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Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 2011
176 tornado warnings in 2011. 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 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 176
- Busiest month
- May72 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- May 24, 201122 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 27, 5:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 43 min |
| Feb 27, 6:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 52 min |
| Feb 27, 6:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 48 min |
| Feb 27, 7:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette | 47 min |
| Feb 27, 8:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 40 min |
| Feb 27, 8:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 51 min |
| Feb 27, 9:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette | 17 min |
| Feb 27, 9:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 42 min |
| Apr 8, 9:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chase | 25 min |
| Apr 8, 9:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Morris | 26 min |
| Apr 14, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 65 min |
| Apr 14, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Saline | 19 min |
| Apr 14, 5:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips | 27 min |
| Apr 14, 5:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Ottawa | 27 min |
| Apr 14, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 26 min |
| Apr 14, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 29 min |
| Apr 14, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson | 32 min |
| Apr 14, 6:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay, Washington | 24 min |
| Apr 14, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Washington | 32 min |
| May 12, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 59 min |
| May 19, 4:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Russell | 32 min |
| May 19, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Osborne | 43 min |
| May 19, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Lincoln, Russell | 30 min |
| May 19, 5:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Lincoln, Russell | 34 min |
| May 19, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 33 min |
| May 19, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 18 min |
| May 19, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Mitchell | 28 min |
| May 19, 8:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 27 min |
| May 19, 8:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud | 27 min |
| May 21, 5:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Osborne, Smith | 20 min |
| May 21, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson, Osage, Shawnee | 52 min |
| May 21, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Doniphan | 36 min |
| May 21, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson | 58 min |
| May 21, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Atchison, Leavenworth | 41 min |
| May 21, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 49 min |
| May 21, 8:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 33 min |
| May 21, 8:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Lyon | 39 min |
| May 21, 9:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Osage | 52 min |
| May 21, 9:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Osage | 52 min |
| May 21, 9:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 56 min |
| May 21, 9:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas, Franklin | 65 min |
| May 21, 10:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Osage | 48 min |
| May 21, 10:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson, Miami | 51 min |
| May 21, 10:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas, Franklin | 63 min |
| May 21, 11:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Coffey, Franklin, Osage | 47 min |
| May 21, 11:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Miami | 31 min |
| May 22, 4:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette | 23 min |
| May 22, 4:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette | 26 min |
| May 22, 4:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 50 min |
| May 22, 4:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette | 27 min |
| May 22, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette | 26 min |
| May 22, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 24 min |
| May 22, 5:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 43 min |
| May 24, 2:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens | 37 min |
| May 24, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell | 45 min |
| May 24, 3:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 23 min |
| May 24, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 41 min |
| May 24, 3:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 28 min |
| May 24, 3:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 37 min |
| May 24, 4:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 27 min |
| May 24, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 35 min |
| May 24, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 31 min |
| May 24, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 39 min |
| May 24, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton | 31 min |
| May 24, 5:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stafford | 24 min |
| May 24, 5:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins | 38 min |
| May 24, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 33 min |
| May 24, 5:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 22 min |
| May 24, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 41 min |
| May 24, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 51 min |
| May 24, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 16 min |
| May 24, 6:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 24 min |
| May 24, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 31 min |
| May 24, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 18 min |
| May 24, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton | 32 min |
| May 24, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Russell | 30 min |
| May 24, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell | 30 min |
| May 24, 7:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Rice | 24 min |
| May 24, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Mitchell | 32 min |
| May 24, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Montgomery | 25 min |
| May 24, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln | 33 min |
| May 24, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Jewell | 25 min |
| May 24, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Jewell | 36 min |
| May 24, 8:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk, Montgomery, Wilson | 27 min |
| May 24, 8:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Smith | 16 min |
| May 24, 8:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Smith | 33 min |
| May 24, 9:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 41 min |
| May 25, 10:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson, Miami | 18 min |
| May 25, 11:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson | 35 min |
| May 25, 11:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson, Wyandotte | 34 min |
| May 25, 11:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Wyandotte | 27 min |
| Jun 1, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Graham, Norton | 30 min |
| Jun 1, 5:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Osborne, Rooks | 26 min |
| Jun 1, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Osborne, Rooks | 31 min |
| Jun 1, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Osborne | 48 min |
| Jun 1, 7:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Mitchell, Osborne | 26 min |
| Jun 1, 7:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic, Washington | 41 min |
| Jun 1, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Mitchell | 32 min |
| Jun 1, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Russell | 63 min |
| Jun 1, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis | 27 min |
| Jun 1, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Osborne | 37 min |
| Jun 1, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Mitchell | 31 min |
| Jun 1, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic, Washington | 25 min |
| Jun 1, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 53 min |
| Jun 1, 8:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Russell | 39 min |
| Jun 1, 8:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 34 min |
| Jun 1, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Russell | 26 min |
| Jun 1, 8:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell | 26 min |
| Jun 1, 9:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips | 35 min |
| Jun 1, 9:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips, Smith | 33 min |
| Jun 1, 10:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay | 36 min |
| Jun 1, 10:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips, Smith | 29 min |
| Jun 1, 11:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 24 min |
| Jun 1, 11:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Marion, Saline | 35 min |
| Jun 2, 12:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell | 30 min |
| Jun 9, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harvey, Sedgwick | 44 min |
| Jun 9, 7:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 41 min |
| Jun 9, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 42 min |
| Jun 9, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 37 min |
| Jun 9, 8:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 31 min |
| Jun 10, 7:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Anderson | 41 min |
| Jun 11, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade, Seward | 29 min |
| Jun 11, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade, Seward | 35 min |
| Jun 16, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ness, Trego | 23 min |
| Jun 16, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Comanche, Kiowa | 31 min |
| Jun 17, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | McPherson, Rice | 22 min |
| Jun 18, 1:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Miami | 17 min |
| Jun 18, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove | 42 min |
| Jun 19, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Geary, Morris | 48 min |
| Jun 19, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Geary, Morris, Wabaunsee | 35 min |
| Jun 20, 12:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Graham, Sheridan | 52 min |
| Jun 20, 1:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 64 min |
| Jun 20, 2:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Graham, Norton | 27 min |
| Jun 20, 2:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips | 40 min |
| Jun 20, 2:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Norton | 34 min |
| Jun 20, 2:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips | 33 min |
| Jun 20, 2:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Norton | 18 min |
| Jun 20, 5:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 17 min |
| Jun 20, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 63 min |
| Jun 20, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 1 min |
| Jun 20, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur | 60 min |
| Jun 20, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton | 65 min |
| Jun 20, 6:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur, Sheridan | 56 min |
| Jun 20, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur | 65 min |
| Jun 20, 7:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur, Sheridan | 14 min |
| Jul 2, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harvey, McPherson | 24 min |
| Jul 2, 10:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton | 16 min |
| Jul 9, 7:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman, Wallace | 64 min |
| Jul 9, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman, Wallace | 49 min |
| Aug 7, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee | 11 min |
| Aug 8, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins | 49 min |
| Aug 9, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins | 32 min |
| Aug 9, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins, Sheridan | 63 min |
| Aug 9, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 8:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Russell | 24 min |
| Aug 9, 9:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 44 min |
| Oct 6, 8:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 26 min |
| Oct 6, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace | 34 min |
| Oct 6, 8:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 21 min |
| Oct 6, 9:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Rawlins, Thomas | 34 min |
| Oct 7, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Sheridan | 37 min |
| Oct 7, 7:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Sheridan | 35 min |
| Oct 7, 9:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 36 min |
| Oct 7, 9:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove | 25 min |
| Oct 7, 10:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 15 min |
| Oct 7, 10:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Sheridan | 18 min |
| Oct 7, 10:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove | 35 min |
| Oct 7, 10:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Sheridan | 34 min |
| Oct 7, 10:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 32 min |
| Oct 7, 11:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kearny, Scott | 37 min |
| Oct 7, 11:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Wichita | 37 min |
| Oct 8, 12:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Scott | 18 min |
| Oct 8, 12:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan | 27 min |
| Oct 8, 12:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan | 37 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Russell County12
- Sheridan County12
- Decatur County10
- Gove County9
- Cherokee County8
- Osborne County8
- Lincoln County8
- Rush County8
- Norton County8
- Phillips County7
- Sherman County7
- Pawnee County7
- Barton County7
- Labette County6
- Mitchell County6
- Smith County6
- Chautauqua County5
- Butler County5
- Clay County5
- Ellis County5
- Osage County5
- Ness County5
- Rawlins County5
- Ellsworth County5
- Graham County5
- Sedgwick County5
- Dickinson County4
- Washington County4
- Douglas County4
- Jefferson County4
- Johnson County4
- Miami County4
- Cowley County3
- Montgomery County3
- Crawford County3
- Morris County3
- Elk County3
- Cloud County3
- Franklin County3
- Seward County3
45 more counties
- Cheyenne County3
- Jewell County3
- Rooks County3
- Wallace County3
- Hamilton County3
- Kearny County3
- Logan County3
- Scott County3
- Greenwood County2
- Saline County2
- Ottawa County2
- Leavenworth County2
- Grant County2
- Haskell County2
- Finney County2
- Hodgeman County2
- Lane County2
- Rice County2
- Wyandotte County2
- Republic County2
- Harvey County2
- Meade County2
- McPherson County2
- Geary County2
- Thomas County2
- Wichita County2
- Chase County1
- Shawnee County1
- Doniphan County1
- Atchison County1
- Lyon County1
- Coffey County1
- Stevens County1
- Gray County1
- Stafford County1
- Wilson County1
- Marion County1
- Anderson County1
- Trego County1
- Comanche County1
- Kiowa County1
- Wabaunsee County1
- Edwards County1
- Greeley County1
- Stanton 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.