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Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 2001
121 tornado warnings in 2001. 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 2001. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 121
- Busiest month
- April40 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- June 14, 200111 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 6, 1:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Graham, Sheridan | 38 min |
| Apr 6, 1:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Norton | 36 min |
| Apr 6, 1:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Graham | 46 min |
| Apr 6, 2:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips | 49 min |
| Apr 6, 4:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 25 min |
| Apr 6, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Grant, Stevens | 36 min |
| Apr 6, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Thomas | 45 min |
| Apr 6, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Thomas | 51 min |
| Apr 9, 11:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Elk | 31 min |
| Apr 10, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson, Miami | 33 min |
| Apr 10, 10:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove | 46 min |
| Apr 10, 11:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Rooks | 52 min |
| Apr 11, 12:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Smith | 51 min |
| Apr 11, 1:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic, Washington | 34 min |
| Apr 11, 2:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Rice | 28 min |
| Apr 14, 5:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 27 min |
| Apr 14, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kiowa, Pratt | 32 min |
| Apr 14, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pratt | 31 min |
| Apr 14, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Kingman | 56 min |
| Apr 14, 6:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pratt | 23 min |
| Apr 14, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas, Franklin, Osage | 51 min |
| Apr 14, 7:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Kingman | 49 min |
| Apr 14, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 35 min |
| Apr 14, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 60 min |
| Apr 20, 8:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth | 35 min |
| Apr 20, 9:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 39 min |
| Apr 20, 10:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 33 min |
| Apr 20, 10:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Geary | 24 min |
| Apr 20, 10:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Geary | 17 min |
| Apr 20, 11:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 37 min |
| Apr 20, 11:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 34 min |
| Apr 21, 12:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 22 min |
| Apr 21, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 40 min |
| Apr 21, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Rush | 30 min |
| Apr 21, 9:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 49 min |
| Apr 21, 9:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton | 23 min |
| Apr 21, 9:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Ellsworth | 53 min |
| Apr 21, 10:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 60 min |
| Apr 21, 11:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 44 min |
| Apr 29, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kearny | 37 min |
| Apr 30, 7:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 34 min |
| Apr 30, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Saline | 40 min |
| May 5, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sumner | 43 min |
| May 8, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Jewell | 31 min |
| May 8, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell | 30 min |
| May 8, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Mitchell | 46 min |
| May 8, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic | 29 min |
| May 9, 8:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton | 26 min |
| May 20, 4:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips | 24 min |
| May 20, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Osborne, Rooks | 52 min |
| May 20, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Russell | 45 min |
| May 20, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 43 min |
| May 20, 7:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 46 min |
| May 20, 8:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stafford | 23 min |
| May 27, 2:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sumner | 44 min |
| May 27, 3:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan, Wallace | 45 min |
| May 27, 4:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Wichita | 49 min |
| May 27, 4:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan | 49 min |
| May 27, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford | 39 min |
| May 27, 6:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Kingman | 54 min |
| May 29, 2:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Wallace | 38 min |
| May 29, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan | 25 min |
| May 29, 4:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 47 min |
| May 29, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Seward | 46 min |
| May 30, 8:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette | 17 min |
| May 31, 6:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 38 min |
| May 31, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 43 min |
| Jun 1, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | McPherson | 44 min |
| Jun 1, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards | 32 min |
| Jun 1, 4:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harvey | 38 min |
| Jun 1, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Marion | 45 min |
| Jun 1, 4:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harvey | 29 min |
| Jun 1, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler | 40 min |
| Jun 1, 6:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth | 24 min |
| Jun 1, 7:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sumner | 27 min |
| Jun 3, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Kingman | 61 min |
| Jun 3, 10:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Kingman | 62 min |
| Jun 3, 11:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Reno | 55 min |
| Jun 5, 1:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Mitchell, Osborne | 40 min |
| Jun 5, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harper | 50 min |
| Jun 5, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 65 min |
| Jun 5, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harper | 49 min |
| Jun 5, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harvey | 45 min |
| Jun 5, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harper | 45 min |
| Jun 5, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sumner | 54 min |
| Jun 5, 7:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harvey | 23 min |
| Jun 5, 8:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sumner | 41 min |
| Jun 5, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler | 48 min |
| Jun 5, 9:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sumner | 41 min |
| Jun 5, 9:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 53 min |
| Jun 13, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 51 min |
| Jun 13, 8:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur | 43 min |
| Jun 13, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic | 17 min |
| Jun 13, 8:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic | 31 min |
| Jun 13, 9:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 26 min |
| Jun 13, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 32 min |
| Jun 13, 9:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Rush | 36 min |
| Jun 13, 9:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 36 min |
| Jun 13, 9:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Rush | 31 min |
| Jun 13, 10:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis | 31 min |
| Jun 13, 10:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ness | 41 min |
| Jun 20, 8:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 31 min |
| Jul 24, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Greeley | 50 min |
| Jul 24, 10:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Wallace | 25 min |
| Jul 27, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 44 min |
| Aug 23, 5:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Russell | 49 min |
| Aug 23, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 61 min |
| Aug 23, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 61 min |
| Aug 24, 10:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Reno | 40 min |
| Sep 7, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Saline | 46 min |
| Sep 7, 5:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 44 min |
| Sep 7, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay, Geary | 32 min |
| Sep 7, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Geary, Riley | 34 min |
| Sep 7, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 46 min |
| Sep 7, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 30 min |
| Sep 14, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 35 min |
| Sep 17, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Rice | 32 min |
| Sep 17, 5:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | McPherson | 67 min |
| Sep 17, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno | 58 min |
| Sep 17, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler | 51 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Kingman County7
- Sumner County6
- Rush County5
- Harvey County5
- Republic County4
- Pratt County4
- Dickinson County4
- Geary County4
- Lincoln County4
- Harper County4
- Reno County4
- Gove County3
- Ellsworth County3
- Pawnee County3
- Barton County3
- Mitchell County3
- Russell County3
- Logan County3
- Wallace County3
- Butler County3
- Graham County2
- Sheridan County2
- Norton County2
- Phillips County2
- Hamilton County2
- Thomas County2
- Johnson County2
- Rooks County2
- Rice County2
- Cowley County2
- Ellis County2
- Kearny County2
- Saline County2
- Jewell County2
- Decatur County2
- Osborne County2
- McPherson County2
- Rawlins County2
- Hodgeman County2
- Riley County2
32 more counties
- Stanton County1
- Grant County1
- Stevens County1
- Elk County1
- Miami County1
- Smith County1
- Washington County1
- Kiowa County1
- Douglas County1
- Franklin County1
- Osage County1
- Chautauqua County1
- Wabaunsee County1
- Shawnee County1
- Jefferson County1
- Ottawa County1
- Sedgwick County1
- Stafford County1
- Wichita County1
- Ford County1
- Seward County1
- Labette County1
- Cheyenne County1
- Sherman County1
- Edwards County1
- Marion County1
- Leavenworth County1
- Ness County1
- Barber County1
- Greeley County1
- Clay County1
- Pottawatomie 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.