Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings / 2015
Tornado Warnings in Kansas, May 2015
96 tornado warnings in May 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 May 2015. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 96
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jewell County13
- Republic County10
- Logan County10
- Gray County8
- Gove County7
- Sheridan County7
- Haskell County6
- Meade County6
- Thomas County6
- Finney County5
- Mitchell County5
- Cloud County5
- Washington County5
- Wichita County5
- Clay County4
- Ford County4
- Brown County4
- Seward County4
- Ottawa County3
- Decatur County3
- Hodgeman County3
- Lane County3
- Scott County3
- Lincoln County2
- McPherson County2
- Sedgwick County2
- Graham County2
- Greeley County2
- Osborne County1
- Smith County1
- Harvey County1
- Marion County1
- Barton County1
- Morton County1
- Trego County1
- Clark County1
- Jackson County1
- Coffey County1
- Lyon County1
- Osage County1
2 more counties
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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.