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

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