High Wind Warnings in Kansas
497 high wind warnings since 1986. 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 high wind warnings reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Warnings
- 497
- Busiest year
- 202243 high wind warnings
- Average year
- 23over 22 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Sherman County124
- Ford County114
- Wallace County110
- Finney County109
- Gray County109
- Thomas County106
- Haskell County105
- Hodgeman County104
- Stevens County104
- Cheyenne County103
- Logan County102
- Grant County101
- Greeley County99
- Seward County99
- Meade County97
- Scott County97
- Kearny County96
- Lane County95
- Clark County94
- Stanton County94
- Hamilton County92
- Rawlins County90
- Ness County89
- Wichita County89
- Gove County87
- Morton County87
- Sheridan County82
- Edwards County81
- Kiowa County79
- Trego County78
- Decatur County77
- Graham County72
- Pawnee County71
- Norton County70
- Rush County70
- Comanche County68
- Ellis County64
- Pratt County61
- Stafford County61
- Barber County58
65 more counties
- Barton County57
- Russell County57
- Ellsworth County49
- Lincoln County48
- Phillips County46
- Rooks County45
- Smith County44
- Osborne County43
- Rice County42
- Reno County39
- Saline County38
- Jewell County37
- Kingman County37
- Sedgwick County37
- Sumner County37
- Harper County36
- McPherson County36
- Mitchell County35
- Harvey County33
- Butler County27
- Cowley County27
- Marion County27
- Chase County23
- Dickinson County23
- Cloud County21
- Ottawa County21
- Clay County20
- Republic County20
- Lyon County20
- Wabaunsee County20
- Geary County20
- Morris County20
- Washington County18
- Osage County18
- Greenwood County18
- Riley County18
- Miami County16
- Pottawatomie County16
- Leavenworth County16
- Coffey County15
- Elk County15
- Johnson County15
- Shawnee County15
- Wyandotte County15
- Chautauqua County14
- Atchison County14
- Bourbon County13
- Cherokee County13
- Crawford County13
- Linn County13
- Douglas County13
- Marshall County13
- Anderson County12
- Franklin County12
- Jackson County12
- Jefferson County12
- Doniphan County12
- Montgomery County11
- Wilson County11
- Woodson County11
- Brown County10
- Nemaha County10
- Labette County9
- Allen County8
- Neosho County8
The latest high wind warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 12:06 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 31 hr |
| Mar 14, 11:47 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 32 hr |
| Mar 14, 11:21 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | ICT | Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 17 more | 34 hr |
| Mar 14, 11:14 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | TOP | Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson, Geary and 14 more | 36 hr |
| Mar 14, 11:09 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan, Leavenworth | 41 hr |
| Mar 14, 11:06 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 33 hr |
| Feb 16, 12:07 PM CST | High Wind Warning | DDC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 11 more | 32 hr |
| Feb 16, 11:35 AM CST | High Wind Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Gove, Greeley, Logan, Sherman, Thomas and 2 more | 30 hr |
| Jan 15, 12:57 PM CST | High Wind Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 29 hr |
| Jan 15, 12:20 PM CST | High Wind Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray and 15 more | 30 hr |
| Jan 15, 11:43 AM CST | High Wind Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 30 hr |
Nearby
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.