Storm History: Sedgwick County, Kansas
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Sedgwick 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
- 3,150
- Deaths
- 40
- Injuries
- 613
- Damage
- $1.3 billion
- Episodes
- 982
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 1,094 | 16 | 437 | $1.2 billion |
| Hail | 963 | 1 | 9 | $76 million |
| Flash Flood | 440 | 1 | 1 | $6.3 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 234 | 0 | 1 | $193,000 |
| Flood | 205 | 0 | 23 | $15 million |
| Drought | 55 | 0 | 0 | $4.1 million |
| Winter Storm | 38 | 5 | 30 | $688,000 |
| High Wind | 26 | 0 | 0 | $41,000 |
| Winter Weather | 20 | 4 | 44 | $2.2 million |
| Heavy Snow | 12 | 0 | 36 | $1.3 million |
| Blizzard | 10 | 5 | 6 | $120,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 9 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 8 | 0 | 6 | $1.9 million |
| Heat | 7 | 3 | 15 | |
| Wildfire | 7 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 2 | 2 | 0 | $2.0 million |
| Frost/Freeze | 2 | 0 | 4 | $15,000 |
| Dense Fog | 2 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Sleet | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 2 | 0 |
The deadliest
- Tornado, May 3, 1999
- Tornado, April 26, 1991
- Blizzard, January 4, 2025
- Tornado, May 26, 1973
- Winter Storm, January 4, 2005
- Heat, July 16, 2006
- Winter Weather, February 25, 2011
- Lightning, June 4, 1996
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 6, 2021
- Flash Flood, September 11, 2008
- Blizzard, February 1, 2011
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2008
- Winter Storm, January 2, 1996
- Tornado, August 3, 1998
- Hail, February 24, 2000
- Excessive Heat, July 24, 2014
- Tornado, May 26, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 21, 2022
- Tornado, June 20, 2026
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, April 14, 2012
- Tornado, April 26, 1991
- Tornado, September 15, 2010
- Tornado, May 3, 1999
- Hail, April 24, 2006
- Tornado, March 28, 1993
- Tornado, July 1, 1994
- Tornado, September 5, 1992
- Tornado, June 9, 2011
- Flood, July 8, 2009
- Tornado, April 29, 2022
- Flood, November 1, 1998
- Drought, July 1, 2011
- Flash Flood, September 11, 2008
- Hail, July 2, 1998
- Tornado, September 3, 1965
- Tornado, May 16, 1991
- Tornado, April 2, 1999
- Lightning, August 25, 2006
- Winter Weather, December 9, 2008
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, April 8, 2011
- Hail, February 17, 2000
- Hail, May 5, 1986
- Flood, June 27, 2013
- Flood, July 23, 2013
- Flood, May 31, 2008
- Hail, June 13, 2026
- Hail, September 1, 2025
- Flash Flood, April 2, 1998
- Hail, June 21, 1979
- Hail, May 10, 1970
- Flash Flood, May 23, 2007
- Tornado, May 31, 2022
- Flood, June 5, 2014
- Hail, September 3, 2025
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 26, 1991
- Tornado, May 25, 1955
- Tornado, March 13, 1990
- Tornado, May 3, 1999
- Tornado, April 2, 1956
- Tornado, May 7, 1961
- Tornado, March 16, 1965
- Tornado, June 23, 1969
- Tornado, April 30, 1972
- Tornado, June 8, 1974
- Tornado, March 26, 1991
- Tornado, May 12, 2004
- Tornado, April 14, 2012
- Tornado, May 26, 1973
- Tornado, June 7, 1958
Every episode, newest first
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2026
- Tornado, June 20, 2026
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2026
- Hail, June 13, 2026
- Tornado, June 8, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 1, 2026
- Hail, May 30, 2026
- Hail, May 18, 2026
- Hail, May 5, 2026
- Hail, April 25, 2026
- Tornado, April 23, 2026
- Hail, April 17, 2026
- Hail, April 11, 2026
- Hail, April 3, 2026
- High Wind, March 15, 2026
- Hail, March 10, 2026
- Tornado, March 5, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 23, 2026
- High Wind, December 18, 2025
- Hail, September 3, 2025
- Hail, September 1, 2025
- Hail, August 19, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2025
- Hail, July 18, 2025
- Hail, July 8, 2025
- Hail, July 6, 2025
- Hail, June 29, 2025
- Tornado, June 17, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 7, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 28, 2025
- Hail, May 19, 2025
- Tornado, May 18, 2025
- Tornado, April 1, 2025
- Blizzard, March 18, 2025
- Wildfire, March 14, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 9, 2025
- Blizzard, January 4, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 18, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 3, 2024
- Hail, October 21, 2024
- Hail, September 20, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 2024
- Heat, August 24, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 14, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2024
- Drought, August 1, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2024
- Drought, July 1, 2024
- Flood, June 18, 2024
- Flood, June 8, 2024
- Flood, June 4, 2024
- Flood, June 2, 2024
- Drought, June 1, 2024
- Tornado, May 25, 2024
- Tornado, May 19, 2024
- Flood, May 15, 2024
- Drought, May 1, 2024
- Tornado, April 30, 2024
- High Wind, April 6, 2024
- Hail, March 7, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 21, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 8, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2024
- Drought, December 1, 2023
- Winter Storm, November 25, 2023
- Dense Fog, November 7, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Flood, October 24, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2023
- Drought, August 1, 2023
- Hail, July 14, 2023
- Hail, July 4, 2023
- Drought, July 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2023
- Flood, June 17, 2023
- Hail, June 9, 2023
- Flood, June 5, 2023
- Drought, June 1, 2023
- Hail, May 9, 2023
- Drought, May 1, 2023
- Hail, April 4, 2023
- Drought, April 1, 2023
- Wildfire, March 31, 2023
- Drought, March 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 26, 2023
- Winter Weather, February 24, 2023
- Drought, February 1, 2023
- Drought, January 1, 2023
- Winter Weather, December 22, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 21, 2022
- Drought, December 1, 2022
- Heavy Rain, November 5, 2022
- Heavy Rain, November 4, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- High Wind, October 23, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2022
- Drought, September 1, 2022
- Drought, August 1, 2022
- Hail, June 22, 2022
- Hail, June 21, 2022
- Hail, June 10, 2022
- Hail, June 9, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 5, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2022
- Tornado, May 31, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 17, 2022
- Hail, May 14, 2022
- Hail, May 13, 2022
- Flood, May 4, 2022
- Hail, May 2, 2022
- Hail, April 29, 2022
- Tornado, April 29, 2022
- Hail, March 29, 2022
- Winter Weather, March 17, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2022
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2022
- Wildfire, December 15, 2021
- Hail, November 10, 2021
- High Wind, October 28, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 12, 2021
- Heavy Rain, September 4, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 24, 2021
- Flood, June 11, 2021
- Tornado, May 25, 2021
- Flash Flood, May 14, 2021
- Flood, March 12, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 6, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 6, 2021
- High Wind, January 14, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2021
- Winter Weather, December 2, 2020
- Hail, November 24, 2020
- Ice Storm, October 25, 2020
- High Wind, October 11, 2020
- Strong Wind, September 27, 2020
- Hail, August 12, 2020
- Hail, August 10, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2020
- Flood, July 10, 2020
- Hail, July 9, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2020
- High Wind, June 9, 2020
- Flood, May 22, 2020
- Flash Flood, May 14, 2020
- Flood, May 13, 2020
- Hail, May 7, 2020
- Hail, May 3, 2020
- Hail, April 16, 2020
- High Wind, April 12, 2020
- Hail, March 24, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 12, 2020
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2019
- High Wind, November 30, 2019
- High Wind, November 26, 2019
- Hail, October 10, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2019
- Hail, August 6, 2019
- Flood, July 5, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2019
- Tornado, June 23, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2019
- Hail, June 11, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 2019
- Flood, June 5, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 26, 2019
- Tornado, May 24, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 20, 2019
- Tornado, May 7, 2019
- Tornado, May 5, 2019
- Tornado, April 17, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 19, 2019
- Ice Storm, February 6, 2019
- Blizzard, November 25, 2018
- Flash Flood, October 9, 2018
- Flood, October 8, 2018
- Flood, September 5, 2018
- Hail, August 10, 2018
- Drought, August 1, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2018
- Hail, July 21, 2018
- Hail, July 19, 2018
- Flood, July 13, 2018
- Drought, July 1, 2018
- Hail, June 30, 2018
- Tornado, June 26, 2018
- Hail, June 24, 2018
- Drought, June 1, 2018
- Hail, May 30, 2018
- Hail, May 29, 2018
- Tornado, May 13, 2018
- Drought, May 1, 2018
- Drought, April 1, 2018
- High Wind, March 6, 2018
- Drought, March 1, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 19, 2018
- Drought, February 1, 2018
- Hail, October 21, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 25, 2017
- Hail, August 21, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 19, 2017
- Hail, August 16, 2017
- Hail, August 5, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2017
- Hail, June 29, 2017
- Hail, June 17, 2017
- Hail, June 15, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2017
- Tornado, May 18, 2017
- Flash Flood, May 11, 2017
- Flash Flood, April 15, 2017
- Hail, March 24, 2017
- Ice Storm, January 13, 2017
- Hail, October 4, 2016
- Flash Flood, September 8, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 24, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 19, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2016
- Tornado, July 28, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2016
- Hail, July 11, 2016
- Hail, July 5, 2016
- Tornado, July 2, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2016
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2016
- Flood, May 29, 2016
- Tornado, May 26, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2016
- Hail, May 13, 2016
- Hail, May 9, 2016
- Hail, April 29, 2016
- Tornado, April 26, 2016
- Flood, April 10, 2016
- High Wind, March 23, 2016
Earlier years, state by state:
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Tornadoes in Sedgwick CountyEvery warning in Sedgwick 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.