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Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 2017

107 tornado warnings in 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
107
Busiest month
May57 tornado warnings
Busiest day
May 18, 201719 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, 9:59 PM CSTTornado WarningICTWilson10 min
Feb 28, 10:05 PM CSTTornado WarningICTNeosho27 min
Feb 28, 10:20 PM CSTTornado WarningICTWilson19 min
Feb 28, 10:22 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFBourbon, Crawford23 min
Feb 28, 10:43 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFBourbon47 min
Mar 6, 5:31 PM CSTTornado WarningTOPGeary, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee29 min
Mar 6, 5:37 PM CSTTornado WarningTOPPottawatomie38 min
Mar 6, 5:58 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedTOPJackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee32 min
Mar 6, 5:59 PM CSTTornado WarningTOPWabaunsee31 min
Mar 6, 6:05 PM CSTTornado WarningTOPLyon, Morris, Wabaunsee25 min
Mar 6, 6:19 PM CSTTornado WarningTOPShawnee26 min
Mar 6, 6:30 PM CSTTornado WarningTOPLyon, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee30 min
Mar 6, 6:30 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedTOPJackson, Jefferson, Shawnee30 min
Mar 6, 6:59 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXLeavenworth31 min
Mar 6, 8:20 PM CSTTornado WarningICTChautauqua23 min
Apr 15, 8:01 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCComanche29 min
Apr 27, 5:50 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCKearny40 min
Apr 27, 6:29 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGLDSherman11 min
May 10, 4:22 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDSherman11 min
May 16, 3:32 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Meade24 min
May 16, 5:09 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Meade36 min
May 16, 5:41 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Ford, Meade34 min
May 16, 6:29 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Kiowa46 min
May 16, 7:01 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pawnee44 min
May 16, 7:25 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee35 min
May 16, 7:41 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Stafford34 min
May 16, 8:01 PM CDTTornado WarningICTBarton29 min
May 16, 8:25 PM CDTTornado WarningICTBarton35 min
May 16, 8:47 PM CDTTornado WarningICTRussell28 min
May 18, 4:42 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee, Rush33 min
May 18, 4:51 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber29 min
May 18, 4:53 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCKiowa25 min
May 18, 4:53 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedICTBarton52 min
May 18, 4:57 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee, Rush33 min
May 18, 4:57 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Comanche33 min
May 18, 5:00 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber22 min
May 18, 5:01 PM CDTTornado WarningICTBarton59 min
May 18, 5:07 PM CDTTornado WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, Rice53 min
May 18, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Ford33 min
May 18, 5:18 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Ford31 min
May 18, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPMorris, Wabaunsee30 min
May 18, 5:38 PM CDTTornado WarningICTEllsworth44 min
May 18, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WarningICTBarton35 min
May 18, 5:59 PM CDTTornado WarningICTSaline61 min
May 18, 6:21 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Meade15 min
May 18, 6:27 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDickinson, Ottawa33 min
May 18, 6:37 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedTOPClay, Dickinson, Geary, Riley23 min
May 18, 6:58 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPGeary, Riley32 min
May 19, 3:55 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedDDCBarber, Pratt35 min
May 19, 4:05 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPratt40 min
May 19, 4:15 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedICTKingman, Reno60 min
May 19, 4:28 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber, Pratt16 min
May 19, 5:04 PM CDTTornado WarningICTKingman40 min
May 19, 5:07 PM CDTTornado WarningICTKingman, Reno42 min
May 19, 5:27 PM CDTTornado WarningICTKingman, Reno48 min
May 19, 5:55 PM CDTTornado WarningICTHarvey, Sedgwick36 min
May 19, 8:01 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPMorris29 min
May 19, 8:27 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPLyon33 min
May 25, 4:39 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne36 min
May 25, 6:21 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas24 min
May 25, 6:42 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas17 min
May 26, 8:15 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGLDSherman17 min
May 26, 10:59 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDSheridan, Thomas31 min
May 26, 11:19 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDSheridan, Thomas41 min
May 26, 11:54 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDDecatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan15 min
May 27, 12:49 AM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove26 min
May 27, 1:06 AM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove, Logan24 min
May 27, 1:13 AM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove17 min
May 27, 1:21 AM CDTTornado WarningDDCTrego39 min
May 27, 1:22 AM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove38 min
May 27, 1:45 AM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove30 min
May 27, 1:56 AM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Trego34 min
May 27, 2:05 AM CDTTornado WarningDDCNess, Trego40 min
May 27, 12:23 PM CDTTornado WarningICTNeosho12 min
May 31, 2:33 PM CDTTornado WarningICTButler, Greenwood13 min
May 31, 10:53 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove37 min
Jun 3, 1:18 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDSherman27 min
Jun 15, 1:52 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Trego16 min
Jun 15, 1:58 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Trego20 min
Jun 15, 2:35 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis17 min
Jun 15, 5:42 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDickinson, Morris33 min
Jun 15, 6:12 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPGeary, Morris, Wabaunsee21 min
Jun 16, 11:05 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXAtchison, Doniphan25 min
Jun 26, 6:02 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDThomas29 min
Jun 26, 6:23 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove, Logan, Thomas37 min
Jun 26, 6:36 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedICTSaline19 min
Jun 26, 6:51 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove, Logan24 min
Jun 26, 7:15 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDLogan19 min
Jun 26, 7:21 PM CDTTornado WarningICTMarion39 min
Jul 21, 6:00 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGLDCheyenne, Rawlins30 min
Aug 10, 2:05 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove, Graham, Sheridan25 min
Aug 10, 2:11 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCTrego49 min
Aug 10, 2:32 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCTrego43 min
Aug 10, 2:40 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDLogan35 min
Aug 12, 7:16 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne29 min
Oct 1, 5:43 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGraham, Norton, Sheridan32 min
Oct 1, 6:12 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGraham, Norton33 min
Oct 1, 6:46 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDPhillips, Rooks44 min
Oct 2, 6:59 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCScott26 min
Oct 2, 7:16 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGLDGove, Logan29 min
Oct 2, 7:40 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove, Sheridan35 min
Oct 2, 8:18 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCScott15 min
Oct 6, 7:16 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDMitchell29 min
Oct 6, 7:16 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPCloud, Ottawa29 min
Oct 6, 7:17 PM CDTTornado WarningICTEllsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline43 min
Oct 6, 7:49 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPCloud26 min
Oct 6, 9:21 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPClay, Dickinson, Ottawa9 min

By county

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

24 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. May 18, 201719tornado warnings
  2. May 27, 201713tornado warnings
  3. May 19, 20178tornado warnings
  4. March 7, 20176tornado warnings
  5. May 17, 20176tornado warnings
  6. March 1, 20175tornado warnings
  7. June 15, 20175tornado warnings
  8. October 7, 20175tornado warnings
  9. March 6, 20174tornado warnings
  10. May 16, 20174tornado warnings
  11. June 26, 20174tornado warnings
  12. August 10, 20174tornado warnings

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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.