Storm History: Phillips County, Kansas
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Phillips 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
- 783
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 4
- Damage
- $103 million
- Episodes
- 484
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 | 297 | 0 | 2 | $34 million |
| Tornado | 167 | 0 | 2 | $23 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 75 | 0 | 0 | $1.5 million |
| Drought | 55 | 0 | 0 | $40 million |
| Winter Storm | 44 | 0 | 0 | $255,000 |
| Flash Flood | 37 | 0 | 0 | $3.0 million |
| Winter Weather | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 21 | 0 | 0 | $80,000 |
| Blizzard | 17 | 0 | 0 | $150,000 |
| Flood | 12 | 0 | 0 | $252,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 5 | 0 | 0 | $570,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 2 | 0 | 0 | $250,000 |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | $75,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Drought, October 1, 2013
- Drought, September 1, 2000
- Drought, December 1, 2002
- Tornado, June 29, 2000
- Hail, July 31, 2024
- Tornado, May 10, 1985
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Hail, July 26, 2008
- Hail, August 5, 2023
- Hail, September 10, 2015
- Hail, May 26, 2002
- Hail, May 27, 2012
- Hail, June 15, 2002
- Tornado, May 14, 1999
- Flash Flood, May 22, 2008
- Flash Flood, September 3, 2016
- Tornado, May 31, 2007
- Hail, May 2, 2012
- Hail, May 14, 2022
- Hail, July 14, 2023
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, May 20, 1957
- Tornado, May 10, 1985
- Tornado, June 15, 1992
- Tornado, May 7, 1993
- Tornado, May 25, 1965
- Tornado, May 31, 1978
- Tornado, April 11, 1991
- Tornado, May 29, 2008
- Tornado, June 26, 1952
- Tornado, May 27, 1955
- Tornado, June 15, 1970
- Tornado, June 5, 1974
- Tornado, April 19, 1979
- Tornado, May 31, 1980
- Tornado, June 7, 1994
Every episode, newest first
- High Wind, March 15, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 9, 2025
- Drought, May 27, 2025
- Blizzard, March 18, 2025
- High Wind, March 4, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 17, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 14, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 11, 2025
- Blizzard, January 4, 2025
- Hail, July 31, 2024
- Hail, June 18, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 31, 2024
- Hail, May 6, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 1, 2024
- Hail, April 27, 2024
- Tornado, April 15, 2024
- High Wind, April 6, 2024
- Winter Weather, March 25, 2024
- Drought, February 1, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 11, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 11, 2024
- Blizzard, January 8, 2024
- Drought, January 1, 2024
- Winter Storm, December 25, 2023
- Winter Weather, December 2, 2023
- Drought, December 1, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Hail, October 3, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Hail, September 21, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Hail, August 25, 2023
- Heat, August 19, 2023
- Hail, August 5, 2023
- Drought, August 1, 2023
- Hail, July 16, 2023
- Hail, July 14, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2023
- Hail, July 4, 2023
- Drought, July 1, 2023
- Hail, June 29, 2023
- Drought, June 1, 2023
- Hail, May 7, 2023
- Drought, May 1, 2023
- Drought, April 1, 2023
- Drought, March 1, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2023
- Drought, February 1, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 21, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2023
- Drought, January 1, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 2022
- Drought, December 1, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 20, 2022
- Drought, September 13, 2022
- Hail, August 18, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 5, 2022
- Drought, June 1, 2022
- Hail, May 14, 2022
- Hail, May 12, 2022
- Drought, May 1, 2022
- Hail, April 29, 2022
- Flash Flood, April 28, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 22, 2022
- High Wind, April 12, 2022
- High Wind, April 7, 2022
- High Wind, April 6, 2022
- Drought, April 1, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 9, 2022
- Drought, March 8, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2022
- Wildfire, December 15, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2021
- Flood, May 2, 2021
- Winter Weather, April 19, 2021
- High Wind, March 29, 2021
- Drought, March 1, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 12, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 7, 2021
- Drought, February 1, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2021
- High Wind, January 14, 2021
- Drought, January 1, 2021
- High Wind, December 23, 2020
- Drought, December 1, 2020
- High Wind, November 14, 2020
- Drought, November 3, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 11, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2020
- High Wind, June 9, 2020
- Heavy Snow, February 24, 2020
- High Wind, November 30, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2019
- Flood, May 27, 2019
- Hail, May 23, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 21, 2019
- Hail, April 10, 2019
- Blizzard, March 13, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 2, 2019
- Blizzard, February 23, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 19, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 11, 2019
- Blizzard, December 27, 2018
- Winter Weather, December 1, 2018
- Blizzard, November 25, 2018
- Winter Weather, October 14, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2018
- Hail, July 19, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 2018
- Hail, May 28, 2018
- Hail, May 23, 2018
- Tornado, May 1, 2018
- Hail, March 23, 2018
- Wildfire, March 5, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 10, 2018
- Blizzard, January 22, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 24, 2017
- Flash Flood, October 2, 2017
- Tornado, October 1, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2017
- Hail, June 13, 2017
- Hail, May 19, 2017
- Hail, May 16, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 15, 2017
- Hail, May 9, 2017
- Ice Storm, January 15, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 4, 2017
- Tornado, December 25, 2016
- Flash Flood, September 3, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2016
- Hail, June 17, 2016
- Hail, June 3, 2016
- Hail, May 29, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 23, 2016
- Hail, May 10, 2016
- Tornado, May 8, 2016
- High Wind, February 19, 2016
- Blizzard, February 1, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 24, 2015
- Hail, September 10, 2015
- Hail, August 6, 2015
- Flash Flood, August 4, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 24, 2015
- Hail, June 4, 2015
- Hail, May 29, 2015
- Hail, April 24, 2015
- Hail, April 18, 2015
- Flood, August 27, 2014
- Hail, August 22, 2014
- Hail, August 17, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2014
- Tornado, June 14, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2014
- Drought, June 1, 2014
- Hail, June 1, 2014
- Hail, May 11, 2014
- Drought, May 1, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 23, 2014
- Drought, April 1, 2014
- Drought, March 1, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 22, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2014
- Drought, February 1, 2014
- Drought, January 1, 2014
- Heavy Snow, December 7, 2013
- Drought, December 1, 2013
- High Wind, November 17, 2013
- Drought, November 1, 2013
- Drought, October 1, 2013
- Drought, September 1, 2013
- Drought, August 1, 2013
- Drought, July 1, 2013
- Drought, June 1, 2013
- Tornado, May 29, 2013
- Hail, May 18, 2013
- Drought, May 1, 2013
- Hail, April 22, 2013
- Drought, April 1, 2013
- Blizzard, March 9, 2013
- Drought, March 1, 2013
- Heavy Snow, February 20, 2013
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Drought, January 1, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 31, 2012
- Blizzard, December 19, 2012
- Drought, December 1, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Hail, September 4, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Hail, June 14, 2012
- Drought, June 12, 2012
- Hail, May 27, 2012
- Hail, May 2, 2012
- Tornado, April 27, 2012
- Tornado, April 14, 2012
- Tornado, February 28, 2012
- Winter Storm, February 3, 2012
- Winter Weather, December 3, 2011
- High Wind, November 26, 2011
- Winter Weather, November 16, 2011
- Hail, August 9, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 15, 2011
- Tornado, June 20, 2011
- Tornado, June 1, 2011
- Hail, May 30, 2011
- Hail, May 21, 2011
- High Wind, April 15, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 24, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2011
- Winter Weather, January 19, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 8, 2011
- Winter Weather, December 30, 2010
- Hail, September 13, 2010
- Hail, July 12, 2010
- Hail, June 26, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2010
- Tornado, June 20, 2010
- Tornado, June 19, 2010
- Hail, June 17, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 11, 2010
- Hail, May 6, 2010
- Hail, April 14, 2010
- Hail, April 1, 2010
- Blizzard, December 25, 2009
- Winter Storm, December 7, 2009
- Hail, September 7, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 15, 2009
- Hail, August 5, 2009
- Hail, August 2, 2009
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Phillips CountyEvery warning in Phillips 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.