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Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 2003
124 tornado warnings in 2003. 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 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 124
- Busiest month
- May63 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- May 8, 200317 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 6:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Woodson | 53 min |
| Mar 12, 7:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Allen | 56 min |
| Mar 12, 7:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Woodson | 50 min |
| Mar 12, 7:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Wilson | 66 min |
| Mar 12, 8:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette, Neosho | 65 min |
| Apr 15, 11:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Rice | 33 min |
| Apr 19, 7:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 37 min |
| Apr 19, 5:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sumner | 36 min |
| Apr 19, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette | 50 min |
| Apr 19, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Crawford | 37 min |
| Apr 19, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette | 37 min |
| Apr 19, 8:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 41 min |
| Apr 19, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Crawford | 44 min |
| Apr 23, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 3:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson, Miami | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 5:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas, Franklin, Osage | 24 min |
| Apr 24, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas, Franklin, Osage | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 5:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Wilson | 55 min |
| Apr 29, 3:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 47 min |
| Apr 29, 4:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur | 38 min |
| Apr 29, 5:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur | 29 min |
| Apr 29, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips, Smith | 40 min |
| Apr 30, 2:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Wallace | 48 min |
| Apr 30, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 46 min |
| Apr 30, 9:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 48 min |
| Apr 30, 10:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 36 min |
| Apr 30, 10:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 47 min |
| Apr 30, 10:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 51 min |
| May 4, 3:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 45 min |
| May 4, 4:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Wyandotte | 43 min |
| May 4, 4:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette, Neosho | 33 min |
| May 4, 4:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Linn, Miami | 40 min |
| May 4, 4:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Crawford | 55 min |
| May 4, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Miami | 61 min |
| May 4, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette | 32 min |
| May 4, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 60 min |
| May 6, 10:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Lyon | 21 min |
| May 6, 3:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 48 min |
| May 6, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Allen | 65 min |
| May 6, 4:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 58 min |
| May 8, 5:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Geary, Riley | 26 min |
| May 8, 3:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic | 66 min |
| May 8, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic, Washington | 40 min |
| May 8, 4:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Washington | 34 min |
| May 8, 5:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Washington | 34 min |
| May 8, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall | 33 min |
| May 8, 5:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Geary | 44 min |
| May 8, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler | 67 min |
| May 8, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee | 49 min |
| May 8, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 63 min |
| May 8, 6:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall | 39 min |
| May 8, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jackson, Pottawatomie | 47 min |
| May 8, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Osage | 46 min |
| May 8, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Coffey | 52 min |
| May 8, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Woodson | 62 min |
| May 8, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 46 min |
| May 8, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas, Franklin | 51 min |
| May 8, 7:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jackson, Jefferson | 42 min |
| May 8, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Allen | 61 min |
| May 8, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Anderson | 39 min |
| May 8, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Atchison, Leavenworth | 41 min |
| May 8, 7:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Linn | 53 min |
| May 8, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas | 22 min |
| May 8, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas | 21 min |
| May 8, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas | 19 min |
| May 8, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 17 min |
| May 8, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 46 min |
| May 8, 8:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette | 56 min |
| May 8, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Linn | 63 min |
| May 8, 8:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 57 min |
| May 10, 2:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harvey | 52 min |
| May 10, 2:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler | 58 min |
| May 10, 2:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 65 min |
| May 10, 3:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Coffey, Lyon | 53 min |
| May 10, 4:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Franklin | 61 min |
| May 15, 3:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Wichita | 52 min |
| May 15, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Haskell, Seward | 28 min |
| May 15, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade, Seward | 44 min |
| May 15, 8:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade | 42 min |
| May 15, 8:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Seward | 39 min |
| May 15, 9:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade | 42 min |
| May 15, 10:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Meade | 26 min |
| May 15, 10:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 23 min |
| May 15, 10:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 43 min |
| May 15, 11:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Meade | 38 min |
| May 24, 1:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Gray | 46 min |
| Jun 1, 3:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 53 min |
| Jun 1, 3:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Wallace | 64 min |
| Jun 1, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 62 min |
| Jun 4, 12:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 59 min |
| Jun 4, 12:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 40 min |
| Jun 9, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Graham | 43 min |
| Jun 9, 8:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Graham | 49 min |
| Jun 9, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Rooks | 44 min |
| Jun 9, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Rooks | 60 min |
| Jun 9, 10:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Rooks | 45 min |
| Jun 10, 4:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler | 52 min |
| Jun 10, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler | 51 min |
| Jun 14, 6:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 39 min |
| Jun 22, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic | 53 min |
| Jun 22, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic | 65 min |
| Jun 22, 9:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic | 64 min |
| Jun 23, 12:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips | 25 min |
| Jun 23, 1:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips | 36 min |
| Jun 23, 1:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Smith | 57 min |
| Jun 27, 6:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Greeley | 38 min |
| Jun 27, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 23 min |
| Jun 27, 9:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Scott | 25 min |
| Jun 28, 9:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Greeley | 39 min |
| Jul 6, 6:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 39 min |
| Jul 6, 6:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 42 min |
| Jul 9, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Reno | 63 min |
| Jul 9, 7:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Kingman | 57 min |
| Jul 9, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 46 min |
| Jul 9, 7:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harper | 56 min |
| Jul 21, 8:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 40 min |
| Aug 5, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Crawford | 32 min |
| Aug 5, 8:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 66 min |
| Sep 10, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Rooks | 32 min |
| Sep 10, 5:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips | 48 min |
| Sep 10, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Smith | 44 min |
| Sep 10, 8:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Osborne | 39 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Meade County7
- Labette County6
- Douglas County6
- Cherokee County5
- Republic County5
- Crawford County4
- Franklin County4
- Phillips County4
- Butler County4
- Clark County4
- Sherman County4
- Rooks County4
- Woodson County3
- Allen County3
- Chautauqua County3
- Miami County3
- Osage County3
- Smith County3
- Cowley County3
- Linn County3
- Geary County3
- Washington County3
- Coffey County3
- Seward County3
- Cheyenne County3
- Wilson County2
- Neosho County2
- Montgomery County2
- Decatur County2
- Wallace County2
- Leavenworth County2
- Lyon County2
- Bourbon County2
- Riley County2
- Cloud County2
- Marshall County2
- Pottawatomie County2
- Wabaunsee County2
- Jackson County2
- Jefferson County2
28 more counties
- Anderson County2
- Ford County2
- Graham County2
- Greeley County2
- Ellsworth County1
- Rice County1
- Sumner County1
- Kiowa County1
- Johnson County1
- Rawlins County1
- Wyandotte County1
- Greenwood County1
- Shawnee County1
- Atchison County1
- Harvey County1
- Chase County1
- Marion County1
- Wichita County1
- Haskell County1
- Gray County1
- Sheridan County1
- Hamilton County1
- Scott County1
- Reno County1
- Kingman County1
- Sedgwick County1
- Harper County1
- Osborne 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.