Weather alerts in Kansas, 1988
161 weather alerts in 1988, 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 in 1988. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 161
- Warnings
- 161
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- July55 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 8, 198816 alerts
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 24, 2:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 34 min |
| Mar 24, 2:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Wyandotte | 50 min |
| Mar 24, 2:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson, Wyandotte | 9 min |
| Mar 24, 3:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cherokee | 49 min |
| Apr 1, 3:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cherokee, Crawford | 60 min |
| Apr 21, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 27 min |
| May 2, 8:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 42 min |
| May 7, 12:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Franklin | 36 min |
| May 7, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson | 46 min |
| May 7, 1:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Wyandotte | 48 min |
| May 8, 7:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 24 min |
| May 8, 8:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Riley, Wabaunsee | 53 min |
| May 8, 8:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary | 27 min |
| May 8, 8:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Pottawatomie | 49 min |
| May 8, 9:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown | 36 min |
| May 8, 10:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Atchison, Brown, Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee | 57 min |
| May 8, 10:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Doniphan | 68 min |
| May 8, 11:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas | 49 min |
| May 8, 11:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 66 min |
| May 8, 11:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 43 min |
| May 8, 11:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Wyandotte | 62 min |
| May 8, 11:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson | 62 min |
| May 8, 12:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Miami | 69 min |
| May 8, 12:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson, Shawnee | 51 min |
| May 8, 12:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn | 55 min |
| May 8, 1:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Crawford | 27 min |
| May 15, 7:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Franklin | 40 min |
| May 15, 8:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Miami | 59 min |
| May 15, 8:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Franklin | 47 min |
| May 17, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 69 min |
| May 17, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Scott | 55 min |
| May 17, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Scott | 39 min |
| May 21, 2:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harvey | 32 min |
| May 21, 3:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harvey | 20 min |
| May 27, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Scott | 52 min |
| May 27, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Scott, Wichita | 39 min |
| May 27, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Scott, Wichita | 54 min |
| May 27, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray, Meade | 59 min |
| May 27, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 65 min |
| May 29, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 61 min |
| May 31, 1:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Reno | 31 min |
| May 31, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 69 min |
| May 31, 3:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harvey | 25 min |
| Jun 2, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 42 min |
| Jun 15, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno | 57 min |
| Jun 19, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 65 min |
| Jun 19, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 58 min |
| Jun 26, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 59 min |
| Jun 26, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Reno | 64 min |
| Jun 26, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 36 min |
| Jun 28, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 40 min |
| Jun 28, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 44 min |
| Jun 29, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 30 min |
| Jun 29, 2:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Greenwood | 58 min |
| Jun 29, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 45 min |
| Jun 29, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 59 min |
| Jun 30, 5:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Douglas, Franklin, Osage | 4 hr |
| Jun 30, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 51 min |
| Jun 30, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 64 min |
| Jun 30, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 55 min |
| Jun 30, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 56 min |
| Jun 30, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 56 min |
| Jun 30, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 69 min |
| Jul 7, 1:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Cloud | 57 min |
| Jul 12, 4:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 44 min |
| Jul 12, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan | 57 min |
| Jul 12, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Graham | 59 min |
| Jul 12, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan | 59 min |
| Jul 13, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 65 min |
| Jul 14, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Sumner | 58 min |
| Jul 14, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 64 min |
| Jul 15, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie, Riley | 69 min |
| Jul 15, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 69 min |
| Jul 15, 7:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay | 38 min |
| Jul 15, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Saline | 44 min |
| Jul 15, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ellsworth, Saline | 58 min |
| Jul 16, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 59 min |
| Jul 17, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 63 min |
| Jul 17, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley | 38 min |
| Jul 17, 4:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 29 min |
| Jul 17, 4:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 29 min |
| Jul 17, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 66 min |
| Jul 18, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 50 min |
| Jul 18, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 61 min |
| Jul 19, 1:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 53 min |
| Jul 19, 1:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur | 53 min |
| Jul 19, 1:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham, Norton | 58 min |
| Jul 19, 2:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Phillips, Rooks | 69 min |
| Jul 19, 11:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 36 min |
| Jul 24, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward | 32 min |
| Jul 25, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cherokee, Crawford | 61 min |
| Jul 25, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cherokee | 64 min |
| Jul 25, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley | 64 min |
| Jul 25, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 63 min |
| Jul 25, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 59 min |
| Jul 25, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 55 min |
| Jul 25, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette | 67 min |
| Jul 25, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 65 min |
| Jul 25, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk | 68 min |
| Jul 25, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 57 min |
| Jul 25, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 62 min |
| Jul 26, 3:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Russell | 60 min |
| Jul 26, 3:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ellsworth, Lincoln | 57 min |
| Jul 29, 2:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey | 66 min |
| Jul 29, 5:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 40 min |
| Jul 29, 6:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | McPherson | 61 min |
| Jul 29, 7:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 33 min |
| Jul 29, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Mitchell | 40 min |
| Jul 29, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osborne | 32 min |
| Jul 29, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Mitchell | 45 min |
| Jul 29, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Lane | 60 min |
| Jul 29, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osborne | 28 min |
| Jul 30, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Saline | 48 min |
| Jul 30, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson | 59 min |
| Aug 3, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 62 min |
| Aug 3, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Thomas | 64 min |
| Aug 3, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 56 min |
| Aug 4, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 38 min |
| Aug 8, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 58 min |
| Aug 8, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Marion | 46 min |
| Aug 8, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | McPherson | 49 min |
| Aug 8, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | McPherson | 35 min |
| Aug 11, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Smith | 47 min |
| Aug 13, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 38 min |
| Sep 18, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Thomas | 61 min |
| Sep 27, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 69 min |
| Sep 27, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 57 min |
| Sep 27, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 44 min |
| Sep 27, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jewell | 37 min |
| Sep 28, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 26 min |
| Sep 28, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Osage | 41 min |
| Sep 28, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas | 41 min |
| Sep 28, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Neosho | 64 min |
| Sep 28, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Wilson | 41 min |
| Sep 28, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 56 min |
| Sep 28, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson | 56 min |
| Sep 28, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas | 39 min |
| Sep 28, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho | 69 min |
| Sep 28, 8:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 2 hr |
| Sep 28, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 40 min |
| Oct 16, 1:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cherokee | 69 min |
| Oct 22, 10:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Atchison, Brown | 54 min |
| Nov 9, 3:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Bourbon, Montgomery, Neosho | 46 min |
| Nov 9, 3:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cherokee, Crawford, Labette | 64 min |
| Nov 9, 4:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cherokee, Crawford | 30 min |
| Nov 9, 5:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Crawford | 11 min |
| Nov 15, 11:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Sedgwick | 63 min |
| Nov 15, 11:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson, McPherson | 48 min |
| Nov 15, 12:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Riley | 51 min |
| Nov 15, 12:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall | 36 min |
| Nov 15, 12:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Shawnee | 48 min |
| Nov 15, 1:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey | 54 min |
| Nov 15, 1:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Osage | 50 min |
| Nov 15, 1:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 52 min |
| Nov 15, 1:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 52 min |
| Nov 15, 1:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Lyon | 52 min |
| Nov 15, 2:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 36 min |
| Nov 15, 2:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Bourbon, Crawford | 43 min |
| Nov 15, 2:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Atchison | 16 min |
| Nov 15, 3:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Wyandotte | 29 min |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 139 |
| Tornado Warning | 19 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 3 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cowley County10
- Sherman County8
- Johnson County7
- Wyandotte County7
- Cherokee County7
- Crawford County7
- Sedgwick County7
- Harvey County7
- Reno County7
- Chautauqua County6
- Sumner County6
- Leavenworth County5
- Shawnee County5
- Douglas County5
- Scott County5
- Butler County5
- Franklin County4
- Dickinson County4
- Riley County4
- Jackson County4
- Jefferson County4
- Cloud County4
- Osage County4
- McPherson County4
- Coffey County4
- Pottawatomie County3
- Brown County3
- Atchison County3
- Logan County3
- Saline County3
- Neosho County3
- Wabaunsee County2
- Geary County2
- Miami County2
- Gove County2
- Wichita County2
- Kingman County2
- Harper County2
- Decatur County2
- Graham County2
37 more counties
- Marshall County2
- Nemaha County2
- Clay County2
- Ellsworth County2
- Labette County2
- Marion County2
- Mitchell County2
- Osborne County2
- Thomas County2
- Ford County2
- Bourbon County2
- Doniphan County1
- Linn County1
- Gray County1
- Meade County1
- Finney County1
- Greenwood County1
- Morton County1
- Rawlins County1
- Kearny County1
- Republic County1
- Norton County1
- Phillips County1
- Rooks County1
- Seward County1
- Elk County1
- Russell County1
- Lincoln County1
- Lane County1
- Cheyenne County1
- Smith County1
- Hodgeman County1
- Jewell County1
- Wilson County1
- Allen County1
- Montgomery County1
- Lyon County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive19871989
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.