Weather alerts in Kansas
113,167 weather alerts since 1986, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 113,167
- Warnings
- 61,364
- Watches
- 5,898
- Advisories
- 9,588
- Busiest year
- 20197,142 alerts
- Average year
- 2,760over 41 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Sherman County5,590
- Sedgwick County5,355
- Butler County5,348
- Thomas County5,166
- Logan County5,129
- Cheyenne County5,051
- Sumner County5,008
- Wallace County4,979
- Cowley County4,939
- Ford County4,932
- Finney County4,761
- Rawlins County4,733
- Reno County4,681
- Gove County4,625
- Gray County4,498
- Sheridan County4,458
- Hodgeman County4,411
- Barton County4,363
- Cherokee County4,362
- Lyon County4,335
- Russell County4,334
- McPherson County4,324
- Marion County4,320
- Kingman County4,311
- Wabaunsee County4,311
- Harvey County4,310
- Greeley County4,300
- Meade County4,299
- Decatur County4,289
- Riley County4,288
- Greenwood County4,269
- Ellsworth County4,248
- Pottawatomie County4,236
- Clark County4,235
- Kearny County4,233
- Rice County4,228
- Ness County4,208
- Wichita County4,177
- Osborne County4,168
- Saline County4,152
65 more counties
- Dickinson County4,146
- Shawnee County4,143
- Lincoln County4,141
- Osage County4,127
- Smith County4,119
- Crawford County4,117
- Graham County4,100
- Pawnee County4,092
- Harper County4,085
- Seward County4,075
- Hamilton County4,074
- Jewell County4,071
- Kiowa County4,061
- Scott County4,057
- Chase County4,056
- Grant County4,052
- Labette County4,050
- Johnson County4,049
- Phillips County4,040
- Haskell County4,035
- Rooks County4,028
- Bourbon County4,010
- Edwards County4,010
- Washington County4,009
- Ellis County4,004
- Chautauqua County3,994
- Elk County3,981
- Norton County3,981
- Rush County3,978
- Neosho County3,968
- Barber County3,961
- Lane County3,961
- Wilson County3,959
- Clay County3,950
- Montgomery County3,950
- Geary County3,948
- Stanton County3,944
- Trego County3,928
- Marshall County3,913
- Stevens County3,904
- Cloud County3,891
- Mitchell County3,891
- Morris County3,882
- Comanche County3,878
- Leavenworth County3,855
- Pratt County3,845
- Jackson County3,842
- Republic County3,816
- Ottawa County3,814
- Jefferson County3,806
- Douglas County3,774
- Stafford County3,754
- Morton County3,727
- Franklin County3,718
- Wyandotte County3,668
- Miami County3,636
- Coffey County3,620
- Woodson County3,600
- Nemaha County3,591
- Allen County3,589
- Anderson County3,518
- Atchison County3,498
- Linn County3,364
- Brown County3,351
- Doniphan County3,335
The latest warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette | 35 min |
| Sep 20, 1:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Saline | 48 min |
| Sep 20, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 30 min |
| Sep 20, 12:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 46 min |
| Sep 19, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wichita | 43 min |
| Sep 19, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Haskell, Kearny | 45 min |
| Sep 19, 8:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Brown | 2 hr |
| Sep 19, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 26 min |
| Sep 19, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita | 68 min |
| Sep 19, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan | 50 min |
| Sep 19, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Thomas, Wallace | 23 min |
| Sep 19, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Doniphan | 44 min |
Nearby
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.