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Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 2004
142 tornado warnings in 2004. 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 2004. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 142
- Busiest month
- May64 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- May 25, 200411 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 27, 1:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee | 38 min |
| Mar 27, 1:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 33 min |
| Mar 27, 2:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 36 min |
| Mar 27, 2:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 25 min |
| Mar 27, 2:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kiowa, Pratt | 58 min |
| Mar 27, 2:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton | 62 min |
| Mar 27, 5:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber | 60 min |
| Apr 21, 6:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Seward | 48 min |
| Apr 21, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade | 61 min |
| Apr 21, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Seward | 32 min |
| May 8, 9:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Norton | 59 min |
| May 12, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 49 min |
| May 12, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber | 31 min |
| May 12, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harper | 63 min |
| May 12, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pratt | 40 min |
| May 12, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno | 65 min |
| May 12, 8:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harper | 53 min |
| May 12, 9:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harper, Sumner | 64 min |
| May 12, 10:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sumner | 59 min |
| May 16, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan | 27 min |
| May 16, 4:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan | 26 min |
| May 16, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan | 32 min |
| May 16, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove | 67 min |
| May 16, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan | 31 min |
| May 16, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan | 62 min |
| May 16, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove | 46 min |
| May 16, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane | 50 min |
| May 16, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ness | 49 min |
| May 16, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Scott | 45 min |
| May 16, 9:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 44 min |
| May 17, 6:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Russell | 53 min |
| May 17, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Russell | 66 min |
| May 21, 7:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Osborne | 41 min |
| May 22, 8:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Jewell | 56 min |
| May 22, 8:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic | 38 min |
| May 24, 4:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic | 56 min |
| May 24, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic | 45 min |
| May 24, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Washington | 57 min |
| May 24, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic | 60 min |
| May 24, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay, Riley, Washington | 46 min |
| May 24, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall | 46 min |
| May 24, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 39 min |
| May 24, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson, Shawnee | 62 min |
| May 24, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Osage | 47 min |
| May 24, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Lyon, Osage | 53 min |
| May 24, 8:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth | 67 min |
| May 24, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas | 17 min |
| May 24, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Franklin | 45 min |
| May 24, 8:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Franklin, Osage | 57 min |
| May 24, 9:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Franklin | 36 min |
| May 24, 9:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Trego | 28 min |
| May 24, 9:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Coffey | 34 min |
| May 26, 9:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Linn | 49 min |
| May 27, 12:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Crawford | 51 min |
| May 27, 12:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Neosho | 35 min |
| May 29, 4:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Mitchell | 24 min |
| May 29, 4:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Atchison | 42 min |
| May 29, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Mitchell | 47 min |
| May 29, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Cloud | 55 min |
| May 29, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Atchison | 92 min |
| May 29, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Jewell | 63 min |
| May 29, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic | 64 min |
| May 29, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Mitchell | 29 min |
| May 29, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic | 17 min |
| May 29, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic | 58 min |
| May 29, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harper | 55 min |
| May 29, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall | 62 min |
| May 29, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic | 61 min |
| May 29, 7:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harper | 53 min |
| May 29, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sumner | 60 min |
| May 29, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall, Washington | 60 min |
| May 29, 8:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sumner | 67 min |
| May 29, 9:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 54 min |
| May 29, 11:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Ellsworth | 48 min |
| Jun 4, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan | 62 min |
| Jun 4, 9:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur | 46 min |
| Jun 10, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Graham | 38 min |
| Jun 10, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 47 min |
| Jun 10, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 8:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Smith | 53 min |
| Jun 10, 9:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Smith | 67 min |
| Jun 12, 4:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 54 min |
| Jun 12, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sumner | 27 min |
| Jun 12, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sumner | 63 min |
| Jun 12, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 65 min |
| Jun 12, 7:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 57 min |
| Jun 12, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Mitchell | 45 min |
| Jun 12, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Cloud | 61 min |
| Jun 12, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 65 min |
| Jun 12, 9:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 51 min |
| Jun 12, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Elk | 60 min |
| Jun 12, 10:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Elk | 60 min |
| Jun 12, 10:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Wilson | 56 min |
| Jun 14, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Rush | 28 min |
| Jun 14, 9:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Rush | 19 min |
| Jun 15, 12:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Greeley | 42 min |
| Jun 15, 8:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Greeley | 67 min |
| Jun 16, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 34 min |
| Jun 20, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 4:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 59 min |
| Jun 26, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 61 min |
| Jun 30, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Grant | 26 min |
| Jul 7, 2:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Jewell | 59 min |
| Jul 7, 3:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell | 63 min |
| Jul 7, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 47 min |
| Jul 7, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Smith | 61 min |
| Jul 7, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 67 min |
| Jul 7, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Russell | 64 min |
| Jul 7, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips | 41 min |
| Jul 7, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Osborne | 49 min |
| Jul 7, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Smith | 45 min |
| Jul 7, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Rooks | 47 min |
| Jul 7, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Russell | 50 min |
| Jul 7, 7:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Rooks | 54 min |
| Jul 7, 7:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Russell | 53 min |
| Jul 7, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Graham | 30 min |
| Jul 7, 8:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 54 min |
| Jul 7, 8:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis | 51 min |
| Jul 7, 9:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton | 52 min |
| Jul 11, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Brown, Nemaha | 50 min |
| Aug 9, 10:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Wallace | 51 min |
| Aug 9, 10:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Greeley | 55 min |
| Aug 10, 11:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stanton | 39 min |
| Aug 16, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stevens | 49 min |
| Aug 21, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Greeley | 40 min |
| Aug 23, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 23 min |
| Aug 23, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 33 min |
| Aug 23, 7:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas | 26 min |
| Aug 23, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee | 40 min |
| Aug 23, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 29 min |
| Aug 23, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas | 45 min |
| Aug 23, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Riley, Wabaunsee | 47 min |
| Aug 23, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas | 45 min |
| Aug 23, 9:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson | 87 min |
| Aug 24, 10:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 38 min |
| Aug 25, 6:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Osage | 29 min |
| Aug 25, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas, Osage | 29 min |
| Aug 25, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Franklin | 49 min |
| Aug 27, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 61 min |
| Aug 27, 7:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sumner | 56 min |
| Aug 27, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sumner | 61 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Sumner County8
- Republic County8
- Logan County6
- Russell County6
- Osage County6
- Douglas County6
- Harper County5
- Cloud County5
- Shawnee County5
- Mitchell County5
- Pawnee County4
- Jewell County4
- Riley County4
- Franklin County4
- Smith County4
- Cowley County4
- Greeley County4
- Rush County3
- Pratt County3
- Barton County3
- Barber County3
- Washington County3
- Marshall County3
- Wabaunsee County3
- Sedgwick County3
- Phillips County3
- Rooks County3
- Butler County3
- Seward County2
- Gove County2
- Ness County2
- Osborne County2
- Johnson County2
- Atchison County2
- Graham County2
- Elk County2
- Hamilton County2
- Cheyenne County2
- Pottawatomie County2
- Edwards County1
32 more counties
- Kiowa County1
- Meade County1
- Norton County1
- Harvey County1
- Reno County1
- Lane County1
- Scott County1
- Hodgeman County1
- Clay County1
- Jefferson County1
- Lyon County1
- Leavenworth County1
- Trego County1
- Coffey County1
- Linn County1
- Bourbon County1
- Crawford County1
- Neosho County1
- Ellsworth County1
- Decatur County1
- Cherokee County1
- Wilson County1
- Sherman County1
- Grant County1
- Ottawa County1
- Lincoln County1
- Ellis County1
- Brown County1
- Nemaha County1
- Wallace County1
- Stanton County1
- Stevens 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.