Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, May 1986
129 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 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 May 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 129
- Busiest day
- May 16, 198635 severe thunderstorm warnings
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 52 min |
| May 5, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Osage | 58 min |
| May 5, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase, Greenwood | 54 min |
| May 5, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Osage | 63 min |
| May 5, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Lyon | 63 min |
| May 5, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 59 min |
| May 5, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Franklin | 37 min |
| May 5, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 26 min |
| May 5, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner | 54 min |
| May 5, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 58 min |
| May 5, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 51 min |
| May 5, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 58 min |
| May 5, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 65 min |
| May 5, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 31 min |
| May 5, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 61 min |
| May 6, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk | 58 min |
| May 6, 1:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk, Montgomery | 56 min |
| May 6, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary | 46 min |
| May 6, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson | 40 min |
| May 6, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 87 min |
| May 6, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 46 min |
| May 6, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Morris | 65 min |
| May 6, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson | 60 min |
| May 6, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley | 99 min |
| May 6, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary | 99 min |
| May 6, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee | 72 min |
| May 6, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 63 min |
| May 6, 10:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Nemaha | 83 min |
| May 6, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 48 min |
| May 6, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 59 min |
| May 6, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 52 min |
| May 6, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson | 60 min |
| May 6, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Atchison, Jefferson | 64 min |
| May 7, 12:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Wyandotte | 51 min |
| May 7, 1:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 55 min |
| May 7, 2:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic, Washington | 53 min |
| May 7, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 61 min |
| May 7, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 55 min |
| May 7, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 61 min |
| May 7, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rush | 59 min |
| May 7, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Ellis | 62 min |
| May 7, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell | 66 min |
| May 7, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Lane, Scott | 59 min |
| May 8, 8:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 59 min |
| May 8, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 36 min |
| May 8, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton, Sheridan | 69 min |
| May 8, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Lane | 61 min |
| May 8, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 57 min |
| May 8, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 26 min |
| May 8, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 57 min |
| May 8, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 28 min |
| May 8, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno, Sedgwick | 30 min |
| May 8, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 30 min |
| May 8, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Wabaunsee | 26 min |
| May 10, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Sumner | 69 min |
| May 12, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown | 43 min |
| May 12, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Doniphan | 41 min |
| May 12, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Atchison | 53 min |
| May 12, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Jefferson | 56 min |
| May 12, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 58 min |
| May 12, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson | 46 min |
| May 12, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 45 min |
| May 12, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Osage, Shawnee | 70 min |
| May 12, 11:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Wyandotte | 41 min |
| May 12, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wallace | 67 min |
| May 13, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Franklin | 60 min |
| May 13, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson | 35 min |
| May 13, 12:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Osage | 29 min |
| May 13, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Franklin | 45 min |
| May 13, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Scott, Wichita | 50 min |
| May 13, 1:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 43 min |
| May 13, 1:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Lane | 53 min |
| May 13, 2:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 53 min |
| May 13, 3:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 48 min |
| May 14, 12:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 63 min |
| May 14, 1:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 59 min |
| May 14, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner | 56 min |
| May 14, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 56 min |
| May 14, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Montgomery, Neosho | 64 min |
| May 14, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner | 58 min |
| May 14, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk | 69 min |
| May 14, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 58 min |
| May 14, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Ellis, Trego | 67 min |
| May 14, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Crawford | 17 min |
| May 14, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 54 min |
| May 14, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osborne, Russell | 57 min |
| May 14, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osborne, Russell | 60 min |
| May 14, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 65 min |
| May 14, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 28 min |
| May 14, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Thomas | 57 min |
| May 15, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 57 min |
| May 15, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 55 min |
| May 15, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 48 min |
| May 15, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 63 min |
| May 15, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham, Rooks | 64 min |
| May 16, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wallace | 61 min |
| May 16, 12:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osborne | 57 min |
| May 16, 5:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Smith | 53 min |
| May 16, 5:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 51 min |
| May 16, 6:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley | 58 min |
| May 16, 6:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 58 min |
| May 16, 7:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Atchison | 57 min |
| May 16, 8:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 61 min |
| May 16, 8:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 32 min |
| May 16, 9:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Riley | 30 min |
| May 16, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud | 57 min |
| May 16, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 53 min |
| May 16, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Riley | 45 min |
| May 16, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary | 45 min |
| May 16, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 55 min |
| May 16, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ellsworth, Saline | 55 min |
| May 16, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 57 min |
| May 16, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley | 50 min |
| May 16, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary | 50 min |
| May 16, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | McPherson | 61 min |
| May 16, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Rice | 67 min |
| May 16, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 60 min |
| May 16, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Saline | 60 min |
| May 16, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Kiowa | 55 min |
| May 16, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Riley | 41 min |
| May 16, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | McPherson | 42 min |
| May 16, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 52 min |
| May 16, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno | 66 min |
| May 16, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson | 42 min |
| May 16, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 18 min |
| May 16, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 54 min |
| May 16, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 40 min |
| May 16, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 50 min |
| May 16, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 50 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Butler County7
- Cowley County7
- Clay County7
- Pottawatomie County7
- Riley County7
- Sedgwick County6
- Shawnee County6
- Dickinson County6
- Sumner County5
- Geary County5
- Marshall County5
- Reno County5
- Osage County4
- Douglas County4
- Jefferson County4
- Wabaunsee County4
- Kingman County4
- Lyon County3
- Franklin County3
- Wyandotte County3
- Chautauqua County3
- Elk County3
- Montgomery County3
- Jackson County3
- Nemaha County3
- Atchison County3
- Republic County3
- Washington County3
- Gray County3
- Lane County3
- Osborne County3
- Leavenworth County2
- Pratt County2
- Ellis County2
- Finney County2
- Scott County2
- Gove County2
- Graham County2
- Harvey County2
- Harper County2
36 more counties
- Wallace County2
- Wichita County2
- Kearny County2
- Russell County2
- Cloud County2
- Saline County2
- McPherson County2
- Barber County2
- Chase County1
- Greenwood County1
- Coffey County1
- Morris County1
- Stafford County1
- Rush County1
- Haskell County1
- Hodgeman County1
- Decatur County1
- Norton County1
- Sheridan County1
- Brown County1
- Doniphan County1
- Johnson County1
- Hamilton County1
- Neosho County1
- Trego County1
- Crawford County1
- Thomas County1
- Cheyenne County1
- Greeley County1
- Rooks County1
- Smith County1
- Ottawa County1
- Ellsworth County1
- Rice County1
- Comanche County1
- Kiowa County1
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.