Storm History: Woodson County, Kansas
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Woodson 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
- 368
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 13
- Damage
- $7.9 million
- Episodes
- 251
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 | 109 | 0 | 10 | $6.8 million |
| Hail | 92 | 0 | 0 | $118,000 |
| Flash Flood | 39 | 0 | 0 | $192,000 |
| Drought | 35 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Winter Storm | 20 | 2 | 1 | $255,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 18 | 0 | 2 | $311,000 |
| Flood | 14 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 5 | 0 | 0 | $150,000 |
| Ice Storm | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sleet | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, May 8, 2003
- Tornado, March 15, 1982
- Tornado, April 9, 1994
- Tornado, June 30, 2005
- Tornado, April 7, 1986
- Tornado, April 26, 1991
- Winter Storm, January 1, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2001
- Blizzard, March 27, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 11, 2004
- Drought, September 1, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 21, 1996
- Hail, August 5, 2003
- Hail, May 3, 2020
- Tornado, April 2, 1956
- Tornado, June 8, 1998
- Tornado, April 2, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 1996
- Tornado, July 13, 2015
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, June 13, 2026
- Flash Flood, April 2, 1998
- Hail, June 6, 1975
- Flood, June 5, 2014
- Hail, March 12, 2006
- Hail, May 4, 1991
- Tornado, June 19, 1970
- Tornado, June 29, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 11, 2004
- Hail, May 26, 1985
- Hail, October 4, 2001
- Hail, June 5, 1975
- Hail, May 3, 2020
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 26, 1991
- Tornado, April 2, 1956
- Tornado, March 26, 1991
- Tornado, May 3, 1999
- Tornado, June 19, 1981
- Tornado, March 15, 1982
- Tornado, May 8, 2003
- Tornado, June 12, 2004
- Tornado, July 13, 2015
- Tornado, October 6, 2016
- Tornado, July 11, 1958
- Tornado, April 7, 1986
- Tornado, July 5, 1987
- Tornado, April 9, 1994
- Tornado, March 30, 2006
Every episode, newest first
- Hail, June 16, 2026
- Hail, June 13, 2026
- Tornado, May 31, 2026
- Tornado, April 26, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 23, 2026
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2025
- Wildfire, March 14, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2025
- Blizzard, January 4, 2025
- Hail, October 30, 2024
- Tornado, June 29, 2024
- Tornado, May 19, 2024
- Tornado, April 27, 2024
- Tornado, April 26, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 21, 2024
- Drought, December 1, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Drought, August 1, 2023
- Hail, July 14, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2023
- Drought, July 1, 2023
- Drought, June 1, 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
- Drought, February 1, 2023
- Drought, January 1, 2023
- Winter Weather, December 22, 2022
- Drought, December 1, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2022
- Drought, September 1, 2022
- Drought, August 1, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2022
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2022
- Heavy Rain, September 4, 2021
- Excessive Heat, July 27, 2021
- Tornado, July 15, 2021
- Flood, March 12, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 6, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2021
- Hail, August 9, 2020
- Hail, May 3, 2020
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2020
- Winter Storm, January 10, 2020
- Tornado, May 24, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2019
- Hail, April 28, 2019
- Hail, August 10, 2018
- Tornado, May 13, 2018
- Drought, May 1, 2018
- Drought, April 1, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 14, 2017
- Hail, August 16, 2017
- Hail, June 29, 2017
- Hail, June 17, 2017
- Hail, March 9, 2017
- Tornado, March 6, 2017
- Ice Storm, January 13, 2017
- Tornado, October 6, 2016
- Flash Flood, September 8, 2016
- Hail, May 13, 2016
- Hail, May 9, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 26, 2015
- Hail, September 18, 2015
- Tornado, July 13, 2015
- Flood, May 16, 2015
- Tornado, April 8, 2015
- Hail, October 1, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 1, 2014
- Flood, June 5, 2014
- Hail, April 13, 2014
- Tornado, April 2, 2014
- Winter Weather, February 9, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2014
- Winter Storm, December 21, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 9, 2013
- Tornado, May 19, 2013
- Drought, May 1, 2013
- Hail, April 7, 2013
- Drought, April 1, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 24, 2013
- Drought, March 1, 2013
- Blizzard, February 25, 2013
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2013
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Drought, January 1, 2013
- Drought, December 1, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Hail, September 25, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Drought, June 26, 2012
- Hail, April 13, 2012
- Drought, December 1, 2011
- Drought, November 1, 2011
- Drought, October 1, 2011
- Drought, September 1, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2011
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2011
- Drought, August 1, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 14, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 10, 2011
- Hail, July 3, 2011
- Flood, June 20, 2011
- Hail, June 10, 2011
- Hail, April 3, 2011
- Tornado, February 27, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 8, 2011
- Blizzard, February 1, 2011
- Blizzard, January 31, 2011
- Heat, August 31, 2010
- Heat, August 20, 2010
- Heat, August 8, 2010
- Heat, August 1, 2010
- Excessive Heat, July 16, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2010
- Excessive Heat, June 20, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2010
- Tornado, May 10, 2010
- Flash Flood, April 6, 2010
- Winter Storm, March 19, 2010
- Heavy Snow, January 28, 2010
- Ice Storm, December 23, 2009
- Flash Flood, September 9, 2009
- Hail, June 27, 2009
- Tornado, June 15, 2009
- Tornado, June 9, 2009
- Tornado, May 15, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 8, 2009
- Hail, April 18, 2009
- Blizzard, March 27, 2009
- Flood, June 27, 2008
- Hail, June 22, 2008
- Tornado, June 12, 2008
- Tornado, May 1, 2008
- Ice Storm, December 8, 2007
- Hail, October 21, 2007
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2007
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2007
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2007
- Winter Storm, April 13, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, April 4, 2007
- Tornado, February 28, 2007
- Winter Weather, January 31, 2007
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2007
- Sleet, January 12, 2007
- Winter Storm, November 30, 2006
- Hail, September 16, 2006
- Tornado, August 25, 2006
- Heat, July 16, 2006
- Hail, April 23, 2006
- Hail, April 15, 2006
- Tornado, March 30, 2006
- Hail, March 12, 2006
- Heavy Snow, January 10, 2006
- Hail, November 27, 2005
- Flash Flood, August 24, 2005
- Flood, August 24, 2005
- Tornado, June 30, 2005
- Flash Flood, May 19, 2005
- Flash Flood, May 19, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2005
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2004
- Hail, July 4, 2004
- Tornado, June 12, 2004
- Flash Flood, June 11, 2004
- Hail, May 26, 2004
- Hail, May 2, 2004
- Flash Flood, March 4, 2004
- Hail, August 5, 2003
- Tornado, July 9, 2003
- Hail, June 10, 2003
- Tornado, May 8, 2003
- Tornado, May 6, 2003
- Tornado, March 12, 2003
- Winter Storm, February 23, 2003
- Heavy Snow, January 1, 2003
- Tornado, June 12, 2002
- Hail, March 8, 2002
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2002
- Ice Storm, January 30, 2002
- Hail, October 4, 2001
- Tornado, September 7, 2001
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2001
- Hail, June 3, 2001
- Hail, May 6, 2001
- Hail, April 9, 2001
- Winter Storm, February 9, 2001
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2000
- Hail, September 11, 2000
- Hail, May 26, 2000
- Hail, May 16, 2000
- Tornado, September 4, 1999
- Flood, June 1, 1999
- Tornado, May 3, 1999
- Winter Storm, January 1, 1999
- Tornado, November 9, 1998
- Tornado, June 8, 1998
- Flash Flood, April 2, 1998
- Hail, February 25, 1998
- Hail, March 24, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 1, 1996
- Hail, April 27, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 21, 1996
- Hail, April 21, 1996
- Hail, April 21, 1996
- Tornado, June 8, 1995
- Hail, July 7, 1994
- Hail, April 14, 1994
- Tornado, April 9, 1994
- Tornado, October 7, 1992
- Hail, July 4, 1992
- Tornado, April 9, 1992
- Hail, May 4, 1991
- Tornado, April 26, 1991
- Tornado, March 26, 1991
- Tornado, August 21, 1989
- Tornado, July 5, 1987
- Hail, June 26, 1987
- Tornado, August 1, 1986
- Tornado, April 7, 1986
- Hail, May 26, 1985
- Tornado, October 8, 1982
- Tornado, May 30, 1982
- Tornado, March 15, 1982
- Tornado, June 19, 1981
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 1980
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 1979
- Hail, June 6, 1975
- Hail, June 5, 1975
- Hail, June 16, 1973
- Tornado, September 3, 1970
- Tornado, June 19, 1970
- Hail, July 17, 1961
- Tornado, March 5, 1961
- Tornado, July 11, 1958
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 13, 1956
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Woodson CountyEvery warning in Woodson 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.