Storm History: Rooks County, Kansas
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Rooks 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
- 755
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 10
- Damage
- $112 million
- Episodes
- 455
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 | 279 | 0 | 3 | $26 million |
| Tornado | 176 | 0 | 7 | $31 million |
| Drought | 54 | 0 | 0 | $40 million |
| Flash Flood | 49 | 0 | 0 | $7.0 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 43 | 0 | 0 | $4.6 million |
| Winter Storm | 38 | 0 | 0 | $350,000 |
| High Wind | 30 | 0 | 0 | $70,000 |
| Winter Weather | 27 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 21 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Flood | 7 | 0 | 0 | $130,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 6 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 5 | 0 | 0 | $1.7 million |
| Ice Storm | 4 | 0 | 0 | $525,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 2 | 0 | 0 | $250,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Storm | 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
- Hail, August 9, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 5, 2022
- Tornado, May 10, 1985
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Tornado, June 29, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2019
- Tornado, May 29, 2008
- Tornado, May 23, 2008
- Tornado, April 11, 1991
- Hail, May 27, 2012
- Tornado, April 25, 1990
- Tornado, June 15, 1992
- Hail, June 15, 2002
- Hail, May 6, 2024
- Hail, May 25, 2024
- Tornado, June 9, 2005
- Hail, June 5, 2008
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 10, 1985
- Tornado, June 15, 1992
- Tornado, May 7, 1993
- Tornado, April 22, 1964
- Tornado, May 13, 1968
- Tornado, April 25, 1990
- Tornado, April 11, 1991
- Tornado, May 16, 1991
- Tornado, May 29, 2008
- Tornado, July 7, 1951
- Tornado, May 28, 1959
- Tornado, May 27, 1962
- Tornado, April 19, 1964
- Tornado, May 22, 1972
- Tornado, July 27, 1972
Every episode, newest first
- High Wind, March 15, 2026
- Hail, August 18, 2025
- Hail, August 17, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 9, 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 11, 2025
- Blizzard, January 4, 2025
- Hail, July 31, 2024
- Hail, May 25, 2024
- Hail, May 6, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 1, 2024
- Drought, May 1, 2024
- Tornado, April 15, 2024
- High Wind, April 6, 2024
- Drought, April 1, 2024
- Winter Weather, March 25, 2024
- Hail, March 13, 2024
- Drought, March 1, 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
- Drought, December 1, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Hail, October 3, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Hail, August 25, 2023
- Heat, August 19, 2023
- Hail, August 5, 2023
- Drought, August 1, 2023
- Hail, July 14, 2023
- Drought, July 1, 2023
- Hail, June 30, 2023
- Drought, June 1, 2023
- Hail, May 9, 2023
- Hail, May 7, 2023
- Drought, May 1, 2023
- Drought, April 1, 2023
- High Wind, March 31, 2023
- High Wind, March 30, 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
- Dust Storm, October 23, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2022
- Drought, September 1, 2022
- Drought, August 1, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2022
- Drought, July 19, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 5, 2022
- Drought, May 1, 2022
- Hail, April 29, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 22, 2022
- High Wind, April 7, 2022
- High Wind, April 6, 2022
- Drought, April 1, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 22, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 9, 2022
- Drought, March 1, 2022
- Drought, February 15, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2022
- Wildfire, December 15, 2021
- High Wind, October 28, 2021
- Hail, August 12, 2021
- Hail, August 10, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2021
- Hail, June 25, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2021
- Hail, May 26, 2021
- Flash Flood, May 16, 2021
- Hail, May 8, 2021
- Flood, May 2, 2021
- Winter Weather, April 19, 2021
- High Wind, March 29, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 12, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 7, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2021
- High Wind, January 14, 2021
- High Wind, December 23, 2020
- High Wind, August 9, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2020
- Hail, June 20, 2020
- High Wind, June 9, 2020
- Heavy Snow, February 24, 2020
- Winter Weather, December 14, 2019
- High Wind, November 30, 2019
- High Wind, October 21, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 24, 2019
- Hail, August 17, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2019
- Tornado, May 28, 2019
- Flood, May 27, 2019
- Tornado, May 26, 2019
- Tornado, May 21, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 21, 2019
- Blizzard, March 13, 2019
- High Wind, March 9, 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, November 8, 2018
- Winter Weather, October 14, 2018
- Hail, September 20, 2018
- Hail, July 25, 2018
- Hail, June 13, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 2018
- Hail, May 29, 2018
- Hail, May 28, 2018
- Hail, May 24, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 10, 2018
- Blizzard, January 22, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 24, 2017
- Wildfire, November 24, 2017
- Tornado, October 1, 2017
- Hail, July 22, 2017
- Hail, June 28, 2017
- Hail, June 20, 2017
- Hail, June 15, 2017
- Hail, May 18, 2017
- Hail, May 16, 2017
- Wildfire, March 6, 2017
- Ice Storm, January 15, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 4, 2017
- Flash Flood, September 3, 2016
- Hail, July 30, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 23, 2016
- Tornado, May 8, 2016
- Blizzard, February 1, 2016
- Winter Weather, January 20, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 13, 2015
- Hail, September 10, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 24, 2015
- Tornado, June 3, 2015
- Tornado, May 6, 2015
- Hail, April 24, 2015
- Hail, April 18, 2015
- Hail, September 3, 2014
- Flood, August 27, 2014
- Hail, August 21, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2014
- Tornado, June 14, 2014
- Hail, June 11, 2014
- Drought, June 1, 2014
- Hail, June 1, 2014
- Drought, May 1, 2014
- Drought, April 1, 2014
- Drought, March 1, 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
- Hail, October 14, 2013
- Drought, October 1, 2013
- Drought, September 1, 2013
- Drought, August 1, 2013
- Drought, July 1, 2013
- Hail, June 24, 2013
- Drought, June 1, 2013
- Tornado, May 29, 2013
- Hail, May 18, 2013
- Hail, May 8, 2013
- Drought, May 1, 2013
- Winter Weather, April 22, 2013
- Hail, April 22, 2013
- Hail, April 9, 2013
- Hail, April 7, 2013
- Drought, April 1, 2013
- Blizzard, March 9, 2013
- Drought, March 1, 2013
- Heavy Snow, February 20, 2013
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 29, 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 6, 2012
- Hail, September 4, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Hail, August 23, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Hail, July 25, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Hail, June 14, 2012
- Drought, June 12, 2012
- Hail, May 27, 2012
- Hail, May 26, 2012
- Hail, April 2, 2012
- Winter Storm, February 3, 2012
- Winter Storm, December 19, 2011
- Winter Weather, December 3, 2011
- High Wind, November 26, 2011
- Hail, August 9, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 15, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2011
- Tornado, June 1, 2011
- High Wind, April 15, 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, July 14, 2010
- Tornado, June 20, 2010
- Tornado, June 19, 2010
- Hail, June 17, 2010
- Hail, June 13, 2010
- Hail, June 7, 2010
- Hail, May 6, 2010
- Hail, April 22, 2010
- Flash Flood, April 15, 2010
- Hail, April 1, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 7, 2009
- Hail, August 10, 2009
- Hail, July 31, 2009
- Hail, July 27, 2009
- Hail, July 11, 2009
- Hail, July 3, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 14, 2008
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2008
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Rooks CountyEvery warning in Rooks 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.