Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, April 1986
89 severe thunderstorm warnings in April 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 severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in April 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 89
- Busiest day
- April 1, 198616 severe thunderstorm warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 6:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic, Washington | 52 min |
| Mar 31, 6:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 52 min |
| Mar 31, 6:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 58 min |
| Mar 31, 6:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 40 min |
| Mar 31, 6:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ellsworth | 36 min |
| Mar 31, 7:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ellsworth, Saline | 60 min |
| Mar 31, 7:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Ottawa | 60 min |
| Mar 31, 7:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 60 min |
| Mar 31, 7:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 33 min |
| Mar 31, 7:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 54 min |
| Mar 31, 7:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | McPherson, Rice | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 7:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Kiowa, Pratt | 59 min |
| Mar 31, 7:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 59 min |
| Mar 31, 7:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 58 min |
| Mar 31, 8:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 8:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Saline | 29 min |
| Apr 2, 5:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 55 min |
| Apr 3, 12:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 57 min |
| Apr 6, 8:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 50 min |
| Apr 6, 8:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Sedgwick | 41 min |
| Apr 6, 10:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 59 min |
| Apr 7, 4:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Wilson, Woodson | 45 min |
| Apr 7, 4:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 47 min |
| Apr 7, 5:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Ottawa | 43 min |
| Apr 7, 5:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho | 57 min |
| Apr 7, 5:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 44 min |
| Apr 7, 6:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Miami | 36 min |
| Apr 7, 6:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas | 49 min |
| Apr 7, 6:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Crawford | 47 min |
| Apr 7, 6:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Morris | 39 min |
| Apr 7, 6:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Crawford | 33 min |
| Apr 7, 6:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Miami | 37 min |
| Apr 7, 7:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Miami | 46 min |
| Apr 7, 7:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cherokee, Crawford, Labette | 56 min |
| Apr 7, 7:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn | 60 min |
| Apr 7, 8:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Greenwood | 54 min |
| Apr 7, 9:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Neosho, Wilson | 49 min |
| Apr 7, 11:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 58 min |
| Apr 8, 1:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Thomas | 31 min |
| Apr 13, 4:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Smith | 47 min |
| Apr 13, 4:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jewell | 32 min |
| Apr 13, 5:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell | 63 min |
| Apr 13, 6:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jewell, Mitchell | 48 min |
| Apr 13, 6:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 48 min |
| Apr 13, 6:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 52 min |
| Apr 13, 7:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 44 min |
| Apr 13, 7:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Washington | 44 min |
| Apr 13, 7:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 57 min |
| Apr 13, 7:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 54 min |
| Apr 13, 7:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | McPherson | 47 min |
| Apr 13, 8:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 57 min |
| Apr 13, 8:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 58 min |
| Apr 13, 8:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick, Sumner | 43 min |
| Apr 17, 2:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 62 min |
| Apr 17, 3:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 47 min |
| Apr 17, 5:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Kiowa | 59 min |
| Apr 17, 5:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Norton | 62 min |
| Apr 17, 5:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Norton | 69 min |
| Apr 17, 5:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 60 min |
| Apr 17, 6:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards | 61 min |
| Apr 17, 6:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Barton | 57 min |
| Apr 17, 6:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 52 min |
| Apr 17, 7:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 39 min |
| Apr 17, 7:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell | 60 min |
| Apr 17, 7:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Barton, Rice | 44 min |
| Apr 17, 8:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Apr 24, 6:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Sumner | 47 min |
| Apr 24, 7:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick, Sumner | 58 min |
| Apr 25, 5:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 35 min |
| Apr 25, 6:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Russell | 42 min |
| Apr 25, 6:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lincoln, Mitchell | 55 min |
| Apr 25, 7:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | McPherson, Rice | 58 min |
| Apr 25, 7:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Mitchell | 59 min |
| Apr 25, 8:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Washington | 59 min |
| Apr 25, 9:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson, McPherson, Saline | 60 min |
| Apr 25, 11:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 11:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick, Sumner | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 12:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 56 min |
| Apr 26, 3:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jewell, Smith | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 4:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne | 58 min |
| Apr 26, 4:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Smith | 58 min |
| Apr 26, 5:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jewell, Republic | 63 min |
| Apr 26, 5:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osborne | 57 min |
| Apr 26, 6:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Smith | 59 min |
| Apr 26, 6:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 52 min |
| Apr 26, 6:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osborne | 39 min |
| Apr 26, 6:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jewell | 57 min |
| Apr 27, 12:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Kiowa | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 4:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 56 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Clay County6
- Kingman County6
- Jewell County6
- Kiowa County5
- Sedgwick County5
- Cloud County4
- Republic County4
- Washington County4
- Ottawa County4
- Ellsworth County4
- McPherson County4
- Reno County4
- Smith County4
- Lincoln County4
- Mitchell County4
- Harper County4
- Sumner County4
- Edwards County3
- Saline County3
- Dickinson County3
- Rice County3
- Ford County3
- Miami County3
- Crawford County3
- Russell County3
- Osborne County3
- Barber County2
- Cheyenne County2
- Wilson County2
- Neosho County2
- Chase County2
- Norton County2
- Barton County2
- Pratt County1
- Comanche County1
- Harvey County1
- Woodson County1
- Lyon County1
- Allen County1
- Shawnee County1
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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.