Kansas

Storm History: Thomas County, Kansas

691 episodes, 1,247 events since 1951

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.

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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
Hail42601$11 million
Tornado35306$11 million
Flash Flood8600$203,000
Thunderstorm Wind8301$399,000
Drought6800
High Wind5502$330,000
Dust Storm4144$39,000
Blizzard2400$12,000
Flood2300$7,000
Winter Weather21412$395,000
Winter Storm1902$4.2 million
Heavy Snow1715$55,000
Wildfire1006$17,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill800
Cold/Wind Chill500
Strong Wind201$14,000
Ice Storm200
Funnel Cloud100
Dense Fog100
Frost/Freeze100
Excessive Heat100

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 Thomas County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

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.