Alert archive / Kansas / High Wind Watches
High Wind Watches in Kansas, 2026
11 high wind watches in 2026. 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 watches reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 11
- Busiest month
- March6 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- March 13, 20266 high wind watches
Over time
By month
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 2:19 AM CST | High Wind Watch | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 35 hr |
| Jan 14, 2:20 AM CST | High Wind Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 33 hr |
| Jan 15, 1:43 AM CST | High Wind Watch | DDC | Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hamilton and 8 more | 11 hr |
| Feb 14, 11:09 PM CST | High Wind Watch | DDC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 11 more | 37 hr |
| Feb 15, 1:24 AM CST | High Wind Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Gove, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman and 3 more | 48 hr |
| Mar 13, 11:09 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 25 hr |
| Mar 13, 11:49 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 23 hr |
| Mar 13, 12:42 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | ICT | Barton, Butler, Chase, Cowley, Elk, Ellsworth and 13 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 13, 12:49 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 13, 1:10 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan | 22 hr |
| Mar 13, 1:35 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | TOP | Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson, Douglas and 16 more | 22 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cheyenne County3
- Gove County3
- Greeley County3
- Logan County3
- Rawlins County3
- Sherman County3
- Thomas County3
- Wallace County3
- Wichita County3
- Finney County3
- Ford County3
- Gray County3
- Hamilton County3
- Hodgeman County3
- Kearny County3
- Lane County3
- Ness County3
- Scott County3
- Phillips County2
- Rooks County2
- Decatur County2
- Graham County2
- Norton County2
- Sheridan County2
- Edwards County2
- Ellis County2
- Pawnee County2
- Rush County2
- Trego County2
- Clark County2
- Grant County2
- Haskell County2
- Meade County2
- Morton County2
- Seward County2
- Stanton County2
- Stevens County2
- Barber County1
- Comanche County1
- Kiowa County1
49 more counties
- Pratt County1
- Stafford County1
- Jewell County1
- Mitchell County1
- Osborne County1
- Smith County1
- Barton County1
- Butler County1
- Chase County1
- Cowley County1
- Elk County1
- Ellsworth County1
- Greenwood County1
- Harper County1
- Harvey County1
- Kingman County1
- Lincoln County1
- McPherson County1
- Marion County1
- Reno County1
- Rice County1
- Russell County1
- Saline County1
- Sedgwick County1
- Sumner County1
- Atchison County1
- Doniphan County1
- Brown County1
- Clay County1
- Cloud County1
- Coffey County1
- Dickinson County1
- Douglas County1
- Franklin County1
- Geary County1
- Jackson County1
- Jefferson County1
- Lyon County1
- Marshall County1
- Morris County1
- Nemaha County1
- Osage County1
- Ottawa County1
- Pottawatomie County1
- Republic County1
- Riley County1
- Shawnee County1
- Wabaunsee County1
- Washington County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.