Kansas

Storm History: Riley County, Kansas

541 episodes, 852 events since 1950

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Riley 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
852
Deaths
2
Injuries
63
Damage
$112 million
Episodes
541

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
Hail30011$6.1 million
Tornado220051$80 million
Flash Flood11803$24 million
Thunderstorm Wind5302$807,000
Winter Storm4600$2,000
Heavy Snow1300$40,000
Winter Weather1301
Heat1200
Drought1100
High Wind1000$1,000
Dense Fog900
Ice Storm814$70,000
Excessive Heat800
Flood700$90,000
Blizzard600
Lightning500$180,000
Cold/Wind Chill400
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Strong Wind301$48,000
Heavy Rain200$190,000

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 Riley County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Riley CountyEvery warning in Riley 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.