Kansas

Storm History: Woodson County, Kansas

251 episodes, 368 events since 1956

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.

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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
Tornado109010$6.8 million
Hail9200$118,000
Flash Flood3900$192,000
Drought3500$100,000
Winter Storm2021$255,000
Thunderstorm Wind1802$311,000
Flood1400$1,000
Heavy Snow800
Excessive Heat700
Heat500
Blizzard500$150,000
Ice Storm400
Winter Weather400
Wildfire300
Heavy Rain200
Sleet100
Frost/Freeze100
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100

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 Woodson County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

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.