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Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 2015
207 tornado warnings in 2015. 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 2015. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 207
- Busiest month
- May96 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- May 7, 201522 tornado warnings
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette | 49 min |
| Apr 2, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wallace | 29 min |
| Apr 2, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 49 min |
| Apr 2, 8:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Wallace | 30 min |
| Apr 2, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette | 40 min |
| Apr 2, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 48 min |
| Apr 3, 2:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette | 28 min |
| Apr 3, 2:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 40 min |
| Apr 7, 9:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Neosho, Wilson | 28 min |
| Apr 7, 10:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson | 29 min |
| Apr 7, 10:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson | 30 min |
| Apr 7, 11:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery | 31 min |
| Apr 8, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 30 min |
| Apr 8, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 34 min |
| Apr 8, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber | 38 min |
| Apr 8, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber | 25 min |
| Apr 8, 8:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 28 min |
| Apr 8, 8:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harvey, Sedgwick | 26 min |
| Apr 11, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 40 min |
| Apr 11, 7:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Grant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 39 min |
| Apr 12, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Jewell, Smith | 35 min |
| Apr 12, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber | 10 min |
| Apr 16, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 31 min |
| Apr 16, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 21 min |
| Apr 16, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Greeley | 30 min |
| Apr 16, 8:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 35 min |
| Apr 17, 6:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 26 min |
| Apr 17, 7:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 28 min |
| Apr 18, 3:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Kiowa | 24 min |
| Apr 23, 4:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 27 min |
| Apr 23, 9:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kearny | 27 min |
| Apr 24, 4:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis | 29 min |
| Apr 24, 4:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis | 27 min |
| Apr 24, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Russell | 57 min |
| Apr 24, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Wichita | 31 min |
| Apr 24, 5:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Scott | 23 min |
| Apr 24, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Russell | 67 min |
| Apr 24, 5:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Scott | 25 min |
| Apr 24, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 54 min |
| May 4, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney | 12 min |
| May 6, 2:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 24 min |
| May 6, 2:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 18 min |
| May 6, 2:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Mitchell | 27 min |
| May 6, 3:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Osborne, Smith | 23 min |
| May 6, 3:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Jewell | 12 min |
| May 6, 3:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Jewell | 23 min |
| May 6, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Jewell | 32 min |
| May 6, 4:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Jewell | 26 min |
| May 6, 4:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Jewell | 26 min |
| May 6, 4:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Sedgwick | 38 min |
| May 6, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Jewell | 33 min |
| May 6, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell | 27 min |
| May 6, 5:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic | 26 min |
| May 6, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic | 20 min |
| May 6, 5:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Mitchell | 28 min |
| May 6, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic | 34 min |
| May 6, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 22 min |
| May 6, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic | 38 min |
| May 6, 5:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell | 32 min |
| May 6, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell | 31 min |
| May 6, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic | 15 min |
| May 6, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic | 25 min |
| May 6, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic | 19 min |
| May 6, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic | 25 min |
| May 6, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 25 min |
| May 6, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Republic, Washington | 32 min |
| May 6, 8:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Jewell | 37 min |
| May 6, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 17 min |
| May 6, 8:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Ottawa | 32 min |
| May 6, 9:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic | 29 min |
| May 6, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Jewell | 32 min |
| May 6, 9:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Washington | 31 min |
| May 6, 9:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud | 34 min |
| May 6, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Jewell | 32 min |
| May 6, 9:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Washington | 25 min |
| May 6, 10:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Jewell | 23 min |
| May 6, 10:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Washington | 34 min |
| May 6, 10:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Washington | 36 min |
| May 7, 2:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton | 17 min |
| May 7, 3:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Gray, Haskell | 24 min |
| May 7, 4:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Gray, Haskell | 21 min |
| May 7, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Morton | 32 min |
| May 9, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Trego | 30 min |
| May 9, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Graham, Sheridan | 25 min |
| May 9, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 30 min |
| May 9, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan | 45 min |
| May 9, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Graham, Sheridan | 21 min |
| May 9, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas | 45 min |
| May 9, 8:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Sheridan, Thomas | 39 min |
| May 9, 9:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sheridan, Thomas | 24 min |
| May 9, 9:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sheridan, Thomas | 34 min |
| May 9, 10:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur, Sheridan | 41 min |
| May 9, 10:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 31 min |
| May 9, 10:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur | 32 min |
| May 9, 10:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur | 27 min |
| May 15, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Brown, Jackson | 22 min |
| May 15, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Brown | 31 min |
| May 15, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Brown | 31 min |
| May 15, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Brown | 13 min |
| May 16, 5:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Coffey, Lyon, Osage | 13 min |
| May 17, 12:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 23 min |
| May 24, 7:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Seward, Stevens | 26 min |
| May 24, 9:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade, Seward | 27 min |
| May 24, 9:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Haskell, Meade, Seward | 33 min |
| May 24, 9:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Gray, Meade, Seward | 33 min |
| May 24, 10:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Gray, Meade | 36 min |
| May 24, 10:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Gray, Meade | 47 min |
| May 24, 11:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 34 min |
| May 25, 12:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford | 29 min |
| May 25, 12:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford | 24 min |
| May 25, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | McPherson | 19 min |
| May 27, 2:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan, Thomas | 25 min |
| May 27, 3:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan | 27 min |
| May 27, 3:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane | 36 min |
| May 27, 3:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan, Thomas | 31 min |
| May 27, 3:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan | 29 min |
| May 27, 3:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan, Wichita | 27 min |
| May 27, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan | 23 min |
| May 27, 3:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan | 34 min |
| May 27, 4:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane | 27 min |
| May 27, 4:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan | 37 min |
| May 27, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 11 min |
| May 27, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Haskell | 30 min |
| May 27, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Haskell | 15 min |
| May 27, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman | 34 min |
| May 27, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Wichita | 28 min |
| May 27, 6:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman | 29 min |
| May 27, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Haskell | 13 min |
| May 27, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 28 min |
| May 28, 3:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Greeley | 23 min |
| May 28, 3:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 23 min |
| May 28, 3:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Wichita | 37 min |
| May 28, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Wichita | 32 min |
| May 28, 4:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Scott | 29 min |
| May 28, 4:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Scott | 18 min |
| Jun 3, 8:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Osborne, Rooks | 34 min |
| Jun 3, 10:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Mitchell, Osborne | 30 min |
| Jun 3, 10:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Mitchell | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 30 min |
| Jun 4, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins | 20 min |
| Jun 4, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove | 31 min |
| Jun 4, 9:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 49 min |
| Jun 5, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 51 min |
| Jun 5, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Thomas | 36 min |
| Jun 5, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 51 min |
| Jun 5, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Thomas | 18 min |
| Jun 5, 8:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 23 min |
| Jun 5, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan, Thomas | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 9:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan | 33 min |
| Jun 5, 9:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan, Thomas | 45 min |
| Jun 5, 10:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Thomas | 22 min |
| Jun 5, 10:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Thomas | 33 min |
| Jun 11, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Brown | 8 min |
| Jun 12, 3:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette | 36 min |
| Jun 14, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Morris | 34 min |
| Jun 22, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 20 min |
| Jun 25, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 13 min |
| Jun 26, 12:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan | 15 min |
| Jun 26, 1:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas, Osage | 19 min |
| Jul 6, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas | 15 min |
| Jul 6, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson, Miami | 31 min |
| Jul 6, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson | 24 min |
| Jul 13, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Reno, Rice | 28 min |
| Jul 13, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Reno | 16 min |
| Jul 19, 3:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Graham | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kearny, Scott | 13 min |
| Aug 4, 2:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur | 34 min |
| Aug 4, 3:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur | 19 min |
| Sep 7, 3:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Washington | 36 min |
| Sep 7, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Washington | 9 min |
| Sep 7, 4:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall | 29 min |
| Sep 7, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall | 31 min |
| Sep 9, 4:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Thomas | 32 min |
| Sep 10, 8:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Osage, Shawnee | 26 min |
| Sep 18, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Miami | 32 min |
| Sep 18, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Miami | 43 min |
| Nov 16, 3:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 34 min |
| Nov 16, 3:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Stevens | 38 min |
| Nov 16, 4:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny | 51 min |
| Nov 16, 4:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Scott | 16 min |
| Nov 16, 4:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Lane | 46 min |
| Nov 16, 5:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Sheridan | 28 min |
| Nov 16, 5:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Seward, Stevens | 37 min |
| Nov 16, 5:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 41 min |
| Nov 16, 5:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 32 min |
| Nov 16, 5:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Gray, Meade, Seward | 38 min |
| Nov 16, 6:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Gray, Meade, Seward | 40 min |
| Nov 16, 6:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | GLD | Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 37 min |
| Nov 16, 6:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ness, Trego | 43 min |
| Nov 16, 6:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | GLD | Norton | 37 min |
| Nov 16, 6:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 33 min |
| Nov 16, 6:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Trego | 48 min |
| Nov 16, 6:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove | 42 min |
| Nov 16, 7:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Scott | 27 min |
| Nov 16, 7:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Sheridan | 35 min |
| Nov 16, 7:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | GLD | Norton | 34 min |
| Nov 16, 7:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 45 min |
| Nov 16, 7:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 26 min |
| Nov 16, 7:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Sheridan | 27 min |
| Nov 16, 7:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 25 min |
| Nov 16, 7:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 19 min |
| Nov 16, 9:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 50 min |
| Nov 16, 10:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt | 42 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Sheridan County15
- Jewell County14
- Gray County14
- Logan County14
- Gove County13
- Thomas County13
- Finney County11
- Republic County10
- Barber County8
- Scott County8
- Haskell County8
- Meade County8
- Labette County7
- Wichita County7
- Mitchell County7
- Washington County7
- Decatur County7
- Ford County7
- Hodgeman County7
- Seward County7
- Lane County6
- Greeley County5
- Comanche County5
- Stevens County5
- Sherman County5
- Cloud County5
- Graham County5
- Brown County5
- Ness County5
- Cherokee County4
- Sedgwick County4
- Morton County4
- Kearny County4
- Ellis County4
- Clay County4
- Trego County4
- Norton County4
- Neosho County3
- Wilson County3
- Montgomery County3
34 more counties
- Grant County3
- Lincoln County3
- Osborne County3
- Ottawa County3
- Osage County3
- Rawlins County3
- Johnson County3
- Miami County3
- Wallace County2
- Harvey County2
- Stanton County2
- Smith County2
- Hamilton County2
- Kiowa County2
- Cheyenne County2
- Russell County2
- McPherson County2
- Douglas County2
- Reno County2
- Marshall County2
- Crawford County1
- Marion County1
- Barton County1
- Clark County1
- Jackson County1
- Coffey County1
- Lyon County1
- Rooks County1
- Morris County1
- Leavenworth County1
- Wyandotte County1
- Rice County1
- Shawnee County1
- Pratt County1
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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.