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Tornado Warnings in Kansas, April 2026

45 tornado warnings in April 2026. 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 April 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
45
Busiest day
April 27, 20269 tornado warnings

Over time

By day

Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.

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
Apr 11, 4:55 PM CDTTornado WarningICTReno35 min
Apr 13, 6:38 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPOsage37 min
Apr 13, 6:46 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPLyon29 min
Apr 13, 6:58 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPFranklin, Osage32 min
Apr 13, 7:21 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedTOPFranklin39 min
Apr 13, 7:53 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXMiami37 min
Apr 13, 7:58 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPFranklin17 min
Apr 13, 7:58 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPFranklin, Osage32 min
Apr 13, 8:14 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXLinn31 min
Apr 13, 8:18 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXJohnson, Miami27 min
Apr 13, 8:35 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedEAXLinn25 min
Apr 13, 8:38 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXMiami19 min
Apr 17, 2:57 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXAtchison33 min
Apr 17, 3:58 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPCoffey, Osage19 min
Apr 17, 5:13 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXJohnson, Miami32 min
Apr 23, 5:17 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPGeary, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee20 min
Apr 23, 5:22 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPGeary, Riley, Wabaunsee19 min
Apr 23, 5:54 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPRiley, Wabaunsee38 min
Apr 23, 6:01 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPOsage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee31 min
Apr 23, 6:24 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPLyon, Morris, Wabaunsee51 min
Apr 23, 6:26 PM CDTTornado WarningICTChase, Marion14 min
Apr 23, 6:31 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson, Shawnee, Wabaunsee31 min
Apr 23, 6:46 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedICTButler, Chase, Harvey, Marion44 min
Apr 23, 7:05 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPLyon, Osage40 min
Apr 23, 7:21 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedICTButler, Chase, Greenwood, Harvey, Marion, Sedgwick54 min
Apr 23, 7:26 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPLyon15 min
Apr 23, 7:38 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPOsage37 min
Apr 23, 7:55 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPCoffey, Lyon22 min
Apr 23, 8:09 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin, Osage39 min
Apr 26, 3:11 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPOsage22 min
Apr 26, 3:28 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDouglas, Osage, Shawnee19 min
Apr 26, 4:20 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXJohnson, Miami25 min
Apr 26, 4:36 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXLinn24 min
Apr 26, 4:58 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXJohnson, Miami12 min
Apr 26, 5:23 PM CDTTornado WarningICTElk52 min
Apr 26, 6:47 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedICTMontgomery, Wilson43 min
Apr 26, 7:02 PM CDTTornado WarningICTMontgomery43 min
Apr 26, 7:33 PM CDTTornado WarningICTLabette, Montgomery57 min
Apr 26, 8:29 PM CDTTornado WarningICTLabette46 min
Apr 26, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFCherokee61 min
Apr 26, 9:19 PM CDTTornado WarningICTLabette14 min
Apr 26, 9:30 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFCherokee, Crawford45 min
Apr 26, 9:38 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedSGFCherokee52 min
Apr 26, 10:02 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatSGFCherokee43 min
Apr 27, 5:36 AM CDTTornado WarningEAXJohnson, Miami24 min

By county

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

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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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.