 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
- 1,025
- Deaths
- 30
- Injuries
- 38
- Damage
- $36 million
- Episodes
- 569
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 | 396 | 1 | 3 | $852,000 |
| Tornado | 259 | 21 | 14 | $30 million |
| Flash Flood | 139 | 0 | 0 | $3.5 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 59 | 0 | 9 | $90,000 |
| Winter Storm | 44 | 2 | 1 | $1.0 million |
| Flood | 27 | 0 | 0 | $551,000 |
| Dense Fog | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 10 | 0 | 0 | $3,000 |
| High Wind | 10 | 0 | 0 | $201,000 |
| Winter Weather | 9 | 1 | 4 | $60,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 8 | 5 | 7 | |
| Blizzard | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | $35,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, June 8, 1974
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2007
- Tornado, May 8, 2003
- Winter Storm, January 29, 2002
- Tornado, May 16, 1995
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2007
- Tornado, June 7, 1990
- Hail, March 12, 2006
- Flash Flood, November 1, 1998
- Flood, June 11, 2005
- Tornado, May 26, 1955
- Tornado, May 28, 1962
- Tornado, May 23, 1978
- Tornado, June 17, 1978
- Tornado, October 31, 1984
- Hail, June 29, 1998
- High Wind, March 31, 2008
- Flash Flood, May 7, 2007
- Flood, July 1, 2007
- Flood, June 4, 2005
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, July 4, 1992
- Hail, July 11, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2011
- Hail, April 14, 2001
- Hail, May 5, 1986
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2008
- Hail, December 15, 2021
- Hail, June 7, 1982
- Hail, June 21, 1990
- Hail, June 28, 1984
- Hail, May 4, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 15, 2019
- Hail, May 10, 2014
- Hail, April 3, 2011
- Hail, May 15, 2009
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 30, 1972
- Tornado, June 8, 1974
- Tornado, March 26, 1991
- Tornado, May 24, 1962
- Tornado, May 26, 1962
- Tornado, April 22, 1964
- Tornado, June 4, 1965
- Tornado, May 26, 1973
- Tornado, May 4, 1977
- Tornado, May 6, 1983
- Tornado, April 26, 1984
- Tornado, May 16, 1991
- Tornado, May 16, 1995
- Tornado, May 8, 2003
- Tornado, May 21, 2011
Every episode, newest first
- Hail, June 13, 2026
- Tornado, June 8, 2026
- Tornado, May 18, 2026
- Flash Flood, April 26, 2026
- Tornado, April 17, 2026
- Tornado, April 13, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 23, 2026
- Hail, September 3, 2025
- Hail, April 23, 2025
- Blizzard, January 4, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2024
- Flood, July 1, 2024
- Tornado, June 28, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2024
- Tornado, May 19, 2024
- Winter Storm, November 25, 2023
- Flash Flood, October 25, 2023
- Hail, July 30, 2023
- Tornado, May 9, 2023
- Hail, April 4, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 22, 2022
- Hail, June 10, 2022
- Flash Flood, May 17, 2022
- Hail, May 15, 2022
- Tornado, March 29, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2022
- Hail, December 15, 2021
- Hail, August 20, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 24, 2021
- Hail, June 11, 2021
- Hail, March 16, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2021
- Hail, September 27, 2020
- Hail, July 11, 2020
- Hail, May 4, 2020
- Winter Storm, January 17, 2020
- Tornado, September 27, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 29, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 15, 2019
- Hail, July 21, 2019
- Hail, June 15, 2019
- Tornado, May 28, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 5, 2019
- Flash Flood, April 30, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 11, 2019
- Blizzard, November 25, 2018
- Hail, August 16, 2018
- Hail, August 6, 2018
- Hail, May 16, 2018
- Hail, May 14, 2018
- Hail, May 3, 2018
- Tornado, May 2, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2017
- Hail, June 17, 2017
- Tornado, June 16, 2017
- Hail, May 31, 2017
- Hail, May 30, 2017
- Hail, May 27, 2017
- Hail, May 26, 2017
- Tornado, May 18, 2017
- Hail, March 9, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 19, 2016
- Hail, June 16, 2016
- Hail, June 15, 2016
- Tornado, May 26, 2016
- Flood, May 13, 2016
- Tornado, April 26, 2016
- Hail, November 5, 2015
- Hail, September 17, 2015
- Tornado, September 10, 2015
- Hail, August 7, 2015
- Hail, July 15, 2015
- Hail, July 13, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2015
- Tornado, July 6, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 4, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 23, 2015
- Tornado, May 16, 2015
- Hail, March 23, 2015
- Hail, August 31, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 22, 2014
- Hail, July 7, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 2014
- Hail, May 10, 2014
- Hail, May 8, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Hail, October 4, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 31, 2013
- Tornado, May 19, 2013
- Hail, May 8, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 23, 2013
- Winter Storm, February 25, 2013
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2013
- Drought, December 1, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Hail, August 8, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Hail, July 8, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Excessive Heat, June 24, 2012
- Drought, June 19, 2012
- Hail, May 29, 2012
- Tornado, April 27, 2012
- Tornado, March 28, 2012
- Tornado, February 28, 2012
- Funnel Cloud, September 18, 2011
- Heat, August 23, 2011
- Hail, August 18, 2011
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2011
- Heat, August 1, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 30, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 26, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 14, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 10, 2011
- Hail, June 17, 2011
- Hail, June 9, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2011
- Tornado, May 21, 2011
- Hail, April 22, 2011
- Hail, April 3, 2011
- Hail, March 19, 2011
- Blizzard, February 1, 2011
- Flash Flood, September 15, 2010
- Hail, September 2, 2010
- Hail, August 20, 2010
- Hail, August 13, 2010
- Hail, August 10, 2010
- Excessive Heat, August 9, 2010
- Excessive Heat, August 2, 2010
- Excessive Heat, July 22, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 20, 2010
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2010
- Tornado, July 7, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2010
- Tornado, June 8, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 12, 2010
- Hail, May 10, 2010
- Hail, May 6, 2010
- Flash Flood, April 22, 2010
- Hail, April 6, 2010
- Hail, April 5, 2010
- Winter Storm, March 19, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2010
- Blizzard, December 24, 2009
- Hail, September 25, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2009
- Hail, May 15, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 15, 2009
- Tornado, May 13, 2009
- Flash Flood, April 26, 2009
- Hail, April 25, 2009
- Winter Storm, March 27, 2009
- High Wind, March 23, 2009
- Tornado, March 23, 2009
- Hail, March 7, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 9, 2009
- Ice Storm, December 26, 2008
- Hail, July 22, 2008
- Hail, July 2, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2008
- Hail, June 1, 2008
- Hail, May 23, 2008
- Tornado, May 1, 2008
- Hail, April 10, 2008
- High Wind, March 31, 2008
- Heavy Snow, February 5, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2007
- Ice Storm, December 10, 2007
- Winter Weather, December 6, 2007
- Flash Flood, October 17, 2007
- Hail, October 13, 2007
- Dense Fog, September 27, 2007
- Hail, August 20, 2007
- Heat, August 20, 2007
- Heat, August 6, 2007
- Flash Flood, July 31, 2007
- Flood, July 1, 2007
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2007
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2007
- Flash Flood, May 7, 2007
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2007
- Tornado, May 5, 2007
- Winter Weather, April 13, 2007
- Cold/Wind Chill, April 4, 2007
- Tornado, March 30, 2007
- Tornado, February 28, 2007
- Winter Weather, February 16, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2007
- Winter Weather, January 31, 2007
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2007
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2007
- Heavy Snow, December 1, 2006
- Heavy Snow, November 30, 2006
- Winter Storm, November 29, 2006
- Dense Fog, November 6, 2006
- Strong Wind, September 21, 2006
- Hail, September 10, 2006
- Flash Flood, August 25, 2006
- Heat, August 6, 2006
- Hail, August 2, 2006
- Heat, August 1, 2006
- Heat, July 29, 2006
- Heat, July 16, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2006
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2006
- Hail, May 8, 2006
- Hail, April 24, 2006
- Hail, March 12, 2006
- Dense Fog, January 23, 2006
- Dense Fog, December 29, 2005
- Winter Weather, December 17, 2005
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2005
- Winter Weather, November 28, 2005
- Tornado, November 27, 2005
- Flash Flood, October 20, 2005
- Dense Fog, September 16, 2005
- Hail, September 13, 2005
- Flash Flood, August 19, 2005
- Hail, August 12, 2005
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2005
- Hail, July 3, 2005
- Dense Fog, July 1, 2005
- Flash Flood, June 30, 2005
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2005
- Flood, June 11, 2005
- Flood, June 10, 2005
- Tornado, June 8, 2005
- Flood, June 4, 2005
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2005
- Dense Fog, June 2, 2005
- Flash Flood, May 18, 2005
- Flash Flood, May 12, 2005
- Dense Fog, April 8, 2005
- Dense Fog, March 4, 2005
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 4, 2005
- Winter Storm, November 23, 2004
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Osage CountyEvery warning in Osage 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.