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Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 2016
188 tornado warnings in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 188
- Busiest month
- May123 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- May 27, 201623 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 9:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 26 min |
| Apr 15, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 24 min |
| Apr 15, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Morton | 25 min |
| Apr 15, 9:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 31 min |
| Apr 24, 3:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 4:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln | 51 min |
| Apr 24, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Saline | 51 min |
| Apr 24, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Saline | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic | 37 min |
| Apr 24, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Washington | 16 min |
| Apr 24, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Geary, Riley | 25 min |
| Apr 24, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Geary, Riley | 18 min |
| Apr 24, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Geary, Wabaunsee | 22 min |
| Apr 26, 3:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sumner | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 3:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Lyon, Wabaunsee | 37 min |
| Apr 26, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Geary, Riley, Wabaunsee | 30 min |
| Apr 26, 3:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sumner | 51 min |
| Apr 26, 5:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 37 min |
| Apr 26, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips, Smith | 11 min |
| May 8, 5:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove | 24 min |
| May 8, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ness | 23 min |
| May 8, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove | 23 min |
| May 8, 5:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ness, Trego | 26 min |
| May 8, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove | 11 min |
| May 8, 6:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Trego | 24 min |
| May 8, 6:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Graham | 24 min |
| May 8, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 20 min |
| May 8, 6:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur | 27 min |
| May 8, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Rooks | 34 min |
| May 8, 6:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Thomas | 15 min |
| May 8, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis | 37 min |
| May 8, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips | 24 min |
| May 8, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Osborne, Rooks | 30 min |
| May 8, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Osborne, Rooks | 30 min |
| May 8, 8:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Osborne | 37 min |
| May 8, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush | 26 min |
| May 8, 11:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Russell | 39 min |
| May 8, 11:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Lincoln, Russell | 47 min |
| May 21, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Wichita | 36 min |
| May 21, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Wichita | 35 min |
| May 21, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan, Wallace | 22 min |
| May 21, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Wichita | 31 min |
| May 21, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan, Wichita | 30 min |
| May 21, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan, Wichita | 39 min |
| May 21, 9:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Wichita | 16 min |
| May 22, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 26 min |
| May 22, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney | 16 min |
| May 22, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 29 min |
| May 22, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kearny | 22 min |
| May 22, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny, Scott | 32 min |
| May 22, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Wichita | 36 min |
| May 22, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny, Scott | 36 min |
| May 22, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Wichita | 20 min |
| May 22, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny, Scott | 30 min |
| May 22, 9:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Scott | 31 min |
| May 24, 4:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Scott | 26 min |
| May 24, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Scott | 37 min |
| May 24, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 48 min |
| May 24, 5:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Meade | 24 min |
| May 24, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade, Seward | 39 min |
| May 24, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness, Trego | 51 min |
| May 24, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford | 34 min |
| May 24, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness | 44 min |
| May 24, 5:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 39 min |
| May 24, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade, Seward | 23 min |
| May 24, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Ness | 40 min |
| May 24, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford | 36 min |
| May 24, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Pawnee, Rush, Trego | 48 min |
| May 24, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Haskell, Meade, Seward | 43 min |
| May 24, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford | 36 min |
| May 24, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford | 19 min |
| May 24, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 49 min |
| May 24, 6:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward | 41 min |
| May 24, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 35 min |
| May 24, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness, Rush, Trego | 48 min |
| May 24, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford | 45 min |
| May 24, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford | 45 min |
| May 24, 7:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 41 min |
| May 24, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Haskell, Meade, Seward | 23 min |
| May 24, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego | 53 min |
| May 24, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 46 min |
| May 24, 7:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 11 min |
| May 24, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 2 min |
| May 24, 7:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 9 min |
| May 24, 7:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 29 min |
| May 24, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 9 min |
| May 24, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards | 33 min |
| May 24, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber | 22 min |
| May 24, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford | 32 min |
| May 24, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 46 min |
| May 24, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis, Pawnee, Rush | 32 min |
| May 24, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton | 18 min |
| May 24, 9:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pratt, Stafford | 29 min |
| May 24, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Mitchell | 31 min |
| May 25, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 25 min |
| May 25, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 31 min |
| May 25, 7:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Ottawa | 27 min |
| May 25, 7:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Saline | 31 min |
| May 25, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 32 min |
| May 25, 7:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 38 min |
| May 25, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Geary | 33 min |
| May 25, 9:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Morris, Wabaunsee | 33 min |
| May 25, 10:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 36 min |
| May 25, 10:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Osage, Wabaunsee | 32 min |
| May 26, 1:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Comanche, Kiowa | 24 min |
| May 26, 1:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 25 min |
| May 26, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee | 30 min |
| May 26, 2:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 34 min |
| May 26, 2:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Stafford | 34 min |
| May 26, 2:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 31 min |
| May 26, 2:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Kiowa | 25 min |
| May 26, 2:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Comanche, Kiowa | 36 min |
| May 26, 2:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Stafford | 34 min |
| May 26, 3:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 28 min |
| May 26, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 30 min |
| May 26, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Greeley | 25 min |
| May 26, 6:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 16 min |
| May 26, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark | 37 min |
| May 26, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Pawnee | 21 min |
| May 26, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan, Wichita | 37 min |
| May 26, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 47 min |
| May 26, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Kiowa | 31 min |
| May 26, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Scott | 30 min |
| May 26, 7:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 53 min |
| May 26, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 34 min |
| May 26, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 34 min |
| May 26, 9:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins | 43 min |
| May 27, 3:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Greeley | 43 min |
| May 27, 4:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 24 min |
| May 27, 4:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Greeley | 24 min |
| May 27, 4:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 34 min |
| May 27, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Greeley | 32 min |
| May 27, 4:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Scott | 36 min |
| May 27, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 33 min |
| May 27, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 33 min |
| May 27, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Greeley | 15 min |
| May 27, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Wichita | 34 min |
| May 27, 5:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane | 27 min |
| May 27, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Wichita | 28 min |
| May 27, 6:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ness, Trego | 23 min |
| May 27, 6:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness | 18 min |
| May 29, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan | 13 min |
| Jul 2, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 24 min |
| Jul 2, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Rush | 32 min |
| Jul 2, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Rush | 12 min |
| Jul 2, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton | 52 min |
| Jul 2, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 39 min |
| Jul 2, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton | 27 min |
| Jul 2, 8:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Rice | 39 min |
| Jul 7, 8:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chase, Greenwood | 50 min |
| Jul 7, 9:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler, Greenwood | 39 min |
| Jul 7, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood | 46 min |
| Jul 7, 10:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson | 48 min |
| Jul 8, 2:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Comanche, Kiowa | 24 min |
| Jul 8, 2:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 34 min |
| Jul 8, 2:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber | 31 min |
| Jul 13, 4:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Graham | 24 min |
| Jul 15, 4:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 27 min |
| Jul 15, 4:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 34 min |
| Jul 15, 5:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 26 min |
| Jul 15, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Gray | 41 min |
| Jul 27, 10:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 17 min |
| Jul 28, 12:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Wallace | 29 min |
| Jul 28, 12:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Wallace | 10 min |
| Jul 28, 1:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 8 min |
| Jul 28, 8:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Kingman | 29 min |
| Aug 23, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Cloud | 32 min |
| Sep 3, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Graham | 32 min |
| Sep 17, 4:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 41 min |
| Sep 17, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Wallace | 36 min |
| Oct 4, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay, Riley, Washington | 21 min |
| Oct 6, 11:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette | 18 min |
| Oct 6, 2:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 48 min |
| Oct 6, 2:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 43 min |
| Oct 6, 3:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk | 52 min |
| Oct 6, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 46 min |
| Oct 6, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay, Washington | 30 min |
| Oct 6, 4:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Saline | 28 min |
| Oct 6, 4:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 27 min |
| Oct 6, 4:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay | 26 min |
| Oct 6, 4:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall, Washington | 27 min |
| Oct 6, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay, Riley | 35 min |
| Oct 6, 4:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 29 min |
| Oct 6, 4:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 16 min |
| Oct 6, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall | 30 min |
| Oct 6, 5:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 23 min |
| Oct 6, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Allen, Woodson | 52 min |
| Oct 6, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 32 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Ness County15
- Wichita County15
- Hodgeman County12
- Scott County10
- Rush County9
- Finney County9
- Lane County9
- Kiowa County9
- Greeley County9
- Trego County8
- Edwards County8
- Riley County7
- Wabaunsee County7
- Ford County7
- Barber County7
- Dickinson County7
- Ellis County6
- Kearny County6
- Meade County6
- Stafford County6
- Comanche County6
- Geary County5
- Logan County5
- Seward County5
- Pawnee County5
- Pratt County5
- Barton County4
- Saline County4
- Washington County4
- Gove County4
- Wallace County4
- Clark County4
- Rawlins County4
- Greenwood County4
- Hamilton County4
- Clay County4
- Cowley County4
- Morton County3
- Lincoln County3
- Graham County3
38 more counties
- Rooks County3
- Osborne County3
- Haskell County3
- Gray County3
- Ottawa County3
- Pottawatomie County3
- Elk County3
- Stevens County2
- Ellsworth County2
- Sumner County2
- Shawnee County2
- Phillips County2
- Decatur County2
- Russell County2
- Leavenworth County2
- Wyandotte County2
- Woodson County2
- Marshall County2
- Cherokee County1
- Republic County1
- Lyon County1
- Smith County1
- Thomas County1
- Mitchell County1
- Morris County1
- Osage County1
- Cheyenne County1
- Rice County1
- Chase County1
- Butler County1
- Wilson County1
- Sherman County1
- Kingman County1
- Cloud County1
- Labette County1
- Chautauqua County1
- Allen County1
- Bourbon 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.