Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, April 1997
34 severe thunderstorm warnings in April 1997. 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 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 34
- Busiest day
- April 2, 199712 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 5:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 47 min |
| Apr 1, 6:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 30 min |
| Apr 1, 7:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 47 min |
| Apr 1, 9:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 66 min |
| Apr 2, 5:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 31 min |
| Apr 2, 5:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 45 min |
| Apr 2, 6:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 31 min |
| Apr 2, 1:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford | 35 min |
| Apr 2, 2:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 33 min |
| Apr 2, 2:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards | 32 min |
| Apr 2, 3:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards | 33 min |
| Apr 2, 4:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 47 min |
| Apr 2, 4:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards | 32 min |
| Apr 4, 2:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 43 min |
| Apr 4, 3:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 9:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 9:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Montgomery, Wilson | 57 min |
| Apr 5, 10:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 47 min |
| Apr 8, 1:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward | 48 min |
| Apr 19, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 29 min |
| Apr 20, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 62 min |
| Apr 29, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 49 min |
| Apr 29, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins | 47 min |
| Apr 29, 11:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 41 min |
| Apr 29, 11:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 49 min |
| Apr 30, 1:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall | 43 min |
| Apr 30, 4:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, McPherson | 62 min |
| Apr 30, 5:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Morris | 26 min |
| Apr 30, 6:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 47 min |
| Apr 30, 6:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 34 min |
| Apr 30, 7:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson | 31 min |
| Apr 30, 7:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 47 min |
| Apr 30, 7:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison, Leavenworth | 33 min |
| Apr 30, 7:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison, Leavenworth | 32 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Edwards County4
- Scott County2
- Ottawa County2
- Ford County2
- Russell County2
- Clark County2
- Bourbon County2
- Rawlins County2
- Atchison County2
- Leavenworth County2
- Kearny County1
- Cheyenne County1
- Stafford County1
- Meade County1
- Chautauqua County1
- Elk County1
- Montgomery County1
- Wilson County1
- Seward County1
- Finney County1
- Decatur County1
- Ellis County1
- Marshall County1
- Harvey County1
- McPherson County1
- Morris County1
- Wabaunsee County1
- Shawnee County1
- Jackson County1
- Jefferson 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.