Weather alerts in Kansas, 2018
4,911 weather alerts in 2018, 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 4,911
- Warnings
- 2,102
- Watches
- 199
- Advisories
- 401
- Busiest month
- May1,264 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 19, 2018140 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
4,911 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 | 1,362 |
| Tornado Warning | 96 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 54 |
| Tornado Watch | 15 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 215 |
| Special Weather Statement | 1,994 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 159 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 126 |
| River Flood Warning | 159 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 23 |
| Flood Watch | 8 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 84 |
| Winter | |
| Blizzard Warning | 14 |
| Ice Storm Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 11 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 14 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 119 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 4 |
| Heat Advisory | 39 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 26 |
| Hard Freeze Warning | 4 |
| Freeze Watch | 10 |
| Hard Freeze Watch | 2 |
| Frost Advisory | 17 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 11 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Dust Storm Warning | 5 |
| High Wind Warning | 33 |
| High Wind Watch | 16 |
| Blowing Dust Advisory | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 53 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 101 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 57 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 77 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Sherman County249
- Ford County239
- Thomas County238
- Logan County236
- Gove County233
- Cheyenne County226
- Finney County223
- Wallace County217
- Clark County210
- Hamilton County210
- Gray County209
- Graham County209
- Greeley County209
- Meade County208
- Kearny County206
- Morton County203
- Trego County203
- Barton County203
- Grant County201
- Sheridan County199
- Wichita County197
- Ness County196
- Stanton County196
- Russell County196
- Butler County195
- Ellis County194
- Kiowa County194
- Scott County193
- Rawlins County192
- Hodgeman County191
- Sedgwick County191
- Haskell County190
- Lane County187
- Pawnee County187
- Rush County187
- Edwards County186
- Stevens County182
- Comanche County180
- Seward County180
- Reno County175
65 more counties
- Cowley County174
- Riley County174
- Barber County173
- Sumner County173
- Rice County172
- Stafford County170
- Washington County170
- Norton County167
- Pratt County167
- Lincoln County166
- Marshall County166
- Greenwood County165
- Ellsworth County164
- Decatur County163
- Harvey County161
- Ottawa County161
- Pottawatomie County160
- Marion County159
- Rooks County159
- Saline County158
- Cloud County158
- Lyon County158
- McPherson County156
- Kingman County155
- Cherokee County154
- Chase County153
- Labette County152
- Wabaunsee County152
- Harper County151
- Phillips County151
- Morris County150
- Osborne County148
- Crawford County147
- Woodson County147
- Coffey County147
- Republic County147
- Wilson County145
- Clay County142
- Osage County142
- Franklin County141
- Neosho County141
- Dickinson County141
- Geary County141
- Shawnee County139
- Smith County139
- Anderson County138
- Montgomery County137
- Mitchell County137
- Chautauqua County134
- Bourbon County133
- Nemaha County133
- Johnson County132
- Jefferson County131
- Allen County131
- Elk County130
- Miami County128
- Leavenworth County126
- Jackson County126
- Douglas County125
- Jewell County124
- Brown County123
- Atchison County119
- Wyandotte County118
- Doniphan County112
- Linn County112
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.