Storm History: Wichita County, Kansas
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Wichita 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
- 684
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 8
- Damage
- $8.9 million
- Episodes
- 456
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 | 242 | 0 | 0 | $6.2 million |
| Tornado | 193 | 0 | 5 | $953,000 |
| Drought | 65 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 33 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 29 | 0 | 0 | $26,000 |
| High Wind | 25 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Storm | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 15 | 0 | 0 | $3,000 |
| Winter Storm | 15 | 0 | 1 | $1.1 million |
| Winter Weather | 8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wildfire | 8 | 1 | 1 | $550,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Hail, May 16, 1999
- Winter Storm, December 29, 2006
- Wildfire, December 15, 2021
- Tornado, May 22, 1993
- Hail, July 20, 2023
- Tornado, June 22, 1999
- Hail, July 17, 2008
- Tornado, May 26, 1996
- Tornado, April 22, 2022
- Tornado, June 16, 1950
- Tornado, June 20, 1951
- Tornado, July 12, 1956
- Tornado, May 13, 1968
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2020
- Hail, July 21, 2011
- Hail, August 11, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 25, 1999
- High Wind, April 14, 2011
- Tornado, July 24, 1994
- Tornado, May 10, 2010
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 episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2026
- Hail, June 23, 2026
- Tornado, June 21, 2026
- Tornado, June 20, 2026
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 21, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Drought, April 21, 2026
- High Wind, April 3, 2026
- High Wind, March 22, 2026
- Dust Storm, March 14, 2026
- Dust Storm, February 17, 2026
- Dust Storm, January 16, 2026
- Wildfire, January 15, 2026
- Heavy Snow, January 9, 2026
- Dust Storm, December 18, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2025
- Hail, May 28, 2025
- Hail, May 19, 2025
- Tornado, May 18, 2025
- Dust Storm, May 14, 2025
- Hail, April 23, 2025
- Blizzard, March 19, 2025
- Dust Storm, March 14, 2025
- Blizzard, March 3, 2025
- Hail, July 19, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2024
- Hail, June 14, 2024
- Tornado, June 13, 2024
- Hail, June 1, 2024
- Hail, May 19, 2024
- Hail, May 3, 2024
- Tornado, April 25, 2024
- Dust Storm, April 16, 2024
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 13, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 11, 2024
- Blizzard, January 8, 2024
- Hail, September 10, 2023
- Hail, September 9, 2023
- Tornado, August 7, 2023
- Hail, July 20, 2023
- Tornado, July 4, 2023
- Drought, June 1, 2023
- Drought, May 1, 2023
- Dust Storm, April 19, 2023
- Drought, April 1, 2023
- High Wind, March 16, 2023
- Drought, March 1, 2023
- Dust Storm, February 26, 2023
- Drought, February 1, 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
- Hail, September 2, 2022
- Drought, September 1, 2022
- Drought, August 1, 2022
- Hail, July 26, 2022
- Tornado, July 22, 2022
- Drought, July 1, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2022
- Drought, June 1, 2022
- Hail, May 18, 2022
- Drought, May 1, 2022
- Tornado, April 22, 2022
- Drought, April 19, 2022
- Dust Storm, April 7, 2022
- Dust Storm, April 6, 2022
- Heavy Snow, March 9, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 25, 2022
- Wildfire, December 15, 2021
- High Wind, October 28, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 12, 2021
- Flash Flood, September 5, 2021
- Hail, August 25, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2021
- Hail, August 11, 2021
- Hail, August 7, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2021
- Hail, July 4, 2021
- Tornado, May 26, 2021
- Tornado, May 24, 2021
- Hail, May 14, 2021
- Hail, May 2, 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
- Winter Weather, December 27, 2020
- High Wind, December 22, 2020
- Drought, December 1, 2020
- Drought, November 17, 2020
- Winter Storm, October 25, 2020
- Wildfire, October 11, 2020
- Hail, August 16, 2020
- Hail, July 29, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2020
- Drought, July 1, 2020
- Hail, July 1, 2020
- Tornado, June 21, 2020
- High Wind, June 9, 2020
- Drought, June 1, 2020
- Drought, May 12, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 24, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2019
- Dust Storm, June 14, 2019
- Hail, May 23, 2019
- Blizzard, March 13, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 2, 2019
- Blizzard, February 23, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 2019
- Blizzard, December 27, 2018
- Hail, July 27, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 26, 2018
- Hail, June 24, 2018
- Hail, June 19, 2018
- Tornado, May 28, 2018
- Hail, May 27, 2018
- Hail, May 14, 2018
- Wildfire, April 17, 2018
- High Wind, March 16, 2018
- Dust Storm, March 6, 2018
- High Wind, March 1, 2018
- Tornado, October 1, 2017
- Hail, August 17, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 15, 2017
- Hail, July 7, 2017
- Hail, June 26, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2017
- Flood, June 20, 2017
- Hail, June 6, 2017
- Hail, May 15, 2017
- Blizzard, April 28, 2017
- Ice Storm, January 15, 2017
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 17, 2016
- Flash Flood, September 4, 2016
- Hail, August 27, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2016
- Hail, June 25, 2016
- Tornado, May 27, 2016
- Hail, May 26, 2016
- Tornado, May 22, 2016
- Tornado, May 21, 2016
- Heavy Snow, November 17, 2015
- Hail, September 10, 2015
- Flash Flood, August 16, 2015
- Hail, August 7, 2015
- Hail, June 10, 2015
- Tornado, May 28, 2015
- Tornado, April 24, 2015
- Tornado, April 17, 2015
- Drought, April 1, 2015
- Drought, March 1, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 21, 2015
- Drought, February 1, 2015
- Drought, January 1, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 31, 2014
- Drought, December 1, 2014
- Drought, November 1, 2014
- Drought, October 1, 2014
- Hail, September 23, 2014
- Drought, September 1, 2014
- Hail, August 25, 2014
- Drought, August 1, 2014
- Hail, July 21, 2014
- Drought, July 1, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 24, 2014
- Hail, June 22, 2014
- Tornado, June 11, 2014
- Hail, June 4, 2014
- Drought, June 1, 2014
- Drought, May 1, 2014
- Drought, April 1, 2014
- Drought, March 1, 2014
- Drought, February 1, 2014
- High Wind, January 16, 2014
- Drought, January 1, 2014
- Drought, December 1, 2013
- Drought, November 1, 2013
- Drought, October 1, 2013
- Drought, September 1, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2013
- Drought, August 1, 2013
- Drought, July 1, 2013
- Hail, June 22, 2013
- Hail, June 20, 2013
- Hail, June 14, 2013
- Hail, June 4, 2013
- Drought, June 1, 2013
- Tornado, May 29, 2013
- Drought, May 1, 2013
- Drought, April 1, 2013
- Drought, March 1, 2013
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Dust Storm, January 11, 2013
- Drought, January 1, 2013
- Blizzard, December 19, 2012
- Drought, December 1, 2012
- High Wind, November 10, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- High Wind, May 26, 2012
- High Wind, January 22, 2012
- High Wind, December 31, 2011
- Blizzard, December 19, 2011
- Flash Flood, October 7, 2011
- High Wind, October 6, 2011
- Hail, July 21, 2011
- Tornado, June 18, 2011
- Hail, June 17, 2011
- High Wind, April 14, 2011
- Heavy Snow, March 7, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 8, 2011
- Winter Weather, January 19, 2011
- Hail, July 22, 2010
- Hail, June 22, 2010
- Tornado, June 21, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 20, 2010
- Tornado, May 25, 2010
- Tornado, May 23, 2010
- Tornado, May 10, 2010
- Hail, April 14, 2010
- Heavy Snow, January 28, 2010
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 9, 2009
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 9, 2009
- Heavy Snow, November 15, 2009
- Flash Flood, September 7, 2009
- Hail, August 25, 2009
- Tornado, July 31, 2009
- Tornado, July 20, 2009
- Hail, July 7, 2009
- Tornado, June 1, 2009
- Hail, May 7, 2009
- Hail, April 29, 2009
- Winter Storm, March 26, 2009
- Hail, July 17, 2008
- Hail, June 18, 2008
- Tornado, May 29, 2008
- Hail, May 25, 2008
- Tornado, May 23, 2008
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Wichita CountyEvery warning in Wichita 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.