Severe Weather History


Kansas Funnel Cloud History: 245 Recorded Events

245

Recorded events

82

Counties affected

0

Direct deaths

$0

Property damage

Kansas funnel cloud history: 245 recorded events across 82 counties between 1996 and 2025.

Decade by decade

Kansas funnel cloud history by decade

Kansas funnel cloud history: recorded events per decade
Kansas funnel cloud history: recorded events per decade

The 2000s are the busiest decade on record with 127 reported funnel cloud events across Kansas. Earlier decades are thinner because systematic reporting for this hazard expanded over time, not because the weather was calmer.

County ranking

Counties with the most funnel cloud events in Kansas

RankCountyEventsDeathsDamageSpan
#1Osage County130$01997–2012
#2Jefferson County120$02002–2011
#3Thomas County90$01997–2010
#4Shawnee County90$01997–2011
#5Cherokee County80$02008–2011
#6Franklin County70$02004–2009
#7Dickinson County70$02002–2025
#8Ford County60$02013–2017
#9Republic County60$01998–2011
#10Lyon County60$02003–2023
#11Ellis County50$02006–2021
#12Gray County50$02010–2019
#13Elk County40$02006–2014
#14McPherson County40$02015–2015
#15Greenwood County40$02006–2014
#16Rawlins County40$01996–2019
#17Rooks County40$02008–2011
#18Phillips County40$02001–2007
#19Bourbon County40$02006–2016
#20Coffey County40$01997–2009
#21Brown County40$02006–2009
#22Douglas County40$02004–2007
#23Morris County40$01997–2007
#24Smith County40$02003–2008
#25Barber County40$02007–2019
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events · ranked by recorded event count

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