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Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 1998
141 tornado warnings in 1998. 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 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 141
- Busiest month
- June68 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- May 25, 199813 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 14, 4:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur | 49 min |
| Apr 14, 4:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Allen, Woodson | 60 min |
| Apr 14, 4:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 60 min |
| Apr 14, 4:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Coffey | 23 min |
| Apr 14, 5:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 5:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey | 34 min |
| Apr 14, 10:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 65 min |
| Apr 14, 10:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 60 min |
| Apr 14, 11:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Linn, Miami | 22 min |
| Apr 14, 11:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 61 min |
| Apr 14, 11:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette | 60 min |
| Apr 14, 11:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 65 min |
| Apr 15, 1:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 62 min |
| May 5, 11:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Grant, Stevens | 26 min |
| May 6, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney | 33 min |
| May 6, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Gray | 35 min |
| May 6, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Gray | 36 min |
| May 6, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford | 32 min |
| May 11, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 60 min |
| May 11, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln | 60 min |
| May 11, 8:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Ellsworth | 63 min |
| May 11, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Saline | 63 min |
| May 11, 9:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Rice | 48 min |
| May 11, 9:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | McPherson | 64 min |
| May 11, 10:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | McPherson | 46 min |
| May 20, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 31 min |
| May 22, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 31 min |
| May 22, 8:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 49 min |
| May 22, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 65 min |
| May 22, 8:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 48 min |
| May 22, 9:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Thomas | 63 min |
| May 22, 10:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 49 min |
| May 22, 10:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Graham | 51 min |
| May 22, 11:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Norton | 47 min |
| May 22, 11:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 62 min |
| May 23, 9:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Kiowa | 33 min |
| May 24, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan | 50 min |
| May 24, 2:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove | 47 min |
| May 24, 2:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane | 48 min |
| May 24, 7:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sedgwick, Sumner | 57 min |
| May 24, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harper | 45 min |
| May 24, 7:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Kingman | 61 min |
| May 24, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Grant | 35 min |
| May 24, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 60 min |
| May 24, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sumner | 66 min |
| May 24, 8:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber | 48 min |
| May 24, 8:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 47 min |
| May 24, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 62 min |
| May 24, 8:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sumner | 63 min |
| May 24, 8:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harper | 61 min |
| May 24, 9:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 46 min |
| May 24, 9:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Comanche | 34 min |
| Jun 8, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sumner | 62 min |
| Jun 8, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 40 min |
| Jun 8, 4:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 41 min |
| Jun 8, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harvey | 60 min |
| Jun 8, 4:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 64 min |
| Jun 8, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Ottawa | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips, Smith | 48 min |
| Jun 8, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harvey | 62 min |
| Jun 8, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk | 61 min |
| Jun 8, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 65 min |
| Jun 8, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chase | 61 min |
| Jun 8, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Elk | 49 min |
| Jun 10, 7:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic, Washington | 30 min |
| Jun 10, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 31 min |
| Jun 10, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee | 29 min |
| Jun 10, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 32 min |
| Jun 10, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jackson, Shawnee | 32 min |
| Jun 10, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee | 31 min |
| Jun 10, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Lyon | 33 min |
| Jun 10, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur | 34 min |
| Jun 10, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 50 min |
| Jun 13, 4:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Smith | 49 min |
| Jun 13, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sumner | 33 min |
| Jun 13, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler | 65 min |
| Jun 13, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 63 min |
| Jun 13, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chase | 45 min |
| Jun 13, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 63 min |
| Jun 13, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 49 min |
| Jun 13, 6:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic | 31 min |
| Jun 13, 6:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Elk | 58 min |
| Jun 13, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Washington | 31 min |
| Jun 13, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall | 46 min |
| Jun 13, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 29 min |
| Jun 13, 8:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Brown | 37 min |
| Jun 13, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Doniphan | 35 min |
| Jun 13, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 46 min |
| Jun 13, 10:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Brown | 46 min |
| Jun 13, 11:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Doniphan | 28 min |
| Jun 18, 4:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 50 min |
| Jun 19, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sumner | 33 min |
| Jun 20, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 45 min |
| Jun 20, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie | 33 min |
| Jun 20, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie | 30 min |
| Jun 20, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie | 35 min |
| Jun 20, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jackson | 31 min |
| Jun 20, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jackson | 28 min |
| Jun 23, 12:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 61 min |
| Jun 23, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Mitchell | 25 min |
| Jun 23, 8:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Cloud | 48 min |
| Jun 23, 9:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Cloud | 45 min |
| Jun 23, 9:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 48 min |
| Jun 23, 10:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay | 37 min |
| Jun 27, 9:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Washington | 32 min |
| Jun 27, 10:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall, Washington | 69 min |
| Jun 27, 11:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall, Washington | 45 min |
| Jun 28, 9:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Saline | 59 min |
| Jun 29, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan | 36 min |
| Jun 29, 6:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jackson | 29 min |
| Jun 29, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee | 42 min |
| Jun 29, 7:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson | 36 min |
| Jun 29, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson | 39 min |
| Jun 29, 8:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Miami | 59 min |
| Jun 29, 8:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Osage | 28 min |
| Jun 29, 8:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, Osage | 42 min |
| Jun 29, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Osage, Wabaunsee | 30 min |
| Jun 29, 9:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Anderson | 43 min |
| Jun 29, 9:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Osage | 28 min |
| Jun 29, 9:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey | 33 min |
| Jul 9, 9:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 62 min |
| Jul 12, 4:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Morton | 32 min |
| Aug 3, 12:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Kingman, Sedgwick | 61 min |
| Aug 25, 4:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Kingman | 31 min |
| Aug 26, 6:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Franklin | 31 min |
| Sep 20, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay, Geary, Riley | 46 min |
| Sep 27, 10:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber | 30 min |
| Sep 27, 11:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber | 34 min |
| Sep 29, 3:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Mitchell | 43 min |
| Sep 29, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton | 32 min |
| Sep 29, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton | 33 min |
| Oct 4, 11:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Anderson | 30 min |
| Oct 4, 3:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Mitchell | 63 min |
| Oct 4, 3:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Jewell | 46 min |
| Oct 4, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic | 42 min |
| Oct 4, 5:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Lyon, Osage, Wabaunsee | 48 min |
| Oct 4, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 67 min |
| Oct 16, 7:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis | 31 min |
| Oct 16, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Rooks | 46 min |
| Oct 16, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis | 31 min |
| Oct 16, 9:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Franklin, Osage | 27 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cowley County8
- Marshall County8
- Pottawatomie County7
- Sumner County7
- Jackson County7
- Nemaha County6
- Osage County6
- Anderson County5
- Washington County5
- Coffey County4
- Cheyenne County4
- Wabaunsee County4
- Shawnee County4
- Decatur County3
- Barton County3
- Kingman County3
- Barber County3
- Ottawa County3
- Elk County3
- Republic County3
- Jefferson County3
- Mitchell County3
- Franklin County3
- Greenwood County2
- Chautauqua County2
- Miami County2
- Montgomery County2
- Bourbon County2
- Grant County2
- Gray County2
- Ellsworth County2
- Lincoln County2
- Saline County2
- McPherson County2
- Riley County2
- Sherman County2
- Phillips County2
- Rooks County2
- Kiowa County2
- Logan County2
38 more counties
- Sedgwick County2
- Harper County2
- Harvey County2
- Smith County2
- Chase County2
- Lyon County2
- Brown County2
- Doniphan County2
- Cloud County2
- Clay County2
- Ellis County2
- Allen County1
- Woodson County1
- Linn County1
- Labette County1
- Cherokee County1
- Stevens County1
- Finney County1
- Ford County1
- Russell County1
- Rice County1
- Rawlins County1
- Thomas County1
- Sheridan County1
- Graham County1
- Norton County1
- Clark County1
- Gove County1
- Lane County1
- Comanche County1
- Dickinson County1
- Leavenworth County1
- Butler County1
- Douglas County1
- Johnson County1
- Morton County1
- Geary County1
- Jewell 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.