Alert archive / Kansas / Fire Weather Watches
Fire Weather Watches in Kansas, 2016
79 fire weather watches in 2016. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of fire weather watches reaches back to 2005.
Fire Weather Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Fire Weather Watches
- 79
- Busiest month
- March45 fire weather watches
- Busiest day
- March 20, 20169 fire weather watches
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 3:02 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Harper, Harvey and 6 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:07 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more | 36 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:54 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Gove, Greeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita | 34 hr |
| Feb 16, 4:32 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 46 hr |
| Feb 16, 4:20 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 59 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:20 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 24 hr |
| Feb 17, 4:30 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and 1 more | 22 hr |
| Feb 17, 2:15 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas | 13 hr |
| Feb 26, 11:37 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 14 more | 17 hr |
| Feb 26, 11:49 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 17 more | 15 hr |
| Feb 26, 1:13 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Gove, Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 14 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:28 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Greeley, Sherman, Wallace | 12 hr |
| Mar 1, 2:43 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson and 6 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 1, 2:54 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and 1 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 1, 2:58 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | Allen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 11 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:04 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 12 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:43 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Logan, Wichita | 12 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:50 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Scott, Seward and 1 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 5, 2:34 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 17 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 5, 2:55 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:30 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan, Norton and 5 more | 48 hr |
| Mar 6, 2:50 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Harper, Kingman, Lincoln, McPherson and 4 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 6, 3:57 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 11 hr |
| Mar 13, 4:44 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 21 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:31 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:54 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Greeley, Sherman, Wallace | 12 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:54 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Gove, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:54 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins and 5 more | 59 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:00 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TOP | Anderson, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson, Franklin and 7 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:50 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 23 hr |
| Mar 14, 5:01 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 10 hr |
| Mar 14, 5:05 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 14, 2:58 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | EAX | Linn, Miami | 12 hr |
| Mar 15, 4:27 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 22 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:40 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 13 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:38 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Reno, Rice, Russell | 12 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:49 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 35 hr |
| Mar 20, 4:05 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more | 35 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:46 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 14 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:46 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 37 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:28 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:28 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 25 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:39 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and 1 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:39 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and 1 more | 37 hr |
| Mar 20, 4:09 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | Allen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 15 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 21, 4:05 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Gove, Greeley, Logan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace and 1 more | 21 hr |
| Mar 21, 2:27 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 25 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:06 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | EAX | Atchison, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami, Wyandotte | 24 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:20 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | Allen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 16 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 21, 4:15 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Dickinson, Douglas, Franklin, Geary and 9 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 24, 2:40 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Harper, Kingman, Reno, Rice | 13 hr |
| Mar 24, 3:16 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford | 11 hr |
| Mar 25, 3:57 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Morris, Ottawa and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 27, 3:04 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Greeley, Wallace, Wichita | 24 hr |
| Mar 27, 3:53 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 7 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 29, 3:40 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Meade, Morton, Seward and 1 more | 23 hr |
| Apr 2, 1:57 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa and 4 more | 25 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:32 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | Barton, Butler, Chase, Cowley, Ellsworth, Harper and 10 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:21 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Jackson, Lyon and 9 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:24 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | GID | Jewell, Mitchell | 12 hr |
| Apr 4, 1:03 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford and 15 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 4, 4:00 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | Harper, Kingman, Reno | 12 hr |
| Apr 4, 7:15 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | Butler, Chase, Cowley, Harvey, McPherson, Marion and 3 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 5, 5:59 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Lincoln and 8 more | 10 hr |
| Apr 6, 2:57 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 12 hr |
| Apr 6, 3:12 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TOP | Anderson, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson, Franklin and 12 more | 14 hr |
| Apr 6, 3:23 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 12 hr |
| Apr 6, 3:26 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Graham, Norton | 11 hr |
| Apr 6, 4:47 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, McPherson, Rice, Russell and 1 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 8, 4:29 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson and 9 more | 14 hr |
| Apr 9, 4:23 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TOP | Brown, Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Marshall, Nemaha and 2 more | 15 hr |
| Oct 14, 7:09 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Greeley, Logan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace and 1 more | 20 hr |
| Oct 15, 3:08 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton and 4 more | 13 hr |
| Oct 15, 1:58 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Greeley, Logan, Sherman, Wallace, Wichita | 25 hr |
| Oct 15, 4:06 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray and 13 more | 24 hr |
| Nov 15, 4:15 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Haskell and 7 more | 10 hr |
| Nov 16, 4:06 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 8 more | 15 hr |
| Nov 25, 1:02 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Clark, Ford, Grant, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman and 5 more | 31 hr |
| Dec 23, 2:01 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Grant and 11 more | 50 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Stevens County17
- Grant County16
- Seward County16
- Clark County15
- Haskell County15
- Meade County15
- Morton County15
- Harper County14
- Reno County14
- Rice County14
- Finney County14
- Kearny County14
- Stanton County14
- Kingman County13
- McPherson County13
- Ford County13
- Gray County13
- Harvey County12
- Sedgwick County12
- Sumner County12
- Comanche County12
- Hamilton County12
- Hodgeman County12
- Butler County11
- Cowley County11
- Barton County11
- Ellsworth County11
- Marion County11
- Saline County11
- Kiowa County11
- Chase County10
- Lincoln County10
- Greeley County10
- Wallace County10
- Barber County10
- Scott County10
- Chautauqua County9
- Elk County9
- Russell County9
- Wichita County9
65 more counties
- Edwards County9
- Pratt County9
- Stafford County9
- Lyon County9
- Morris County9
- Osage County9
- Shawnee County9
- Wabaunsee County9
- Greenwood County8
- Logan County8
- Lane County8
- Pawnee County8
- Anderson County8
- Coffey County8
- Dickinson County8
- Franklin County8
- Geary County8
- Jackson County8
- Pottawatomie County8
- Riley County8
- Sherman County8
- Montgomery County7
- Wilson County7
- Woodson County7
- Ness County7
- Clay County7
- Cloud County7
- Douglas County7
- Jefferson County7
- Ottawa County7
- Bourbon County7
- Cherokee County7
- Crawford County7
- Allen County6
- Labette County6
- Neosho County6
- Gove County6
- Ellis County6
- Rush County6
- Trego County6
- Brown County6
- Marshall County6
- Washington County6
- Linn County6
- Miami County6
- Cheyenne County6
- Thomas County6
- Nemaha County5
- Republic County5
- Atchison County5
- Johnson County5
- Leavenworth County5
- Wyandotte County5
- Jewell County5
- Mitchell County5
- Doniphan County4
- Sheridan County4
- Graham County4
- Osborne County4
- Phillips County4
- Rooks County4
- Smith County4
- Rawlins County3
- Norton County3
- Decatur County1
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.