Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1988
139 severe thunderstorm warnings in 1988. 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 1988. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 139
- Busiest month
- July46 severe thunderstorm warnings
- Busiest day
- May 8, 198816 severe thunderstorm warnings
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 2:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 34 min |
| Mar 24, 2:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Wyandotte | 50 min |
| Mar 24, 3:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cherokee | 49 min |
| Apr 1, 3:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cherokee, Crawford | 60 min |
| Apr 21, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 27 min |
| May 7, 12:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Franklin | 36 min |
| May 7, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson | 46 min |
| May 7, 1:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Wyandotte | 48 min |
| May 8, 7:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 24 min |
| May 8, 8:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Riley, Wabaunsee | 53 min |
| May 8, 8:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary | 27 min |
| May 8, 8:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Pottawatomie | 49 min |
| May 8, 9:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown | 36 min |
| May 8, 10:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Atchison, Brown, Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee | 57 min |
| May 8, 10:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Doniphan | 68 min |
| May 8, 11:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas | 49 min |
| May 8, 11:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 66 min |
| May 8, 11:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 43 min |
| May 8, 11:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Wyandotte | 62 min |
| May 8, 11:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson | 62 min |
| May 8, 12:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Miami | 69 min |
| May 8, 12:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson, Shawnee | 51 min |
| May 8, 12:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn | 55 min |
| May 8, 1:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Crawford | 27 min |
| May 15, 7:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Franklin | 40 min |
| May 15, 8:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Miami | 59 min |
| May 15, 8:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Franklin | 47 min |
| May 17, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 69 min |
| May 17, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Scott | 55 min |
| May 17, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Scott | 39 min |
| May 27, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Scott | 52 min |
| May 27, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Scott, Wichita | 39 min |
| May 27, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Scott, Wichita | 54 min |
| May 27, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray, Meade | 59 min |
| May 27, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 65 min |
| May 29, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 61 min |
| May 31, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 69 min |
| Jun 2, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 42 min |
| Jun 15, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno | 57 min |
| Jun 19, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 65 min |
| Jun 19, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 58 min |
| Jun 26, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 59 min |
| Jun 28, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 40 min |
| Jun 28, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 44 min |
| Jun 29, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 30 min |
| Jun 29, 2:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Greenwood | 58 min |
| Jun 29, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 45 min |
| Jun 29, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 59 min |
| Jun 30, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 51 min |
| Jun 30, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 64 min |
| Jun 30, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 55 min |
| Jun 30, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 56 min |
| Jun 30, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 56 min |
| Jun 30, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 69 min |
| Jul 12, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan | 57 min |
| Jul 12, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Graham | 59 min |
| Jul 12, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan | 59 min |
| Jul 13, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 65 min |
| Jul 14, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Sumner | 58 min |
| Jul 14, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 64 min |
| Jul 15, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie, Riley | 69 min |
| Jul 15, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 69 min |
| Jul 15, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ellsworth, Saline | 58 min |
| Jul 16, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 59 min |
| Jul 17, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 63 min |
| Jul 17, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 66 min |
| Jul 18, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 50 min |
| Jul 18, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 61 min |
| Jul 19, 1:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 53 min |
| Jul 19, 1:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur | 53 min |
| Jul 19, 1:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham, Norton | 58 min |
| Jul 19, 2:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Phillips, Rooks | 69 min |
| Jul 24, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward | 32 min |
| Jul 25, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cherokee, Crawford | 61 min |
| Jul 25, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cherokee | 64 min |
| Jul 25, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley | 64 min |
| Jul 25, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 63 min |
| Jul 25, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 59 min |
| Jul 25, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 55 min |
| Jul 25, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette | 67 min |
| Jul 25, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 65 min |
| Jul 25, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk | 68 min |
| Jul 25, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 57 min |
| Jul 25, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 62 min |
| Jul 26, 3:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Russell | 60 min |
| Jul 26, 3:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ellsworth, Lincoln | 57 min |
| Jul 29, 2:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey | 66 min |
| Jul 29, 5:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 40 min |
| Jul 29, 6:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | McPherson | 61 min |
| Jul 29, 7:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 33 min |
| Jul 29, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Mitchell | 40 min |
| Jul 29, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osborne | 32 min |
| Jul 29, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Mitchell | 45 min |
| Jul 29, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Lane | 60 min |
| Jul 29, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osborne | 28 min |
| Jul 30, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Saline | 48 min |
| Jul 30, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson | 59 min |
| Aug 3, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 62 min |
| Aug 3, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Thomas | 64 min |
| Aug 3, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 56 min |
| Aug 4, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 38 min |
| Aug 8, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 58 min |
| Aug 8, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Marion | 46 min |
| Aug 8, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | McPherson | 49 min |
| Aug 8, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | McPherson | 35 min |
| Aug 11, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Smith | 47 min |
| Aug 13, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 38 min |
| Sep 18, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Thomas | 61 min |
| Sep 27, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 69 min |
| Sep 27, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 57 min |
| Sep 27, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 44 min |
| Sep 27, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jewell | 37 min |
| Sep 28, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 26 min |
| Sep 28, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Osage | 41 min |
| Sep 28, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas | 41 min |
| Sep 28, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Neosho | 64 min |
| Sep 28, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Wilson | 41 min |
| Sep 28, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 56 min |
| Sep 28, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson | 56 min |
| Sep 28, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas | 39 min |
| Sep 28, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho | 69 min |
| Sep 28, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 40 min |
| Oct 16, 1:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cherokee | 69 min |
| Oct 22, 10:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Atchison, Brown | 54 min |
| Nov 9, 3:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Bourbon, Montgomery, Neosho | 46 min |
| Nov 9, 3:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cherokee, Crawford, Labette | 64 min |
| Nov 9, 4:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cherokee, Crawford | 30 min |
| Nov 15, 11:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Sedgwick | 63 min |
| Nov 15, 11:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson, McPherson | 48 min |
| Nov 15, 12:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Riley | 51 min |
| Nov 15, 12:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall | 36 min |
| Nov 15, 12:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Shawnee | 48 min |
| Nov 15, 1:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey | 54 min |
| Nov 15, 1:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Osage | 50 min |
| Nov 15, 1:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 52 min |
| Nov 15, 1:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 52 min |
| Nov 15, 1:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Lyon | 52 min |
| Nov 15, 2:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Bourbon, Crawford | 43 min |
| Nov 15, 3:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Wyandotte | 29 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cowley County8
- Cherokee County7
- Sherman County7
- Crawford County6
- Johnson County5
- Wyandotte County5
- Scott County5
- Reno County5
- Sumner County5
- Leavenworth County4
- Riley County4
- Jackson County4
- Jefferson County4
- Shawnee County4
- Douglas County4
- Sedgwick County4
- Chautauqua County4
- Harvey County4
- Butler County4
- McPherson County4
- Coffey County4
- Franklin County3
- Dickinson County3
- Pottawatomie County3
- Brown County3
- Logan County3
- Cloud County3
- Osage County3
- Neosho County3
- Wabaunsee County2
- Geary County2
- Atchison County2
- Miami County2
- Gove County2
- Wichita County2
- Kingman County2
- Harper County2
- Graham County2
- Marshall County2
- Nemaha County2
36 more counties
- Ellsworth County2
- Saline County2
- Labette County2
- Marion County2
- Mitchell County2
- Osborne County2
- Thomas County2
- Ford County2
- Bourbon County2
- Doniphan County1
- Linn County1
- Gray County1
- Meade County1
- Finney County1
- Greenwood County1
- Morton County1
- Kearny County1
- Republic County1
- Decatur County1
- Norton County1
- Phillips County1
- Rooks County1
- Seward County1
- Elk County1
- Russell County1
- Lincoln County1
- Lane County1
- Clay County1
- Cheyenne County1
- Smith County1
- Hodgeman County1
- Jewell County1
- Wilson County1
- Allen County1
- Montgomery County1
- Lyon County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.