Storm History: Washington County, Kansas
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Washington 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
- 748
- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 22
- Damage
- $32 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 | 323 | 0 | 0 | $6,000 |
| Tornado | 190 | 2 | 12 | $28 million |
| Flash Flood | 57 | 0 | 0 | $694,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 48 | 0 | 0 | $18,000 |
| Winter Storm | 41 | 2 | 10 | |
| Heavy Snow | 13 | 0 | 0 | $3.2 million |
| Heat | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 9 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Winter Weather | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 6 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Blizzard | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 3 | 0 | 0 | $36,000 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, September 25, 1973
- Heavy Snow, November 16, 2009
- Tornado, April 6, 2006
- Tornado, July 1, 1994
- Flash Flood, May 7, 2007
- Tornado, April 26, 1991
- Tornado, May 9, 1996
- Tornado, May 11, 1966
- Cold/Wind Chill, April 4, 2007
- Tornado, May 5, 2002
- Tornado, June 27, 1998
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2005
- Lightning, August 7, 1996
- Tornado, April 11, 2001
- Tornado, November 20, 1973
- Tornado, June 22, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 31, 2007
- Tornado, August 16, 1997
- Tornado, June 27, 1998
- Tornado, July 15, 1994
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, July 4, 1992
- Hail, July 25, 1992
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2011
- Hail, December 15, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2008
- Hail, May 7, 1986
- Hail, June 16, 1985
- Hail, August 24, 2016
- Hail, August 19, 2009
- Hail, June 21, 2006
- Hail, May 4, 1991
- Hail, August 6, 1987
- Hail, June 28, 1984
- Tornado, June 19, 1970
- Hail, May 16, 2026
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, May 20, 1957
- Tornado, April 26, 1991
- Tornado, March 26, 1991
- Tornado, May 7, 1993
- Tornado, June 11, 2008
- Tornado, September 25, 1973
- Tornado, June 21, 1964
- Tornado, May 11, 1966
- Tornado, April 26, 1984
- Tornado, May 16, 1991
- Tornado, May 28, 2013
- Tornado, May 6, 2015
- Tornado, May 28, 2019
- Tornado, July 12, 1956
- Tornado, May 29, 1959
Every episode, newest first
- Hail, June 13, 2026
- Tornado, May 18, 2026
- Flash Flood, May 17, 2026
- Hail, May 16, 2026
- Flash Flood, April 11, 2026
- Hail, April 9, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 23, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 9, 2025
- Hail, April 24, 2025
- Hail, April 23, 2025
- Blizzard, January 4, 2025
- Tornado, August 14, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2024
- Hail, June 15, 2024
- Hail, May 25, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 8, 2024
- Hail, September 16, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2023
- Hail, June 29, 2023
- Hail, May 7, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 22, 2022
- Winter Storm, December 21, 2022
- Hail, September 17, 2022
- Tornado, June 11, 2022
- Tornado, June 7, 2022
- Tornado, April 29, 2022
- Hail, April 12, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 9, 2022
- Hail, December 15, 2021
- Hail, August 20, 2021
- Hail, May 8, 2021
- Hail, March 26, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 29, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 11, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2020
- Hail, June 18, 2020
- Hail, June 4, 2020
- Hail, September 21, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2019
- Tornado, May 28, 2019
- Tornado, May 26, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 5, 2019
- Hail, April 10, 2019
- Hail, March 28, 2019
- Blizzard, February 23, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2019
- Blizzard, November 25, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 2, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 1, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2018
- Tornado, June 16, 2017
- Hail, June 14, 2017
- Ice Storm, January 14, 2017
- Tornado, October 6, 2016
- Tornado, October 4, 2016
- Flood, August 29, 2016
- Hail, August 24, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2016
- Hail, May 24, 2016
- Tornado, May 9, 2016
- Tornado, April 26, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 20, 2016
- Winter Storm, November 29, 2015
- Tornado, September 10, 2015
- Hail, August 22, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 10, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 7, 2015
- Tornado, May 6, 2015
- Hail, April 12, 2015
- Hail, April 1, 2015
- Hail, October 1, 2014
- Hail, August 31, 2014
- Hail, July 7, 2014
- Tornado, June 1, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Winter Storm, December 21, 2013
- Hail, July 22, 2013
- Hail, June 27, 2013
- Tornado, May 28, 2013
- Tornado, May 18, 2013
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 19, 2012
- Drought, December 1, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Hail, July 25, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Excessive Heat, June 24, 2012
- Hail, June 14, 2012
- Hail, June 10, 2012
- Tornado, April 27, 2012
- Tornado, April 14, 2012
- Tornado, March 28, 2012
- Tornado, February 28, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2011
- Heat, August 1, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 30, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 26, 2011
- Hail, July 24, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 14, 2011
- Hail, June 20, 2011
- Hail, June 16, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2011
- Hail, May 11, 2011
- Tornado, April 14, 2011
- Hail, March 22, 2011
- Flash Flood, September 13, 2010
- Hail, September 1, 2010
- Hail, August 10, 2010
- Excessive Heat, August 9, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2010
- Tornado, July 4, 2010
- Hail, June 20, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2010
- Hail, May 6, 2010
- Tornado, April 29, 2010
- Hail, April 5, 2010
- Blizzard, December 24, 2009
- Winter Storm, December 7, 2009
- Heavy Snow, November 16, 2009
- Hail, August 19, 2009
- Hail, August 9, 2009
- Hail, August 3, 2009
- Tornado, June 17, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2009
- Hail, May 15, 2009
- Hail, April 26, 2009
- Hail, April 24, 2009
- Winter Weather, April 2, 2009
- High Wind, March 23, 2009
- High Wind, February 9, 2009
- Hail, November 5, 2008
- Hail, September 23, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2008
- Hail, June 15, 2008
- Tornado, June 11, 2008
- Tornado, June 5, 2008
- Hail, May 23, 2008
- Tornado, April 24, 2008
- Heavy Snow, February 5, 2008
- Heavy Snow, December 14, 2007
- Ice Storm, December 10, 2007
- Ice Storm, December 1, 2007
- Winter Weather, November 23, 2007
- Dense Fog, August 25, 2007
- Flash Flood, August 23, 2007
- Heat, August 20, 2007
- Heat, August 6, 2007
- Flash Flood, July 31, 2007
- Hail, July 14, 2007
- High Wind, June 6, 2007
- Flash Flood, May 7, 2007
- Tornado, May 5, 2007
- Cold/Wind Chill, April 4, 2007
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2007
- Winter Weather, February 16, 2007
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 15, 2007
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2007
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2007
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2007
- Winter Storm, December 31, 2006
- Heat, August 1, 2006
- Heat, July 29, 2006
- Heat, July 16, 2006
- Hail, June 25, 2006
- Hail, June 21, 2006
- Flash Flood, May 29, 2006
- Tornado, April 15, 2006
- Tornado, April 6, 2006
- Tornado, March 30, 2006
- Winter Storm, March 21, 2006
- Hail, March 12, 2006
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 2006
- Tornado, January 28, 2006
- Dense Fog, January 23, 2006
- Dense Fog, December 25, 2005
- Winter Weather, December 17, 2005
- Winter Weather, December 7, 2005
- Winter Weather, November 28, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2005
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2005
- Tornado, June 4, 2005
- Flash Flood, May 11, 2005
- Hail, May 8, 2005
- Hail, April 11, 2005
- Hail, April 10, 2005
- Heavy Snow, February 8, 2005
- Winter Weather, February 6, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 4, 2005
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2004
- Hail, August 25, 2004
- Hail, August 8, 2004
- Hail, August 8, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2004
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2004
- Hail, June 14, 2004
- Hail, June 13, 2004
- Tornado, May 29, 2004
- Tornado, May 24, 2004
- Dense Fog, February 17, 2004
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2004
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 29, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 3, 2004
- Winter Storm, December 9, 2003
- Dense Fog, November 10, 2003
- Hail, August 19, 2003
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2003
- Tornado, June 22, 2003
- Hail, June 10, 2003
- Hail, May 13, 2003
- Hail, May 8, 2003
- Tornado, May 8, 2003
- Hail, May 4, 2003
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2003
- Dense Fog, February 14, 2003
- Winter Storm, February 3, 2003
- Winter Storm, January 15, 2003
- Drought, December 1, 2002
- Drought, November 1, 2002
- Ice Storm, October 23, 2002
- Hail, October 1, 2002
- Drought, September 1, 2002
- Hail, August 18, 2002
- Hail, August 16, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2002
- Hail, July 10, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2002
- Heat, July 1, 2002
- Hail, June 11, 2002
- Hail, May 28, 2002
- Hail, May 27, 2002
- Hail, May 11, 2002
- Tornado, May 5, 2002
- Hail, April 17, 2002
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2002
- Winter Storm, February 9, 2002
- Winter Storm, January 29, 2002
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2002
- Hail, September 22, 2001
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Washington CountyEvery warning in Washington 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.