NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Neodesha, KS
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Neodesha, Kansas since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 87 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 3 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 87
- EF3 or stronger
- 3
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
1 deaths in all
What the records show for Neodesha
The highest rating among the 87 tornadoes within 25 miles is F3, reached 3 times; the most recent, on April 21, 2005, came within 18 miles. The deadliest, an F3 on March 15, 1982, killed 1 person. Of the 87, 2 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 44 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 27. The most recent tornado was on April 27, 2024. Of the 171 Kansas cities on this site, 92% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Neodesha. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 104 times since 1958, with stones up to 4 inches (softball size). Of the 171 Kansas cities, 91% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Neodesha.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Neodesha
By decade
- 2020s8
- 2010s11
- 2000s25(2 EF3+)
- 1990s3
- 1980s10(1 EF3+)
- 1970s7
- 1960s12
- 1950s11
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 1982 | F3 | 24 mi | 6 mi | 1 / 1 |
| Apr 21, 2005 | F3 | 18 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 19, 2000 | F3 | 16 mi | 34 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 26, 2024 | EF2 | 23 mi | 6.71 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 26, 2024 | EF2 | 13 mi | 8.47 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 30, 2006 | F2 | 6 mi | 16 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Apr 19, 2000 | F2 | 20 mi | 25 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Apr 26, 1991 | F2 | 9 mi | 6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 15, 1988 | F2 | 14 mi | 7.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 4, 1973 | F2 | 23 mi | 5.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 11, 1973 | F2 | 20 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 8, 1973 | F2 | 16 mi | 23.5 mi | 0 / 1 |
The strongest 12 of 87, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Neodesha
The Storm Prediction Center has 104 hail reports within 10 miles of Neodesha since 1958, made on 63 separate days. Of these, 69 were 1 inch across or larger, and 11 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4 inches (softball size), fell on July 11, 2020. The most recent report is from June 8, 2025. April has the most reports, 26.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Neodesha
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Fredonia, KS, 11 miles northwest of Neodesha at 893 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 90°F and low of 69°F; January is the coolest, at 43°F and 22°F. June is the wettest at 6.1 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 1.2 inches; the year adds up to 41.9 inches over 55 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 54 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 110 nights a year. Snowfall averages 6.5 inches a year, most of it in January. That 41.9 inches is more than at 91 of the 103 Kansas stations used on this site (88%). Cherryvale, 12 miles southeast, has its own station (Big Hill Lake, KS): 40.9 inches a year, 1.0 less than here, and a July average high of 89°F against 90°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 43 | 22 | 1.2 | 3 | 2.9 |
| Feb | 49 | 26 | 1.5 | 3 | 0.8 |
| Mar | 58 | 35 | 2.8 | 5 | 0.4 |
| Apr | 68 | 44 | 4.3 | 6 | 0.1 |
| May | 76 | 56 | 5.8 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 85 | 65 | 6.1 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 90 | 69 | 4.1 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 90 | 67 | 4.2 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 82 | 59 | 4.2 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 70 | 46 | 3.6 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 58 | 35 | 2.3 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Dec | 46 | 26 | 1.8 | 3 | 2.3 |
| Year | 68 | 46 | 41.9 | 55 | 6.5 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Fredonia, KS (893 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Neodesha
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 86 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Neodesha: 56 thunderstorm wind reports, 12 floods, 9 flash floods and 9 heavy rain events. They killed 2 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $926,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 90 mph, on February 28, 2012. August has had the most flash floods, 3 of 9. Of the 169 Kansas cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 50 have had fewer than Neodesha.
April 27, 2009: flood 10 miles from the centre of Neodesha — 2 killed, $500,000 damage.
February 28, 2012: thunderstorm wind 2 miles from the centre of Neodesha — 1 injured, $50,000 damage.
NWS: “Winds estimated around 90 mph destroyed a home a few miles northeast of Neodesha. One injury (direct) was reported.”
May 27, 2008: flash flood 2 miles from the centre of Neodesha — $100,000 damage.
NWS: “A water rescue occurred where Highway 400 crossed over the Verdigris River. The person clung to a tree in the river until help arrived.”
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Flood insurance policyholders in Neodesha's ZIP code 66757 have filed 41 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1986, and were paid $735,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Thunderstorms in 2007: 22 claims (54% of all) and $539,000. 73% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 65 Kansas cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 26 have fewer than Neodesha.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorms2007 | 22 | $539,000 |
Wilson County, which includes Neodesha, has been named in 17 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1976, 13 of them major disasters (by incident: 11 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 2 floods, 1 hurricane). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, on July 15, 2024. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Wilson County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for strong wind; Relatively Low for tornadoes, hail, lightning and heat waves; Very Low for inland flooding. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $8.0 million a year, the 54th highest of 105 Kansas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $3.6 million (44%), is from inland flooding.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
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