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Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 2012

150 tornado warnings in 2012. 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
150
Busiest month
April93 tornado warnings
Busiest day
April 14, 201247 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 28, 5:24 PM CSTTornado WarningGIDJewell, Mitchell26 min
Feb 28, 5:31 PM CSTTornado WarningTOPCloud, Republic29 min
Feb 28, 6:04 PM CSTTornado WarningTOPRepublic20 min
Feb 28, 6:30 PM CSTTornado WarningICTReno30 min
Feb 28, 6:58 PM CSTTornado WarningICTHarvey, McPherson, Reno32 min
Feb 28, 7:25 PM CSTTornado WarningICTMcPherson, Marion50 min
Feb 28, 7:52 PM CSTTornado WarningICTChase, Marion38 min
Feb 28, 7:57 PM CSTTornado WarningTOPMorris33 min
Feb 28, 10:10 PM CSTTornado WarningTOPDouglas14 min
Feb 28, 10:48 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFCrawford27 min
Mar 28, 6:57 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPOsage25 min
Mar 28, 7:53 PM CDTTornado WarningICTGreenwood22 min
Mar 28, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WarningICTGreenwood30 min
Mar 28, 8:20 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPLyon25 min
Mar 28, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningICTGreenwood46 min
Mar 28, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPLyon31 min
Apr 14, 12:09 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDJewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Smith36 min
Apr 14, 12:52 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDJewell38 min
Apr 14, 1:04 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDOsborne, Smith26 min
Apr 14, 1:15 PM CDTTornado WarningICTRussell30 min
Apr 14, 1:31 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDMitchell, Osborne29 min
Apr 14, 1:41 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Ford, Meade34 min
Apr 14, 1:43 PM CDTTornado WarningICTLincoln, Russell21 min
Apr 14, 1:48 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman27 min
Apr 14, 1:57 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDMitchell, Osborne33 min
Apr 14, 2:16 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee29 min
Apr 14, 2:18 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Ford, Kiowa42 min
Apr 14, 2:28 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDJewell, Mitchell23 min
Apr 14, 2:40 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush35 min
Apr 14, 2:48 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush27 min
Apr 14, 2:52 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Kiowa38 min
Apr 14, 3:01 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDJewell12 min
Apr 14, 3:03 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPRepublic15 min
Apr 14, 3:13 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush32 min
Apr 14, 3:22 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Kiowa23 min
Apr 14, 3:26 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Stafford49 min
Apr 14, 3:26 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche34 min
Apr 14, 3:42 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa33 min
Apr 14, 3:42 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber, Comanche33 min
Apr 14, 4:02 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Stafford28 min
Apr 14, 4:05 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford40 min
Apr 14, 4:06 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCRush17 min
Apr 14, 4:11 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt34 min
Apr 14, 4:11 PM CDTTornado WarningICTBarton, Russell17 min
Apr 14, 4:15 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCStafford30 min
Apr 14, 4:17 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Stafford28 min
Apr 14, 4:34 PM CDTTornado WarningICTBarton, Rice41 min
Apr 14, 4:35 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCStafford25 min
Apr 14, 4:44 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCStafford31 min
Apr 14, 4:44 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber, Pratt31 min
Apr 14, 4:50 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber, Comanche25 min
Apr 14, 4:59 PM CDTTornado WarningICTKingman, Reno46 min
Apr 14, 5:13 PM CDTTornado WarningICTRice32 min
Apr 14, 5:20 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber, Pratt25 min
Apr 14, 5:36 PM CDTTornado WarningICTReno39 min
Apr 14, 5:41 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt34 min
Apr 14, 5:43 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedSignificant damage threatICTEllsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline47 min
Apr 14, 5:47 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber, Pratt28 min
Apr 14, 5:58 PM CDTTornado WarningICTKingman47 min
Apr 14, 6:19 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedSignificant damage threatICTSaline41 min
Apr 14, 6:31 PM CDTTornado WarningICTKingman, Reno44 min
Apr 14, 6:52 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDickinson, Ottawa38 min
Apr 14, 6:57 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedSignificant damage threatICTSaline13 min
Apr 14, 7:12 PM CDTTornado WarningICTReno37 min
Apr 14, 7:24 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedTOPClay, Dickinson51 min
Apr 14, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WarningICTHarper28 min
Apr 14, 7:47 PM CDTTornado WarningICTHarvey, McPherson, Marion28 min
Apr 14, 8:01 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedTOPClay, Riley29 min
Apr 14, 8:03 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Ford, Kiowa27 min
Apr 14, 8:10 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedICTMcPherson, Marion50 min
Apr 14, 8:22 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedICTHarper38 min
Apr 14, 8:29 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford31 min
Apr 14, 8:32 PM CDTTornado WarningICTLincoln, Russell28 min
Apr 14, 8:40 PM CDTTornado WarningICTMarion31 min
Apr 14, 8:43 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedTOPDickinson, Morris47 min
Apr 14, 8:47 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedSignificant damage threatICTHarper, Sumner43 min
Apr 14, 8:52 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford23 min
Apr 14, 9:12 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford33 min
Apr 14, 9:19 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedSignificant damage threatICTSumner41 min
Apr 14, 9:22 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPGeary, Morris, Wabaunsee38 min
Apr 14, 9:30 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedSignificant damage threatICTSedgwick45 min
Apr 14, 9:32 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedICTBarton, Reno, Rice43 min
Apr 14, 9:40 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCStafford20 min
Apr 14, 10:09 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedSignificant damage threatICTSedgwick51 min
Apr 14, 10:10 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedSignificant damage threatICTEllsworth, McPherson, Rice32 min
Apr 14, 10:13 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedICTEllsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline37 min
Apr 14, 10:27 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedCatastrophic damage threatICTButler, Sedgwick33 min
Apr 14, 10:40 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedSignificant damage threatICTMcPherson, Saline50 min
Apr 14, 10:41 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedSignificant damage threatICTButler49 min
Apr 14, 10:47 PM CDTTornado WarningICTEllsworth, Rice43 min
Apr 14, 11:08 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDickinson37 min
Apr 14, 11:24 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedICTButler, Chase, Greenwood51 min
Apr 14, 11:27 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedICTEllsworth, Lincoln, Saline48 min
Apr 14, 11:48 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedTOPLyon42 min
Apr 15, 12:42 AM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber18 min
Apr 15, 12:47 AM CDTTornado WarningTOPClay, Dickinson, Geary, Riley28 min
Apr 15, 1:15 AM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedTOPPottawatomie, Riley15 min
Apr 15, 1:30 AM CDTTornado WarningTOPMarshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie30 min
Apr 27, 3:26 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDJewell, Mitchell34 min
Apr 27, 4:23 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPCloud37 min
Apr 27, 5:16 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPClay, Cloud, Washington29 min
Apr 27, 6:51 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPOsage, Shawnee24 min
Apr 30, 5:12 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFord, Gray, Hodgeman21 min
Apr 30, 5:27 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFord, Gray, Hodgeman33 min
Apr 30, 6:20 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman25 min
Apr 30, 6:30 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCKiowa30 min
Apr 30, 6:32 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Comanche43 min
Apr 30, 6:39 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt36 min
Apr 30, 6:43 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman32 min
Apr 30, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCKiowa30 min
Apr 30, 7:12 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber, Comanche33 min
Apr 30, 7:14 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber, Pratt31 min
Apr 30, 7:31 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCKiowa, Pratt23 min
Apr 30, 7:41 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber, Pratt34 min
Apr 30, 7:44 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber, Comanche31 min
Apr 30, 8:12 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber, Pratt15 min
Apr 30, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber30 min
Apr 30, 8:17 PM CDTTornado WarningICTKingman26 min
Apr 30, 8:19 PM CDTTornado WarningICTHarper56 min
Apr 30, 9:15 PM CDTTornado WarningICTHarper15 min
May 2, 8:27 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDPhillips33 min
May 6, 6:10 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXJohnson35 min
May 19, 5:29 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDJewell31 min
May 19, 5:46 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedICTKingman29 min
May 19, 6:12 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedICTKingman33 min
May 19, 6:19 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedICTHarper, Kingman26 min
May 19, 6:42 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedICTHarper, Kingman33 min
May 25, 6:40 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis10 min
May 25, 6:42 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedICTRussell48 min
May 25, 6:43 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis6 min
May 25, 7:52 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCNess, Rush23 min
May 25, 8:14 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush31 min
May 25, 8:31 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedICTRussell44 min
May 25, 8:41 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Rush34 min
May 25, 9:12 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Rush33 min
May 25, 9:29 PM CDTTornado WarningICTRussell46 min
May 25, 9:34 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Rush26 min
May 25, 9:57 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Rush33 min
May 25, 10:23 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Rush37 min
May 25, 10:49 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Rush26 min
May 25, 11:00 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Rush14 min
May 25, 11:08 PM CDTTornado WarningICTRussell52 min
May 25, 11:13 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis17 min
May 30, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDLogan, Thomas30 min
May 30, 7:36 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman15 min
Jun 2, 6:59 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGreeley, Wallace27 min
Jun 14, 7:31 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCLane17 min
Jul 17, 6:57 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDSherman12 min
Oct 13, 4:39 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford24 min
Oct 13, 4:55 PM CDTTornado WarningICTBarton17 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

22 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. April 14, 201247tornado warnings
  2. April 15, 201235tornado warnings
  3. May 26, 201213tornado warnings
  4. May 1, 201211tornado warnings
  5. February 29, 20128tornado warnings
  6. April 30, 20127tornado warnings
  7. March 29, 20125tornado warnings
  8. May 19, 20125tornado warnings
  9. April 27, 20124tornado warnings
  10. May 25, 20123tornado warnings
  11. February 28, 20122tornado warnings
  12. October 13, 20122tornado warnings

Nearby

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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.