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Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 1996
121 tornado warnings in 1996. 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 in 1996. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 121
- Busiest month
- May46 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- May 23, 199614 tornado warnings
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette | 61 min |
| May 8, 8:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards | 32 min |
| May 8, 8:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Reno | 52 min |
| May 8, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pratt | 30 min |
| May 9, 7:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic | 42 min |
| May 9, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Cloud, Washington | 29 min |
| May 9, 8:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay | 54 min |
| May 9, 8:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall, Washington | 48 min |
| May 9, 8:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Reno | 43 min |
| May 9, 8:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall | 52 min |
| May 9, 8:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay, Washington | 47 min |
| May 9, 10:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall | 31 min |
| May 22, 7:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 47 min |
| May 22, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 63 min |
| May 22, 8:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 47 min |
| May 22, 9:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur | 64 min |
| May 22, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 61 min |
| May 22, 9:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Jewell | 30 min |
| May 22, 9:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic | 26 min |
| May 22, 10:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur | 49 min |
| May 22, 10:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic | 44 min |
| May 22, 10:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 64 min |
| May 22, 10:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic | 33 min |
| May 22, 11:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Washington | 52 min |
| May 22, 11:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Jewell | 41 min |
| May 22, 11:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic | 49 min |
| May 24, 5:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton | 29 min |
| May 24, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford | 34 min |
| May 24, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stafford | 34 min |
| May 24, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pratt | 35 min |
| May 26, 3:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stevens | 45 min |
| May 26, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Seward | 48 min |
| May 26, 4:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Haskell, Seward | 48 min |
| May 26, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Seward, Stevens | 51 min |
| May 26, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Gray, Haskell | 48 min |
| May 26, 4:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 36 min |
| May 26, 4:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove | 66 min |
| May 26, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 62 min |
| May 26, 8:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette | 43 min |
| May 26, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 63 min |
| May 26, 9:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Crawford | 67 min |
| May 31, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ness | 53 min |
| May 31, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Morton | 42 min |
| May 31, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stevens | 30 min |
| May 31, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ness, Rush | 50 min |
| May 31, 6:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stevens | 42 min |
| May 31, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Greeley | 61 min |
| Jun 2, 4:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 58 min |
| Jun 3, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stanton | 31 min |
| Jun 4, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sumner | 50 min |
| Jun 4, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sumner | 47 min |
| Jun 4, 7:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 39 min |
| Jun 5, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jackson | 33 min |
| Jun 5, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Atchison | 44 min |
| Jun 5, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 29 min |
| Jun 5, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 8:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 27 min |
| Jun 5, 9:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 44 min |
| Jun 5, 9:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson | 29 min |
| Jun 5, 10:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas | 44 min |
| Jun 5, 10:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson | 43 min |
| Jun 6, 12:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Linn | 32 min |
| Jun 6, 1:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 35 min |
| Jun 6, 4:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur | 46 min |
| Jun 6, 5:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Mitchell, Osborne | 37 min |
| Jun 11, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 31 min |
| Jun 11, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards | 36 min |
| Jun 11, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 52 min |
| Jun 11, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Comanche | 36 min |
| Jun 11, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 31 min |
| Jun 11, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche | 49 min |
| Jun 11, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford | 45 min |
| Jun 16, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Doniphan | 32 min |
| Jun 18, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 65 min |
| Jun 21, 9:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Gray | 50 min |
| Jun 22, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Riley | 29 min |
| Jun 22, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman, Thomas | 48 min |
| Jul 3, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Mitchell, Osborne | 45 min |
| Jul 3, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Osborne | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Rush | 29 min |
| Jul 7, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Wichita | 63 min |
| Jul 15, 10:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 63 min |
| Jul 15, 10:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur | 62 min |
| Jul 15, 10:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Norton | 48 min |
| Jul 15, 11:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Graham, Sheridan | 65 min |
| Jul 16, 12:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Trego | 30 min |
| Jul 20, 5:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 33 min |
| Jul 21, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Thomas | 30 min |
| Jul 21, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Thomas | 32 min |
| Jul 21, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan | 49 min |
| Jul 21, 7:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Scott | 48 min |
| Jul 23, 2:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 33 min |
| Jul 23, 2:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 51 min |
| Jul 23, 3:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Thomas | 33 min |
| Jul 23, 3:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Thomas | 31 min |
| Jul 23, 4:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan | 32 min |
| Jul 23, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan | 48 min |
| Jul 23, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 52 min |
| Jul 23, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 46 min |
| Jul 23, 8:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney | 32 min |
| Jul 23, 9:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 31 min |
| Jul 25, 4:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 49 min |
| Jul 25, 4:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 33 min |
| Jul 25, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 32 min |
| Aug 2, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove | 62 min |
| Aug 2, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford | 45 min |
| Aug 2, 9:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 37 min |
| Aug 4, 7:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur | 48 min |
| Aug 6, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Thomas | 48 min |
| Aug 6, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Thomas | 47 min |
| Aug 7, 12:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 51 min |
| Aug 10, 9:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 45 min |
| Aug 10, 10:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 45 min |
| Aug 10, 10:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan | 34 min |
| Sep 2, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stanton | 59 min |
| Sep 2, 8:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Greeley | 32 min |
| Sep 18, 8:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Seward | 29 min |
| Sep 18, 9:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Seward | 35 min |
| Sep 25, 8:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harper | 53 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Rawlins County7
- Thomas County7
- Republic County5
- Decatur County5
- Seward County5
- Sherman County5
- Washington County4
- Ford County4
- Stevens County4
- Sheridan County4
- Logan County4
- Marshall County3
- Gray County3
- Gove County3
- Sumner County3
- Osborne County3
- Labette County2
- Edwards County2
- Reno County2
- Pratt County2
- Cloud County2
- Clay County2
- Cheyenne County2
- Jewell County2
- Haskell County2
- Ness County2
- Rush County2
- Greeley County2
- Bourbon County2
- Stanton County2
- Jefferson County2
- Leavenworth County2
- Johnson County2
- Mitchell County2
- Kiowa County2
- Comanche County2
- Lincoln County2
- Barton County1
- Stafford County1
- Ottawa County1
23 more counties
- Cherokee County1
- Crawford County1
- Morton County1
- Cowley County1
- Jackson County1
- Atchison County1
- Wyandotte County1
- Douglas County1
- Linn County1
- Pawnee County1
- Clark County1
- Doniphan County1
- Greenwood County1
- Riley County1
- Wichita County1
- Norton County1
- Graham County1
- Trego County1
- Nemaha County1
- Scott County1
- Finney County1
- Hamilton County1
- Harper County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.