Weather alerts in Kansas, 2009
3,429 weather alerts in 2009, 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 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 3,429
- Warnings
- 2,078
- Watches
- 242
- Advisories
- 497
- Busiest month
- June837 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 16, 2009146 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
3,429 alerts are too many to list on one page. Narrow it to a product above, to a month in the chart, or to a county.
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 | 1,187 |
| Tornado Warning | 172 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 77 |
| Tornado Watch | 41 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 327 |
| Special Weather Statement | 285 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 241 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 145 |
| River Flood Warning | 207 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 44 |
| Flood Watch | 15 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 122 |
| Winter | |
| Blizzard Warning | 10 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 24 |
| Blizzard Watch | 5 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 30 |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 76 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 5 |
| Heat Advisory | 25 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 25 |
| Wind Chill Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Watch | 4 |
| Frost Advisory | 33 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 14 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 22 |
| High Wind Watch | 2 |
| Wind Advisory | 138 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 39 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 24 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 82 |
| Freezing Fog Advisory | 5 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Butler County273
- Sumner County259
- Cherokee County247
- Sedgwick County245
- Cowley County240
- Crawford County226
- Reno County222
- Bourbon County210
- Harvey County206
- Greenwood County205
- Marion County202
- Chase County201
- Labette County200
- Neosho County199
- Elk County197
- Harper County196
- Johnson County194
- Kingman County192
- McPherson County192
- Leavenworth County191
- Wilson County190
- Chautauqua County186
- Rice County186
- Montgomery County185
- Finney County181
- Lyon County180
- Ford County179
- Gray County176
- Wyandotte County174
- Osage County173
- Shawnee County172
- Allen County171
- Barber County171
- Edwards County171
- Kiowa County171
- Hodgeman County170
- Pratt County169
- Woodson County168
- Sherman County168
- Seward County167
65 more counties
- Jefferson County166
- Miami County166
- Saline County165
- Stafford County165
- Haskell County165
- Douglas County164
- Thomas County163
- Atchison County163
- Pawnee County162
- Comanche County161
- Anderson County161
- Franklin County160
- Wabaunsee County160
- Ellsworth County159
- Coffey County159
- Meade County159
- Linn County159
- Cheyenne County157
- Jackson County156
- Barton County155
- Clark County155
- Nemaha County155
- Pottawatomie County153
- Geary County152
- Mitchell County152
- Lincoln County150
- Dickinson County150
- Marshall County150
- Ness County149
- Wallace County149
- Morris County148
- Riley County148
- Doniphan County148
- Washington County144
- Kearny County144
- Brown County144
- Jewell County143
- Grant County143
- Stevens County143
- Logan County143
- Stanton County142
- Phillips County139
- Greeley County139
- Lane County137
- Hamilton County136
- Russell County135
- Rush County135
- Smith County135
- Rawlins County134
- Sheridan County134
- Osborne County133
- Scott County132
- Rooks County131
- Wichita County130
- Morton County127
- Republic County126
- Gove County126
- Clay County126
- Trego County124
- Cloud County122
- Ottawa County122
- Graham County120
- Ellis County119
- Decatur County114
- Norton County108
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.