NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Overbrook, 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 Overbrook, Kansas since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 150 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 15 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 150
- EF3 or stronger
- 15
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
87 deaths in all
What the records show for Overbrook
The highest rating among the 150 tornadoes within 25 miles is F5, reached 2 times; the most recent, on June 8, 1966, came within 19 miles. The deadliest, an F5 on May 20, 1957, killed 44 people. Of the 150, 13 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 50 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 53. The most recent tornado was on June 28, 2024. Overbrook has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 70% of the 171 Kansas cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 174 times since 1958, with stones up to 5 inches. Of the 171 Kansas cities, 54% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Overbrook.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Overbrook
By decade
- 2020s7
- 2010s21(2 EF3+)
- 2000s22(1 EF3+)
- 1990s29
- 1980s14(2 EF3+)
- 1970s10(2 EF3+)
- 1960s22(5 EF3+)
- 1950s25(3 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 1957 | F5 | 20 mi | 69.4 mi | 44 / 207 |
| Jun 8, 1966 | F5 | 19 mi | 21.1 mi | 16 / 450 |
| Jun 8, 1974 | F4 | 20 mi | 37.5 mi | 6 / 177 |
| May 28, 2019 | EF4 | 10 mi | 29.07 mi | 0 / 4 |
| May 22, 1952 | F4 | 22 mi | 26.9 mi | 0 / 3 |
| May 21, 2011 | EF3 | 22 mi | 10.11 mi | 1 / 5 |
| May 6, 1983 | F3 | 17 mi | 19 mi | 1 / 25 |
| Jun 19, 1981 | F3 | 19 mi | 7.7 mi | 1 / 33 |
| May 8, 2003 | F3 | 5 mi | 25 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 4, 1977 | F3 | 9 mi | 31.6 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Apr 12, 1964 | F3 | 3 mi | 33.8 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Aug 6, 1962 | F3 | 15 mi | 4.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 150, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Overbrook
The Storm Prediction Center has 174 hail reports within 10 miles of Overbrook since 1958, made on 102 separate days. Of these, 120 were 1 inch across or larger, and 18 reached 2 inches. The largest, 5 inches, fell on July 4, 1992. The most recent report is from March 29, 2022. May has the most reports, 46.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Overbrook
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Pomona Lake, KS, 9 miles south of Overbrook at 1,063 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 91°F and low of 70°F; January is the coolest, at 41°F and 22°F. May is the wettest at 5.5 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 1.0 inches; the year adds up to 38.8 inches over 62 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 47 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 110 nights a year. That 38.8 inches is more than at 75 of the 103 Kansas stations used on this site (73%). Carbondale, 9 miles west, has its own station (Topeka Forbes Field, KS): 36.7 inches a year, 2.1 less than here, and the same July average high, 91°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 41 | 22 | 1.0 | 3 |
| Feb | 46 | 24 | 1.7 | 3 |
| Mar | 57 | 34 | 2.3 | 4 |
| Apr | 67 | 44 | 3.8 | 7 |
| May | 76 | 55 | 5.5 | 9 |
| Jun | 86 | 65 | 5.4 | 7 |
| Jul | 91 | 70 | 3.9 | 6 |
| Aug | 89 | 68 | 4.1 | 6 |
| Sep | 82 | 59 | 4.0 | 6 |
| Oct | 70 | 46 | 3.2 | 5 |
| Nov | 56 | 35 | 2.3 | 4 |
| Dec | 44 | 26 | 1.6 | 3 |
| Year | 67 | 45 | 38.8 | 62 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Pomona Lake, KS (1,063 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 Overbrook
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 98 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Overbrook: 87 thunderstorm wind reports, 10 flash floods and 1 lightning strike. They killed 1 person and injured 3, and the NWS estimated $778,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 96 mph, on July 8, 2009. Of the 169 Kansas cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 56 have had fewer than Overbrook.
May 24, 2008: lightning strike 9 miles from the centre of Overbrook — 1 killed, 3 injured.
NWS: “Four men were camping at Pomona Lake State Park. A thunderstorm rolled through, and lightning struck the tent in which the men were sleeping.”
July 8, 2009: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Overbrook — $500,000 damage.
NWS: “The storm moved out of Franklin county and into Franklin county where it did the most damage. Many trees of greater than 36 diameter were snapped or uprooted from the storm.”
August 1, 2019: flash flood 8 miles from the centre of Overbrook — $100,000 damage.
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
Osage County, which includes Overbrook, has been named in 26 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1967, 22 of them major disasters (by incident: 16 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 2 floods, 2 tornadoes). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, on September 1, 2026. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Osage County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for hail, strong wind and lightning; Relatively Low for tornadoes and heat waves; Very Low for inland flooding. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $10.8 million a year, the 37th highest of 105 Kansas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $3.4 million (31%), 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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Cities near Overbrook
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