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Kansas, 1994

The year's recorded storm events, federal disaster declarations and flood insurance claims.

899events recorded644 in 1993
0deaths recorded24 injuries
$106Mproperty damage (estimates)$14M crop damage
0disaster declarations104 NFIP claims, $1.0M paid
← 19931995 →

NCEI notes that Storm Data is compiled from a variety of sources including the National Weather Service, other federal, state and local agencies, the media and the public; that property and crop damage figures are estimates; and that some events are recorded by NWS forecast zone rather than by county. FEMA notes that NFIP claim records are redacted and aggregated to protect the privacy of policyholders.

Events by hazard

Hail542
Wind316
Tornado41

Includes events recorded by forecast zone. The state's yearly total for 1994 was 899 against 644 in 1993.

Counties with the most recorded events

CountyEvents in 1994
Sherman County38
Wallace County32
Cheyenne County21
Greeley County21
Smith County21
Thomas County21
Kearny County19
Osborne County19
Sumner County19
Logan County18
Meade County18
Sedgwick County18
Butler County15
Hamilton County15
Wichita County15
Cowley County14
Kiowa County14
Norton County14
Pratt County14
Ford County13
Republic County13
Washington County13
Clark County12
Comanche County12
Decatur County12

Notable events

DateCountyEvent typeMagnitudeProperty damageDeathsInjuries
9 Apr 1994SewardTornadoF2$50,000—8
1 Jul 1994SedgwickThunderstorm Wind100 mph$50,000,000——
1 Jul 1994GearyThunderstorm Wind75 mph$5,000—4
1 Jul 1994WabaunseeThunderstorm Wind71 mph$500,000—2
9 Apr 1994WoodsonThunderstorm Wind0 mph$500,000—2
17 Jul 1994MarionThunderstorm Wind60 mph——2
1 Jul 1994ButlerThunderstorm Wind90 mph$5,000,000—1
1 Jul 1994CowleyThunderstorm Wind114 mph$5,000,000—1
1 Jul 1994DouglasThunderstorm Wind81 mph$50,000—1
25 Apr 1994MitchellThunderstorm Wind60 mph$50,000—1
1 Jul 1994RooksThunderstorm Wind70 mph$50,000—1
7 Jul 1994ButlerThunderstorm Wind62 mph$5,000—1
1 Jul 1994PottawatomieThunderstorm Wind99 mph$5,000,000——
1 Jul 1994DickinsonThunderstorm Wind92 mph$5,000,000——
8 Jun 1994ThomasHail1.75 in$50,000——
9 Apr 1994MeadeTornadoF2$5,000,000——
1 Jul 1994SalineThunderstorm Wind75 mph$5,000,000——
7 Jun 1994CheyenneTornadoF2$5,000,000——
1 Jul 1994ShawneeThunderstorm Wind62 mph$500,000——
6 Jun 1994GreeleyHail5.00 in$500,000——
1 Jul 1994JewellThunderstorm Wind104 mph$500,000——
1 Jul 1994JewellThunderstorm Wind104 mph$500,000——
1 Jul 1994NemahaThunderstorm Wind69 mph$500,000——
1 Jul 1994ClayThunderstorm Wind81 mph$500,000——
1 Jul 1994OsborneTornadoF1$500,000——
7 Jul 1994CrawfordThunderstorm Wind0 mph$500,000——
1 Jul 1994MitchellThunderstorm Wind106 mph$500,000——
1 Jul 1994OttawaThunderstorm Wind81 mph$500,000——
1 Jul 1994ShawneeThunderstorm Wind90 mph$500,000——
1 Jul 1994WashingtonThunderstorm Wind92 mph$500,000——
1 Jul 1994RileyThunderstorm Wind71 mph$500,000——
1 Jul 1994RepublicThunderstorm Wind81 mph$500,000——
1 Jul 1994DickinsonThunderstorm Wind75 mph$500,000——
1 Jul 1994DouglasThunderstorm Wind81 mph$500,000——
3 Jul 1994FordHail2.50 in$500,000——
1 Jul 1994RenoThunderstorm Wind81 mph$500,000——
9 Apr 1994GreenwoodThunderstorm Wind0 mph$500,000——
9 Apr 1994AllenThunderstorm Wind109 mph$500,000——
1 Jul 1994KingmanThunderstorm Wind90 mph$500,000——
1 Jul 1994WyandotteThunderstorm Wind75 mph$500,000——

Up to 40 events with deaths, injuries, damage of $50,000 or more, or a tornado rating, ranked by deaths, injuries and damage.

Federal disaster declarations in 1994

No declaration touching Kansas was made in 1994.

Flood insurance claims with a 1994 date of loss

104 NFIP claims, 88 of them paid, for $1,038,607.

Sources: NOAA NCEI Storm Events through 30 Jun 2026; OpenFEMA DisasterDeclarationsSummaries v2 (1 Oct 2026); OpenFEMA NfipClaims v3 (8 Sep 2026). Built 1 Oct 2026.