Alert archive / Kansas / 1997
Weather alerts in Kansas, August 1997
129 weather alerts in August 1997, 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 August 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 129
- Warnings
- 125
- Watches
- 4
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- August 22, 199740 alerts
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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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Scott | 32 min |
| Aug 1, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 32 min |
| Aug 4, 2:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 62 min |
| Aug 13, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 33 min |
| Aug 13, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 30 min |
| Aug 13, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 35 min |
| Aug 13, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 32 min |
| Aug 13, 5:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stanton | 29 min |
| Aug 13, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stanton | 49 min |
| Aug 14, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Morris | 60 min |
| Aug 14, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 47 min |
| Aug 14, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 65 min |
| Aug 14, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson | 60 min |
| Aug 14, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson | 55 min |
| Aug 14, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 45 min |
| Aug 15, 2:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Washington | 48 min |
| Aug 16, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 60 min |
| Aug 16, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 45 min |
| Aug 16, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Chase, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson and 21 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Washington | 45 min |
| Aug 16, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 33 min |
| Aug 16, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 34 min |
| Aug 16, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Washington | 49 min |
| Aug 16, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall | 43 min |
| Aug 16, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 43 min |
| Aug 16, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 48 min |
| Aug 16, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 47 min |
| Aug 16, 8:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Clay | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth | 59 min |
| Aug 16, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 58 min |
| Aug 16, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 45 min |
| Aug 16, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Pottawatomie | 48 min |
| Aug 16, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 63 min |
| Aug 16, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 32 min |
| Aug 16, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown | 48 min |
| Aug 16, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth | 63 min |
| Aug 16, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Saline | 63 min |
| Aug 16, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 39 min |
| Aug 16, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Marion | 63 min |
| Aug 17, 12:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 46 min |
| Aug 17, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan | 47 min |
| Aug 17, 12:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Rice | 61 min |
| Aug 17, 1:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 61 min |
| Aug 17, 4:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 49 min |
| Aug 17, 5:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 47 min |
| Aug 17, 5:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson | 51 min |
| Aug 18, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stanton | 50 min |
| Aug 18, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stanton | 50 min |
| Aug 18, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Seward | 32 min |
| Aug 18, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade, Seward | 45 min |
| Aug 18, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 54 min |
| Aug 18, 9:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber | 32 min |
| Aug 18, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 46 min |
| Aug 20, 9:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 48 min |
| Aug 20, 10:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 46 min |
| Aug 20, 10:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 48 min |
| Aug 20, 10:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 63 min |
| Aug 20, 11:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 54 min |
| Aug 20, 11:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 41 min |
| Aug 20, 11:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 61 min |
| Aug 20, 12:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 48 min |
| Aug 20, 12:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 50 min |
| Aug 20, 12:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 48 min |
| Aug 20, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 64 min |
| Aug 20, 2:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark | 33 min |
| Aug 20, 3:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark | 46 min |
| Aug 20, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 63 min |
| Aug 20, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 47 min |
| Aug 20, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 50 min |
| Aug 20, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 49 min |
| Aug 20, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 50 min |
| Aug 20, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Haskell | 51 min |
| Aug 20, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stanton | 48 min |
| Aug 20, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stanton | 30 min |
| Aug 21, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Lane and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 21, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne | 44 min |
| Aug 21, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 54 min |
| Aug 21, 9:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Rooks | 49 min |
| Aug 21, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins | 61 min |
| Aug 21, 9:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Osborne | 43 min |
| Aug 21, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 37 min |
| Aug 21, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clay, Cloud, Comanche, Dickinson and 29 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 21, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips | 44 min |
| Aug 21, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 49 min |
| Aug 21, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln | 43 min |
| Aug 21, 9:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Rooks | 46 min |
| Aug 21, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 62 min |
| Aug 21, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 64 min |
| Aug 21, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 59 min |
| Aug 21, 10:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth | 48 min |
| Aug 21, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 49 min |
| Aug 21, 10:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Osborne, Rooks | 4 hr |
| Aug 21, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness, Rush | 59 min |
| Aug 21, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 60 min |
| Aug 21, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Rice | 64 min |
| Aug 21, 11:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth | 34 min |
| Aug 21, 11:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 62 min |
| Aug 21, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 47 min |
| Aug 21, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Cowley, Edwards and 31 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 21, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell | 49 min |
| Aug 22, 12:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Rice | 61 min |
| Aug 22, 12:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Rice | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 12:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 50 min |
| Aug 22, 12:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 36 min |
| Aug 22, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 35 min |
| Aug 22, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 60 min |
| Aug 22, 12:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 48 min |
| Aug 22, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 61 min |
| Aug 22, 1:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 64 min |
| Aug 22, 1:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 56 min |
| Aug 22, 1:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 60 min |
| Aug 22, 1:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 58 min |
| Aug 22, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 65 min |
| Aug 22, 2:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 47 min |
| Aug 23, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 44 min |
| Aug 23, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 33 min |
| Aug 23, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 29 min |
| Aug 23, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stanton | 49 min |
| Aug 23, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stanton | 18 min |
| Aug 28, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 49 min |
| Aug 29, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 65 min |
| Aug 29, 11:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 34 min |
| Aug 29, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 48 min |
| Aug 30, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 29 min |
| Aug 30, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wichita | 49 min |
| Aug 30, 11:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wichita | 46 min |
| Aug 31, 5:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 30 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 | 109 |
| Tornado Warning | 12 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 3 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 4 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hamilton County10
- Stanton County9
- Clay County9
- Ellsworth County7
- Kearny County6
- Barton County6
- Rice County6
- Reno County6
- Pawnee County5
- Washington County5
- McPherson County5
- Harper County5
- Stafford County5
- Kingman County5
- Clark County5
- Rooks County5
- Scott County4
- Nemaha County4
- Dickinson County4
- Marion County4
- Sedgwick County4
- Russell County4
- Rush County4
- Pratt County4
- Rawlins County4
- Wichita County4
- Osborne County4
- Cheyenne County3
- Leavenworth County3
- Wyandotte County3
- Harvey County3
- Seward County3
- Meade County3
- Barber County3
- Kiowa County3
- Comanche County3
- Gray County3
- Graham County3
- Ness County3
- Phillips County3
47 more counties
- Ellis County3
- Sumner County3
- Geary County2
- Morris County2
- Wabaunsee County2
- Shawnee County2
- Douglas County2
- Jefferson County2
- Johnson County2
- Brown County2
- Cloud County2
- Jackson County2
- Marshall County2
- Pottawatomie County2
- Ottawa County2
- Saline County2
- Sherman County2
- Logan County2
- Finney County2
- Haskell County2
- Decatur County2
- Gove County2
- Greeley County2
- Lane County2
- Sheridan County2
- Trego County2
- Edwards County2
- Jewell County2
- Lincoln County2
- Cowley County2
- Ford County2
- Hodgeman County2
- Atchison County1
- Chase County1
- Doniphan County1
- Lyon County1
- Osage County1
- Riley County1
- Butler County1
- Norton County1
- Thomas County1
- Wallace County1
- Mitchell County1
- Republic County1
- Smith County1
- Grant County1
- Stevens County1
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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.