Alert archive / Kansas / Elk County
Weather alerts in Elk County, Kansas, 2026
135 weather alerts in 2026, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Elk County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 135
- Warnings
- 40
- Watches
- 29
- Advisories
- 18
- Busiest month
- June38 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 21, 202610 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
0 of 1 tornado warnings covering Elk County in 2026 had a tornado report inside them.
Elk County, 2026
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 26 | 6 | 77% | 1 | 100% | 3 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 1 | 1 | 0% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2026
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Wichita, KS: tornado warnings | 24 | 9 | 63% | 14 | 86% | 14 min |
| NWS Wichita, KS: severe thunderstorm warnings | 437 | 221 | 49% | 602 | 90% | 27 min |
| NWS Wichita, KS: flash flood warnings | 13 | 10 | 23% | 36 | 97% | 83 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
The year is still running; reports filed late and damage surveys can still change these figures.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
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 | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 2:20 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ICT | 33 hr |
| Jan 21, 11:16 AM CST | Extreme Cold Watch | ICT | 16 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:30 AM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | ICT | 4 days |
| Jan 22, 11:31 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ICT | 69 hr |
| Jan 29, 12:06 PM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | ICT | 46 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:26 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | 29 hr |
| Mar 3, 11:27 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Mar 6, 1:31 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Mar 6, 5:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Mar 6, 8:42 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Mar 10, 4:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 10, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 10, 8:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Mar 10, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 46 min |
| Mar 13, 12:42 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | ICT | 23 hr |
| Mar 14, 11:21 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | ICT | 34 hr |
| Mar 19, 1:47 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | 47 hr |
| Mar 20, 11:45 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | 32 hr |
| Mar 21, 11:54 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | 31 hr |
| Mar 21, 12:25 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | 31 hr |
| Mar 25, 9:02 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | 17 hr |
| Mar 26, 1:35 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | 19 hr |
| Mar 26, 10:25 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | 15 hr |
| Mar 27, 1:12 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | 8 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Apr 3, 2:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 3, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 40 min |
| Apr 3, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 48 min |
| Apr 3, 6:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Apr 3, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 51 min |
| Apr 3, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 49 min |
| Apr 13, 3:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 14, 2:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:20 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 17, 12:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 1:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 17, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 59 min |
| Apr 17, 3:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Apr 17, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 56 min |
| Apr 17, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 33 min |
| Apr 23, 1:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 23, 2:04 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Apr 23, 6:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 25, 5:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 25, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 25, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 49 min |
| Apr 26, 12:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Apr 26, 2:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Apr 26, 3:22 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 26, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | 52 min |
| Apr 26, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 62 min |
| Apr 26, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 23 min |
| Apr 26, 9:38 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 1:17 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| May 4, 8:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 8, 2:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| May 8, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| May 16, 12:14 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | 33 hr |
| May 17, 12:02 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | 34 hr |
| May 18, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 18, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 18, 11:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | 8 hr |
| May 19, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 43 min |
| May 29, 5:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| May 30, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 43 min |
| May 31, 7:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| May 31, 10:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 1:33 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jun 8, 12:53 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | ICT | 30 hr |
| Jun 8, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 8, 8:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 11, 1:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jun 12, 11:32 AM CDT | Flood Watch | ICT | 39 hr |
| Jun 12, 11:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 13, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 13, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 39 min |
| Jun 13, 8:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jun 13, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 36 min |
| Jun 13, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 62 min |
| Jun 16, 12:16 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | 27 hr |
| Jun 16, 3:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jun 17, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 17, 5:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Jun 18, 2:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Jun 19, 7:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Jun 20, 3:02 AM CDT | Flood Watch | ICT | 46 hr |
| Jun 20, 11:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Jun 21, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 1:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 59 min |
| Jun 21, 2:36 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Jun 21, 4:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 31 min |
| Jun 21, 5:27 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Jun 21, 3:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jun 21, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 41 min |
| Jun 21, 5:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Jun 21, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 24, 11:45 AM CDT | Flood Watch | ICT | 43 hr |
| Jun 25, 12:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 11:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | 17 hr |
| Jun 26, 12:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | 4 hr |
| Jun 26, 1:30 PM CDT | Flood Watch | ICT | 17 hr |
| Jun 26, 1:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 27, 1:30 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | ICT | 6 days |
| Jul 3, 3:33 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | ICT | 24 hr |
| Jul 4, 10:09 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 3:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 4, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jul 4, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 49 min |
| Jul 4, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 53 min |
| Jul 10, 10:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Jul 10, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 19 min |
| Jul 19, 1:25 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | ICT | 43 hr |
| Jul 19, 1:25 AM CDT | Extreme Heat Watch | ICT | 35 hr |
| Jul 20, 12:18 PM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | ICT | 31 hr |
| Jul 24, 12:04 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | ICT | 38 hr |
| Jul 25, 1:11 AM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | ICT | 19 hr |
| Jul 25, 2:11 PM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | ICT | 54 hr |
| Jul 26, 1:50 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | ICT | 66 hr |
| Aug 5, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 58 min |
| Aug 5, 9:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 11:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 8:39 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Aug 7, 10:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 51 min |
| Aug 9, 12:53 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | ICT | 19 hr |
| Aug 10, 3:03 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | ICT | 17 hr |
| Aug 10, 1:35 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | ICT | 22 hr |
| Aug 11, 11:18 AM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | ICT | 4 days |
| Sep 2, 12:32 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | ICT | 8 days |
| Sep 9, 4:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Sep 9, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 36 min |
| Sep 12, 7:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Sep 19, 7:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 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 | 26 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 11 |
| Tornado Watch | 8 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 48 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 2 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flood Watch | 4 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Heat | |
| Extreme Heat Warning | 4 |
| Extreme Heat Watch | 1 |
| Heat Advisory | 10 |
| Cold | |
| Extreme Cold Watch | 1 |
| Cold Weather Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| High Wind Watch | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 6 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 4 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 2 |
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.