NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Prairie Village, 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 Prairie Village, Kansas since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 153 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 17 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 153
- EF3 or stronger
- 17
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
50 deaths in all
What the records show for Prairie Village
The strongest of the 153 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F5 on May 20, 1957; its path came within 7 miles, and it killed 44 people. Of the 153, 6 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 70 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 56. The most recent tornado was on June 3, 2025. Prairie Village has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 73% of the 171 Kansas cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 600 times since 1955, with stones up to 3 inches (tea cup size). Prairie Village has more hail reports within 10 miles than 95% of the 171 Kansas cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Prairie Village
By decade
- 2020s12
- 2010s31(2 EF3+)
- 2000s27(3 EF3+)
- 1990s7
- 1980s17
- 1970s13(2 EF3+)
- 1960s31(8 EF3+)
- 1950s15(2 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 1957 | F5 | 7 mi | 69.4 mi | 44 / 207 |
| May 4, 2003 | F4 | 11 mi | 21 mi | 2 / 30 |
| Jun 8, 1966 | F4 | 22 mi | 19.9 mi | 1 / 2 |
| May 28, 2019 | EF4 | 17 mi | 29.07 mi | 0 / 4 |
| May 4, 2003 | F4 | 19 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 13 |
| May 4, 1977 | F4 | 24 mi | 12 mi | 0 / 5 |
| May 7, 1961 | F4 | 17 mi | 26.2 mi | 0 / 12 |
| May 22, 1952 | F4 | 8 mi | 26.9 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Jan 24, 1967 | F3 | 22 mi | 14.5 mi | 2 / 18 |
| Apr 12, 1964 | F3 | 23 mi | 19.5 mi | 1 / 10 |
| Mar 6, 2017 | EF3 | 21 mi | 17.74 mi | 0 / 12 |
| May 2, 2008 | EF3 | 23 mi | 0.92 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 153, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Prairie Village
The Storm Prediction Center has 600 hail reports within 10 miles of Prairie Village since 1955, made on 255 separate days. Of these, 404 were 1 inch across or larger, and 30 reached 2 inches. The largest, 3 inches (tea cup size), fell on June 22, 2003. The most recent report is from September 16, 2025. May has the most reports, 143.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Prairie Village
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Kansas City Downtown Airport, MO, 10 miles north of Prairie Village at 742 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 90°F and low of 72°F; January is the coolest, at 40°F and 22°F. June is the wettest at 5.3 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 1.0 inches; the year adds up to 38.1 inches over 60 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 93 nights a year. Snowfall averages 11.0 inches a year, most of it in December. That 38.1 inches is more than at 71 of the 103 Kansas stations used on this site (69%). Overland Park, 6 miles southwest, has its own station (Olathe 3E, KS): 41.0 inches a year, 2.9 more than here, and a July average high of 88°F against 90°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 40 | 22 | 1.0 | 2 | 3.4 |
| Feb | 45 | 26 | 1.5 | 3 | 3.2 |
| Mar | 57 | 36 | 2.1 | 5 | 0.4 |
| Apr | 67 | 46 | 3.9 | 7 | 0.1 |
| May | 76 | 57 | 5.1 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 86 | 67 | 5.3 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 90 | 72 | 4.4 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 89 | 70 | 4.7 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 80 | 61 | 3.8 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 68 | 49 | 3.2 | 5 | 0.3 |
| Nov | 55 | 36 | 1.8 | 3 | 0.1 |
| Dec | 44 | 27 | 1.3 | 3 | 3.5 |
| Year | 66 | 48 | 38.1 | 60 | 11.0 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Kansas City Downtown Airport, MO (742 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 Prairie Village
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 578 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Prairie Village: 436 thunderstorm wind reports, 110 flash floods, 17 floods, 13 heavy rain events and 2 lightning strikes. They killed 0 people and injured 3, and the NWS estimated $1.3 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 92 mph, on June 23, 1998. August has had the most flash floods, 32 of 110. Of the 169 Kansas cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 165 have had fewer than Prairie Village.
August 6, 1996: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Prairie Village — 3 injured, $150,000 damage.
March 12, 2006: thunderstorm wind 5 miles from the centre of Prairie Village — $250,000 damage.
March 12, 2006: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Prairie Village — $150,000 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
Flood insurance policyholders in Prairie Village's 2 ZIP codes have filed 262 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $3.9 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Not a named storm in 1982: 46 claims (18% of all) and $454,000, then Flooding in 1984 with 22 and Midwest Flooding in 1993 with 22. 34% 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, 59 have fewer than Prairie Village.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Not a named storm1982 | 46 | $454,000 |
| Flooding1984 | 22 | $355,000 |
| Midwest Flooding1993 | 22 | $186,000 |
Johnson County, which includes Prairie Village, has been named in 12 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1969, 9 of them major disasters (by incident: 5 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 2 floods, 1 hurricane). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, on October 26, 2023. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Johnson County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for tornadoes and lightning; Relatively High for hail, inland flooding and heat waves; Relatively Low for strong wind. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $256.8 million a year, the highest of 105 Kansas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $110.2 million (43%), 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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