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Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 2009
172 tornado warnings in 2009. 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 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 172
- Busiest month
- June85 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- April 26, 200918 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 7:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Crawford | 48 min |
| Mar 7, 4:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Reno | 44 min |
| Mar 7, 4:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harvey, McPherson | 41 min |
| Mar 7, 5:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Marion | 38 min |
| Mar 7, 6:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber | 11 min |
| Mar 7, 6:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Kingman | 37 min |
| Mar 7, 7:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 33 min |
| Mar 7, 7:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Kingman, Sedgwick, Sumner | 33 min |
| Mar 8, 6:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 34 min |
| Mar 23, 5:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 32 min |
| Mar 23, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk | 23 min |
| Mar 23, 6:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 27 min |
| Apr 9, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 14 min |
| Apr 17, 7:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 21 min |
| Apr 18, 12:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 27 min |
| Apr 18, 1:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 27 min |
| Apr 18, 1:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney | 46 min |
| Apr 18, 1:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 18 min |
| Apr 18, 1:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Hodgeman | 50 min |
| Apr 18, 2:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 51 min |
| Apr 18, 2:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Ness | 48 min |
| Apr 18, 2:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 40 min |
| Apr 18, 3:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford, Kiowa | 44 min |
| Apr 18, 3:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 41 min |
| Apr 18, 3:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell | 35 min |
| Apr 18, 3:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 40 min |
| Apr 18, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 41 min |
| Apr 25, 5:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas, Osage, Shawnee | 29 min |
| Apr 25, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson, Osage, Shawnee | 47 min |
| Apr 25, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson | 23 min |
| Apr 25, 6:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 27 min |
| Apr 25, 6:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 42 min |
| Apr 25, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 33 min |
| Apr 25, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 46 min |
| Apr 25, 8:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler | 27 min |
| Apr 25, 8:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 25 min |
| Apr 25, 8:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler, Greenwood | 34 min |
| Apr 26, 5:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 29 min |
| Apr 26, 5:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton | 38 min |
| Apr 26, 8:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 39 min |
| Apr 26, 12:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Kiowa | 36 min |
| Apr 26, 12:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln | 25 min |
| Apr 26, 12:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford | 35 min |
| Apr 26, 12:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche | 18 min |
| Apr 26, 12:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Comanche, Kiowa | 30 min |
| Apr 26, 3:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Geary | 26 min |
| Apr 26, 3:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 44 min |
| Apr 26, 4:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Marion | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber | 32 min |
| Apr 26, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 44 min |
| Apr 26, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harvey, Sedgwick | 27 min |
| Apr 26, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Doniphan | 22 min |
| Apr 26, 8:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 17 min |
| Apr 29, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney | 35 min |
| Apr 29, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney | 22 min |
| Apr 29, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Haskell | 33 min |
| Apr 29, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Haskell | 48 min |
| Apr 29, 8:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Haskell | 31 min |
| May 8, 7:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Crawford | 37 min |
| May 13, 6:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley | 42 min |
| May 13, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 77 min |
| May 13, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Crawford | 62 min |
| May 13, 9:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 34 min |
| May 13, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette | 17 min |
| May 15, 4:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Reno, Sedgwick | 41 min |
| May 15, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 47 min |
| May 15, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman, Sumner | 42 min |
| May 15, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sumner | 42 min |
| Jun 1, 8:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Graham, Norton | 25 min |
| Jun 1, 8:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Norton | 32 min |
| Jun 1, 9:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 19 min |
| Jun 2, 2:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 3:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford | 27 min |
| Jun 2, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Reno | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 5:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 28 min |
| Jun 7, 9:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Brown, Nemaha | 48 min |
| Jun 7, 10:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Brown | 23 min |
| Jun 9, 1:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Allen | 27 min |
| Jun 9, 1:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 51 min |
| Jun 9, 2:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Allen, Woodson | 28 min |
| Jun 9, 2:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Crawford | 40 min |
| Jun 9, 2:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho | 33 min |
| Jun 9, 2:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Crawford | 39 min |
| Jun 9, 3:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Crawford | 48 min |
| Jun 9, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Crawford | 50 min |
| Jun 9, 3:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 50 min |
| Jun 9, 4:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 40 min |
| Jun 9, 4:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 51 min |
| Jun 9, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Elk | 32 min |
| Jun 9, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Kiowa | 35 min |
| Jun 9, 8:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Crawford | 42 min |
| Jun 10, 8:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade, Seward | 25 min |
| Jun 11, 10:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 49 min |
| Jun 11, 11:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton | 47 min |
| Jun 11, 11:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny | 40 min |
| Jun 12, 1:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Gray, Meade | 29 min |
| Jun 13, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Morton | 29 min |
| Jun 13, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Morton | 29 min |
| Jun 14, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Haskell | 35 min |
| Jun 14, 5:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Gray, Haskell, Meade | 25 min |
| Jun 14, 8:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Comanche, Kiowa | 26 min |
| Jun 14, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 33 min |
| Jun 14, 10:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harper | 50 min |
| Jun 14, 11:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sumner | 43 min |
| Jun 15, 1:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 40 min |
| Jun 15, 1:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | McPherson, Saline | 55 min |
| Jun 15, 2:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley | 24 min |
| Jun 15, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 37 min |
| Jun 15, 4:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Gray | 36 min |
| Jun 15, 4:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 36 min |
| Jun 15, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford | 32 min |
| Jun 15, 5:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee | 44 min |
| Jun 15, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards | 31 min |
| Jun 15, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford | 25 min |
| Jun 15, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 65 min |
| Jun 15, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stafford | 39 min |
| Jun 15, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler | 50 min |
| Jun 15, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Reno | 59 min |
| Jun 15, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 35 min |
| Jun 15, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler, Greenwood | 54 min |
| Jun 15, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chase | 63 min |
| Jun 15, 7:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 57 min |
| Jun 15, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan, Sherman, Thomas | 17 min |
| Jun 15, 8:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas | 53 min |
| Jun 15, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 23 min |
| Jun 15, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur, Graham, Sheridan | 24 min |
| Jun 15, 9:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur, Sheridan, Thomas | 35 min |
| Jun 15, 10:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Miami | 29 min |
| Jun 16, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 53 min |
| Jun 16, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 60 min |
| Jun 16, 9:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 21 min |
| Jun 17, 2:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall, Washington | 34 min |
| Jun 17, 2:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Brown, Jackson, Nemaha | 38 min |
| Jun 17, 2:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 36 min |
| Jun 17, 2:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Brown, Jackson | 33 min |
| Jun 17, 3:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Atchison | 28 min |
| Jun 17, 3:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 3:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan | 30 min |
| Jun 20, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, Osage | 36 min |
| Jun 20, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Franklin | 45 min |
| Jun 20, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Franklin | 53 min |
| Jun 20, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Reno, Rice | 36 min |
| Jun 20, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton | 32 min |
| Jun 20, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | McPherson, Rice | 25 min |
| Jun 20, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | McPherson | 30 min |
| Jun 20, 8:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Marion | 36 min |
| Jun 20, 8:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 54 min |
| Jun 20, 8:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 23 min |
| Jun 20, 9:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Morris | 38 min |
| Jun 20, 10:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Geary | 29 min |
| Jul 3, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 44 min |
| Jul 3, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Saline | 20 min |
| Jul 3, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 28 min |
| Jul 20, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 30 min |
| Jul 20, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 62 min |
| Jul 20, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Kingman | 32 min |
| Jul 20, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton | 31 min |
| Jul 20, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman, Wallace | 43 min |
| Jul 20, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 44 min |
| Jul 20, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton | 32 min |
| Jul 20, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace | 41 min |
| Jul 20, 8:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stafford | 36 min |
| Jul 20, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton | 16 min |
| Jul 20, 8:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan, Wallace, Wichita | 28 min |
| Jul 20, 9:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler, Greenwood | 50 min |
| Jul 20, 10:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler, Greenwood | 38 min |
| Jul 31, 8:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove | 26 min |
| Aug 2, 8:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Haskell, Meade, Seward | 37 min |
| Aug 19, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk, Montgomery, Wilson | 34 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Finney County13
- Crawford County11
- Cowley County10
- Sumner County9
- Butler County9
- Gray County8
- Hodgeman County8
- Kiowa County8
- Haskell County8
- Edwards County8
- Ford County7
- Kingman County6
- Sedgwick County6
- Bourbon County6
- Greenwood County6
- Sherman County6
- Reno County5
- Nemaha County5
- Cherokee County5
- Stafford County5
- Barton County5
- Comanche County5
- McPherson County4
- Marion County4
- Harper County4
- Chautauqua County4
- Ness County4
- Pawnee County4
- Sheridan County4
- Brown County4
- Meade County4
- Thomas County4
- Barber County3
- Elk County3
- Hamilton County3
- Stanton County3
- Douglas County3
- Osage County3
- Leavenworth County3
- Lincoln County3
45 more counties
- Clark County3
- Dickinson County3
- Chase County3
- Allen County3
- Logan County3
- Decatur County3
- Marshall County3
- Franklin County3
- Cheyenne County3
- Wallace County3
- Harvey County2
- Shawnee County2
- Jefferson County2
- Pratt County2
- Geary County2
- Doniphan County2
- Graham County2
- Norton County2
- Seward County2
- Grant County2
- Kearny County2
- Morton County2
- Saline County2
- Rawlins County2
- Jackson County2
- Atchison County2
- Rice County2
- Lane County1
- Wyandotte County1
- Ellsworth County1
- Clay County1
- Wabaunsee County1
- Labette County1
- Woodson County1
- Neosho County1
- Miami County1
- Washington County1
- Anderson County1
- Coffey County1
- Morris County1
- Ottawa County1
- Wichita County1
- Gove County1
- Montgomery County1
- Wilson 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.