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Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 2024
145 tornado warnings in 2024. 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 145
- Busiest month
- April73 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- April 27, 202428 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 5:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Montgomery | 25 min |
| Mar 7, 6:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 25 min |
| Mar 13, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Geary, Morris, Wabaunsee | 33 min |
| Mar 13, 7:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Geary, Wabaunsee | 23 min |
| Mar 13, 8:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Riley, Wabaunsee | 26 min |
| Mar 13, 8:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 26 min |
| Mar 13, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 33 min |
| Mar 13, 8:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jackson, Shawnee | 35 min |
| Mar 13, 9:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jackson | 25 min |
| Mar 13, 9:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 25 min |
| Mar 13, 9:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Atchison | 16 min |
| Mar 24, 5:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas | 37 min |
| Mar 24, 6:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton | 27 min |
| Apr 16, 2:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Smith | 28 min |
| Apr 16, 4:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 5:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Osage | 26 min |
| Apr 16, 6:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas, Osage, Shawnee | 26 min |
| Apr 16, 6:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson | 17 min |
| Apr 25, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins | 33 min |
| Apr 25, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton | 12 min |
| Apr 26, 2:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood | 43 min |
| Apr 26, 3:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson | 38 min |
| Apr 26, 3:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Elk, Wilson | 27 min |
| Apr 26, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Woodson | 16 min |
| Apr 26, 3:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Wilson | 34 min |
| Apr 26, 4:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Wilson | 28 min |
| Apr 26, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho, Wilson | 34 min |
| Apr 26, 4:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Allen | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Brown | 18 min |
| Apr 26, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 12:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay, Riley | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 1:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 1:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Brown | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 1:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall, Pottawatomie | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 2:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Doniphan | 39 min |
| Apr 27, 2:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jackson, Nemaha, Pottawatomie | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 2:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 2:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Brown, Nemaha | 49 min |
| Apr 27, 3:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 3:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 3:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 4:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 18 min |
| Apr 27, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Elk | 61 min |
| Apr 27, 4:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley | 21 min |
| Apr 27, 4:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Elk | 36 min |
| Apr 27, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Elk | 12 min |
| Apr 27, 5:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Wilson | 28 min |
| Apr 27, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Wichita | 12 min |
| Apr 27, 5:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Scott | 39 min |
| Apr 27, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Wilson, Woodson | 20 min |
| Apr 27, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Scott | 15 min |
| Apr 27, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Linn | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 25 min |
| Apr 27, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 16 min |
| Apr 27, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette, Neosho, Wilson | 23 min |
| Apr 27, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 8:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette, Neosho, Wilson | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 9:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Neosho | 39 min |
| Apr 27, 9:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Wilson | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 9:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Neosho, Wilson | 53 min |
| Apr 27, 9:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Wilson | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 10:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho | 32 min |
| Apr 30, 4:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 25 min |
| Apr 30, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 35 min |
| Apr 30, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 35 min |
| Apr 30, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 32 min |
| Apr 30, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harvey | 13 min |
| Apr 30, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee | 22 min |
| Apr 30, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jackson, Nemaha | 29 min |
| Apr 30, 5:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jackson, Shawnee | 26 min |
| Apr 30, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee | 34 min |
| Apr 30, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler | 16 min |
| Apr 30, 6:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson, Shawnee | 44 min |
| Apr 30, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson, Shawnee | 39 min |
| Apr 30, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 23 min |
| Apr 30, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson | 33 min |
| Apr 30, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson | 18 min |
| Apr 30, 8:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Montgomery | 34 min |
| May 1, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove | 31 min |
| May 1, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove | 33 min |
| May 1, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove | 24 min |
| May 1, 8:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove | 52 min |
| May 1, 8:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness | 36 min |
| May 1, 9:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ness, Trego | 24 min |
| May 3, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove | 29 min |
| May 3, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 29 min |
| May 6, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 27 min |
| May 6, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Washington | 31 min |
| May 6, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 19 min |
| May 6, 7:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 23 min |
| May 6, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 28 min |
| May 6, 8:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 27 min |
| May 6, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Riley | 36 min |
| May 6, 8:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk | 39 min |
| May 6, 11:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 30 min |
| May 19, 2:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis | 26 min |
| May 19, 2:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis | 52 min |
| May 19, 3:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Russell | 66 min |
| May 19, 4:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln | 52 min |
| May 19, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Ellsworth | 47 min |
| May 19, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harvey | 28 min |
| May 19, 9:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 23 min |
| May 19, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Osage, Shawnee | 17 min |
| May 19, 9:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 22 min |
| May 20, 11:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 18 min |
| May 25, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harper | 45 min |
| May 25, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber | 13 min |
| May 25, 11:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 43 min |
| May 26, 12:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley | 56 min |
| Jun 3, 5:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 24 min |
| Jun 7, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Graham, Sheridan | 28 min |
| Jun 7, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Graham | 9 min |
| Jun 14, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur | 30 min |
| Jun 14, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur | 11 min |
| Jun 18, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman | 47 min |
| Jun 18, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 44 min |
| Jun 28, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Lyon | 28 min |
| Jun 28, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Lyon, Osage | 36 min |
| Jun 28, 8:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Lyon, Osage | 43 min |
| Jun 28, 8:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Osage | 25 min |
| Jun 28, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Osage | 20 min |
| Jun 28, 9:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Anderson, Franklin | 12 min |
| Jul 6, 2:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 34 min |
| Jul 6, 9:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Gray | 42 min |
| Aug 14, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Washington | 15 min |
| Aug 14, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall, Washington | 37 min |
| Aug 14, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall, Pottawatomie | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie | 34 min |
| Aug 14, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jackson, Nemaha, Pottawatomie | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 8:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jackson, Pottawatomie | 18 min |
| Aug 22, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 21 min |
| Oct 30, 5:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Atchison | 14 min |
| Nov 4, 1:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette | 33 min |
| Nov 4, 2:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 29 min |
| Nov 4, 2:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 18 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Chautauqua County13
- Wilson County13
- Cowley County13
- Pottawatomie County12
- Shawnee County11
- Jackson County10
- Nemaha County9
- Jefferson County7
- Gove County7
- Osage County7
- Elk County7
- Marshall County7
- Montgomery County6
- Wabaunsee County6
- Douglas County6
- Neosho County6
- Riley County5
- Decatur County4
- Greenwood County4
- Woodson County4
- Geary County3
- Allen County3
- Brown County3
- Clay County3
- Labette County3
- Gray County3
- Washington County3
- Dickinson County3
- Cherokee County3
- Lyon County3
- Atchison County2
- Logan County2
- Sheridan County2
- Norton County2
- Cheyenne County2
- Rawlins County2
- Bourbon County2
- Scott County2
- Harvey County2
- Ness County2
27 more counties
- Finney County2
- Ellis County2
- Ellsworth County2
- Graham County2
- Morris County1
- Thomas County1
- Smith County1
- Doniphan County1
- Wichita County1
- Linn County1
- Butler County1
- Lane County1
- Trego County1
- Pawnee County1
- Stafford County1
- Cloud County1
- Russell County1
- Lincoln County1
- Harper County1
- Barber County1
- Kiowa County1
- Hodgeman County1
- Ford County1
- Anderson County1
- Franklin County1
- Sherman County1
- Crawford 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.