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Tornado Warnings in Kansas, May 2016
123 tornado warnings in May 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 May 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 123
- Busiest day
- May 27, 201623 tornado warnings
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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 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Ness County14
- Wichita County14
- Hodgeman County11
- Scott County10
- Finney County9
- Lane County9
- Trego County8
- Edwards County8
- Kiowa County8
- Greeley County8
- Ford County7
- Ellis County6
- Rush County6
- Kearny County6
- Meade County6
- Stafford County6
- Logan County5
- Seward County5
- Barber County5
- Pratt County5
- Gove County4
- Clark County4
- Pawnee County4
- Dickinson County4
- Wabaunsee County4
- Comanche County4
- Rawlins County4
- Rooks County3
- Osborne County3
- Haskell County3
- Ottawa County3
- Decatur County2
- Russell County2
- Gray County2
- Pottawatomie County2
- Leavenworth County2
- Wyandotte County2
- Graham County1
- Thomas County1
- Phillips County1
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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.