Tornado Warnings in Kansas
4,987 tornado warnings since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.
Tornado Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 4,987
- Busiest year
- 2008321 tornado warnings
- Average year
- 122over 41 years on file
Over time
By year
Before October 2007 these were issued for whole counties, and a storm crossing three counties was often three warnings; since then one polygon follows the storm. The count changed with the practice, not only with the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Gove County139
- Logan County138
- Sheridan County124
- Sherman County120
- Thomas County117
- Cowley County110
- Finney County108
- Ford County105
- Kiowa County104
- Washington County104
- Barton County103
- Decatur County103
- Butler County102
- Cheyenne County100
- Dickinson County99
- Sumner County95
- Wallace County95
- Reno County94
- Edwards County92
- Ness County91
- Pawnee County91
- Pottawatomie County91
- Smith County90
- Russell County89
- Pratt County89
- Graham County88
- Wabaunsee County87
- Rawlins County87
- Kingman County86
- Riley County86
- Sedgwick County86
- Clay County83
- Republic County83
- Osage County83
- Ellsworth County82
- Marshall County82
- Jewell County81
- Mitchell County80
- Osborne County80
- Stafford County80
65 more counties
- Cherokee County79
- Ellis County79
- Gray County79
- Barber County78
- Hodgeman County78
- Trego County77
- Clark County77
- Lyon County76
- Meade County76
- Norton County75
- Greeley County75
- Comanche County74
- Nemaha County74
- Morris County72
- Shawnee County71
- Rice County71
- Rooks County71
- Jackson County71
- Rush County71
- Cloud County69
- Phillips County67
- Wichita County67
- Lincoln County66
- Scott County65
- Geary County65
- Douglas County64
- Harper County63
- Ottawa County62
- Crawford County61
- Greenwood County61
- Lane County60
- Jefferson County59
- McPherson County59
- Labette County58
- Kearny County57
- Saline County57
- Marion County56
- Johnson County56
- Chautauqua County54
- Brown County53
- Seward County53
- Harvey County52
- Haskell County51
- Wilson County48
- Montgomery County48
- Hamilton County45
- Elk County45
- Stanton County44
- Leavenworth County44
- Bourbon County42
- Chase County40
- Neosho County40
- Franklin County40
- Grant County38
- Morton County37
- Miami County37
- Coffey County36
- Stevens County35
- Atchison County33
- Doniphan County31
- Woodson County27
- Wyandotte County27
- Allen County24
- Linn County22
- Anderson County20
The latest tornado warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 7:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Wallace | 9 min |
| Jul 23, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 18 min |
| Jul 3, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic, Washington | 48 min |
| Jul 3, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic, Washington | 32 min |
| Jun 25, 6:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 22 min |
| Jun 21, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan | 48 min |
| Jun 21, 5:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas | 19 min |
| Jun 21, 5:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Montgomery | 23 min |
| Jun 20, 9:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic | 20 min |
| Jun 20, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 44 min |
| Jun 20, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sheridan, Thomas | 50 min |
| Jun 20, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins | 30 min |
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.