Storm History: Thomas County, Kansas
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Thomas 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
- 1,247
- Deaths
- 9
- Injuries
- 40
- Damage
- $28 million
- Episodes
- 691
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 | 426 | 0 | 1 | $11 million |
| Tornado | 353 | 0 | 6 | $11 million |
| Flash Flood | 86 | 0 | 0 | $203,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 83 | 0 | 1 | $399,000 |
| Drought | 68 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 55 | 0 | 2 | $330,000 |
| Dust Storm | 41 | 4 | 4 | $39,000 |
| Blizzard | 24 | 0 | 0 | $12,000 |
| Flood | 23 | 0 | 0 | $7,000 |
| Winter Weather | 21 | 4 | 12 | $395,000 |
| Winter Storm | 19 | 0 | 2 | $4.2 million |
| Heavy Snow | 17 | 1 | 5 | $55,000 |
| Wildfire | 10 | 0 | 6 | $17,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 2 | 0 | 1 | $14,000 |
| Ice Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Hail, July 12, 2010
- Tornado, June 8, 1994
- Tornado, May 12, 1995
- Winter Storm, December 29, 2006
- Tornado, September 3, 1963
- Tornado, June 11, 1984
- Tornado, October 6, 2011
- High Wind, May 26, 2012
- Winter Weather, December 22, 2009
- Flash Flood, September 7, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2021
- Tornado, August 7, 2006
- Hail, August 28, 2011
- Tornado, April 23, 2007
- Hail, March 26, 1998
- High Wind, April 15, 2006
- Winter Weather, December 18, 2008
- Winter Weather, January 19, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2024
- Hail, July 19, 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, June 8, 1974
- Tornado, May 23, 2008
- Tornado, May 14, 1951
- Tornado, October 29, 1956
- Tornado, May 19, 1982
- Tornado, May 16, 1991
- Tornado, May 16, 1995
- Tornado, June 22, 1999
- Tornado, June 20, 1951
- Tornado, May 17, 1962
- Tornado, May 27, 1962
- Tornado, July 14, 1962
- Tornado, June 9, 1967
- Tornado, June 5, 1974
- Tornado, May 18, 1977
Every episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2026
- Tornado, June 21, 2026
- Tornado, June 20, 2026
- Hail, June 9, 2026
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Hail, June 1, 2026
- Hail, May 29, 2026
- Hail, May 17, 2026
- Tornado, May 16, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Dust Storm, April 23, 2026
- Dust Storm, March 14, 2026
- Dust Storm, February 17, 2026
- Dust Storm, January 16, 2026
- Wildfire, January 15, 2026
- Dust Storm, December 18, 2025
- High Wind, November 8, 2025
- Dust Storm, October 4, 2025
- Hail, August 29, 2025
- Flood, August 27, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2025
- Hail, July 19, 2025
- Hail, July 10, 2025
- Hail, July 6, 2025
- Hail, June 19, 2025
- Dust Storm, June 16, 2025
- Tornado, June 2, 2025
- Dust Storm, May 14, 2025
- Hail, April 23, 2025
- Blizzard, March 19, 2025
- Dust Storm, March 14, 2025
- Blizzard, March 3, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 21, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 4, 2025
- High Wind, December 30, 2024
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Drought, October 1, 2024
- Drought, September 1, 2024
- Hail, August 22, 2024
- Hail, July 28, 2024
- Hail, July 19, 2024
- Hail, July 19, 2024
- Tornado, July 6, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2024
- High Wind, June 17, 2024
- Hail, June 14, 2024
- Flood, May 30, 2024
- Dust Storm, May 25, 2024
- Hail, May 12, 2024
- Hail, May 3, 2024
- Tornado, April 25, 2024
- Dust Storm, April 16, 2024
- High Wind, April 15, 2024
- Dust Storm, April 6, 2024
- Winter Storm, March 24, 2024
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 13, 2024
- Blizzard, January 8, 2024
- High Wind, October 12, 2023
- Tornado, August 7, 2023
- Hail, August 5, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2023
- Hail, July 19, 2023
- Tornado, July 10, 2023
- Hail, July 2, 2023
- Flash Flood, June 30, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2023
- Hail, June 9, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 2023
- Drought, June 1, 2023
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2023
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2023
- Tornado, May 11, 2023
- Tornado, May 10, 2023
- Hail, May 9, 2023
- Hail, May 7, 2023
- Drought, May 1, 2023
- Dust Storm, April 19, 2023
- Drought, April 1, 2023
- Dust Storm, March 31, 2023
- Drought, March 1, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2023
- Drought, February 1, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 2023
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2023
- Drought, January 1, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 2022
- Wildfire, December 2, 2022
- Drought, December 1, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2022
- Drought, September 1, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 31, 2022
- Drought, August 1, 2022
- Tornado, July 22, 2022
- Drought, July 1, 2022
- Tornado, June 4, 2022
- Drought, June 1, 2022
- Dust Storm, May 19, 2022
- Tornado, May 17, 2022
- Dust Storm, May 12, 2022
- Hail, May 11, 2022
- Drought, May 1, 2022
- Tornado, April 22, 2022
- Dust Storm, April 7, 2022
- Dust Storm, April 6, 2022
- Drought, April 1, 2022
- Heavy Snow, March 9, 2022
- Drought, March 1, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 22, 2022
- Drought, February 1, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 25, 2022
- Dust Storm, January 4, 2022
- Drought, January 1, 2022
- Wildfire, December 15, 2021
- High Wind, November 12, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 30, 2021
- Hail, August 25, 2021
- Hail, August 19, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2021
- Hail, August 7, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2021
- Hail, June 25, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2021
- Tornado, May 26, 2021
- Hail, May 26, 2021
- Tornado, May 24, 2021
- Hail, May 16, 2021
- Hail, May 14, 2021
- Hail, May 2, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 4, 2021
- High Wind, March 29, 2021
- Drought, March 1, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2021
- Drought, February 1, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 27, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 24, 2021
- Dust Storm, January 13, 2021
- Drought, January 1, 2021
- Winter Weather, December 27, 2020
- High Wind, December 22, 2020
- Drought, December 1, 2020
- Drought, November 17, 2020
- Dust Storm, November 14, 2020
- Winter Storm, October 25, 2020
- Wildfire, October 11, 2020
- Hail, August 13, 2020
- Hail, August 11, 2020
- High Wind, August 10, 2020
- Hail, August 9, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2020
- Hail, July 20, 2020
- Hail, July 13, 2020
- Hail, July 12, 2020
- Hail, July 2, 2020
- Hail, June 27, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2020
- High Wind, June 9, 2020
- Dust Storm, June 7, 2020
- Hail, May 24, 2020
- Dust Storm, April 28, 2020
- Winter Weather, March 13, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 24, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 19, 2020
- High Wind, January 17, 2020
- Winter Weather, December 27, 2019
- High Wind, November 30, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2019
- High Wind, October 20, 2019
- Hail, August 31, 2019
- Hail, August 29, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 23, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2019
- Tornado, August 11, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2019
- Dust Storm, June 14, 2019
- Tornado, June 8, 2019
- Tornado, May 26, 2019
- Hail, May 23, 2019
- Flood, March 13, 2019
- Blizzard, March 13, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 2, 2019
- Blizzard, February 23, 2019
- Winter Weather, January 22, 2019
- Blizzard, December 27, 2018
- Blizzard, November 25, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 30, 2018
- Hail, June 29, 2018
- Hail, June 24, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2018
- Hail, June 22, 2018
- Tornado, May 28, 2018
- Hail, May 27, 2018
- Hail, May 24, 2018
- Tornado, May 18, 2018
- Wildfire, April 17, 2018
- Blizzard, April 13, 2018
- Dust Storm, April 3, 2018
- Dust Storm, March 6, 2018
- Blizzard, January 21, 2018
- Winter Weather, December 21, 2017
- Tornado, October 1, 2017
- Flood, August 10, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 15, 2017
- Hail, July 7, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2017
- Hail, June 29, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2017
- Hail, June 26, 2017
- Flood, June 20, 2017
- Tornado, May 26, 2017
- Hail, May 25, 2017
- Flash Flood, May 10, 2017
- Blizzard, April 28, 2017
- High Wind, March 23, 2017
- Wildfire, March 6, 2017
- Ice Storm, January 15, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 2, 2017
- High Wind, December 25, 2016
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 17, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 16, 2016
- Flash Flood, September 15, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2016
- Hail, July 13, 2016
- Hail, July 7, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 29, 2016
- Hail, May 26, 2016
- Tornado, May 21, 2016
- Winter Weather, April 29, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 23, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 2, 2016
- Blizzard, February 1, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 24, 2015
- Blizzard, November 17, 2015
- Tornado, November 16, 2015
- Hail, August 7, 2015
- Hail, August 4, 2015
- Hail, July 17, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 29, 2015
- Tornado, May 27, 2015
- Tornado, April 17, 2015
- Hail, April 15, 2015
- Dust Storm, April 2, 2015
- Drought, April 1, 2015
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Thomas CountyEvery warning in Thomas 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.