Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, April 2002
142 severe thunderstorm warnings in April 2002. 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 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 142
- Busiest day
- April 18, 200243 severe thunderstorm warnings
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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 11, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown | 30 min |
| Apr 11, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 59 min |
| Apr 11, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Morris | 27 min |
| Apr 11, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 55 min |
| Apr 11, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Riley | 23 min |
| Apr 11, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey | 62 min |
| Apr 11, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 62 min |
| Apr 11, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 39 min |
| Apr 11, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 60 min |
| Apr 11, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 41 min |
| Apr 11, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 47 min |
| Apr 11, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Sumner | 78 min |
| Apr 11, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 54 min |
| Apr 11, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 61 min |
| Apr 11, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 59 min |
| Apr 11, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Sumner | 63 min |
| Apr 11, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 62 min |
| Apr 11, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 63 min |
| Apr 11, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 65 min |
| Apr 11, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 53 min |
| Apr 11, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 59 min |
| Apr 16, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 37 min |
| Apr 16, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic | 47 min |
| Apr 16, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 40 min |
| Apr 16, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Rice | 60 min |
| Apr 16, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Saline | 58 min |
| Apr 16, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 38 min |
| Apr 16, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson | 59 min |
| Apr 16, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 57 min |
| Apr 16, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Rice | 63 min |
| Apr 16, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 57 min |
| Apr 16, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson | 37 min |
| Apr 16, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary | 30 min |
| Apr 16, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Sedgwick | 64 min |
| Apr 17, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche | 41 min |
| Apr 17, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 42 min |
| Apr 17, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 28 min |
| Apr 17, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards | 25 min |
| Apr 17, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa, Pratt | 44 min |
| Apr 17, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 34 min |
| Apr 17, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt, Stafford | 30 min |
| Apr 17, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 24 min |
| Apr 17, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 39 min |
| Apr 17, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth | 51 min |
| Apr 17, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards | 44 min |
| Apr 17, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 42 min |
| Apr 17, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 48 min |
| Apr 17, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 30 min |
| Apr 17, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Rice | 40 min |
| Apr 17, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 18 min |
| Apr 17, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson | 56 min |
| Apr 17, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 46 min |
| Apr 17, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 29 min |
| Apr 17, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 64 min |
| Apr 17, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 61 min |
| Apr 17, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 49 min |
| Apr 17, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 19 min |
| Apr 17, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 34 min |
| Apr 17, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Rice | 62 min |
| Apr 17, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth | 49 min |
| Apr 17, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 49 min |
| Apr 17, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 48 min |
| Apr 17, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Rice | 47 min |
| Apr 17, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson | 39 min |
| Apr 17, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth | 45 min |
| Apr 17, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Saline | 42 min |
| Apr 17, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 27 min |
| Apr 17, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 48 min |
| Apr 17, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Saline | 49 min |
| Apr 17, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 48 min |
| Apr 17, 11:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Saline | 44 min |
| Apr 17, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell | 54 min |
| Apr 18, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Ottawa | 43 min |
| Apr 18, 12:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic, Washington | 38 min |
| Apr 18, 1:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall | 47 min |
| Apr 18, 1:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 65 min |
| Apr 18, 2:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 46 min |
| Apr 18, 3:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 58 min |
| Apr 18, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson | 45 min |
| Apr 18, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 38 min |
| Apr 18, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Riley | 45 min |
| Apr 18, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 45 min |
| Apr 18, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 62 min |
| Apr 18, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Rice | 43 min |
| Apr 18, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 37 min |
| Apr 18, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson | 64 min |
| Apr 18, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown | 48 min |
| Apr 18, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Rice | 62 min |
| Apr 18, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 63 min |
| Apr 18, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Doniphan | 37 min |
| Apr 18, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 67 min |
| Apr 18, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 47 min |
| Apr 18, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 42 min |
| Apr 18, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 39 min |
| Apr 18, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Morris | 56 min |
| Apr 18, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Marion | 49 min |
| Apr 18, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 61 min |
| Apr 18, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 65 min |
| Apr 18, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 60 min |
| Apr 18, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Saline | 39 min |
| Apr 18, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 60 min |
| Apr 19, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 59 min |
| Apr 19, 12:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 44 min |
| Apr 19, 12:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Mitchell | 51 min |
| Apr 19, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 45 min |
| Apr 19, 1:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 43 min |
| Apr 19, 1:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 36 min |
| Apr 19, 2:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Riley | 56 min |
| Apr 19, 3:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee | 62 min |
| Apr 19, 3:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee | 60 min |
| Apr 19, 3:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 3:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osage, Wabaunsee | 117 min |
| Apr 19, 3:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 170 days |
| Apr 19, 4:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 68 min | |
| Apr 19, 4:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 38 min |
| Apr 19, 5:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Wyandotte | 45 min |
| Apr 19, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Wilson | 35 min |
| Apr 19, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho | 43 min |
| Apr 20, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Crawford | 50 min |
| Apr 20, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Crawford | 27 min |
| Apr 21, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 43 min |
| Apr 21, 12:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 58 min |
| Apr 21, 1:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 62 min |
| Apr 21, 1:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 35 min | |
| Apr 21, 2:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 23 min | |
| Apr 21, 2:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 48 min |
| Apr 21, 3:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 38 min | |
| Apr 21, 3:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn | 31 min |
| Apr 22, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Smith | 60 min |
| Apr 23, 2:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 42 min |
| Apr 23, 2:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 67 min |
| Apr 27, 1:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 42 min |
| Apr 27, 3:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 4:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness | 26 min |
| Apr 27, 5:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 43 min | |
| Apr 27, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Doniphan | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison | 66 min |
| Apr 27, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Wallace | 25 min |
| Apr 27, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan | 46 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- McPherson County8
- Sedgwick County7
- Rice County7
- Reno County6
- Marion County6
- Stafford County6
- Riley County5
- Wabaunsee County5
- Sumner County5
- Ottawa County5
- Saline County5
- Pottawatomie County5
- Dickinson County4
- Kingman County4
- Cloud County4
- Ellsworth County4
- Clay County4
- Geary County4
- Pratt County4
- Chase County4
- Brown County3
- Morris County3
- Harper County3
- Leavenworth County3
- Butler County3
- Republic County3
- Kiowa County3
- Pawnee County3
- Lincoln County3
- Johnson County3
- Wyandotte County3
- Bourbon County3
- Harvey County2
- Cowley County2
- Shawnee County2
- Sherman County2
- Comanche County2
- Edwards County2
- Barber County2
- Barton County2
27 more counties
- Washington County2
- Marshall County2
- Nemaha County2
- Doniphan County2
- Lyon County2
- Jackson County2
- Osage County2
- Crawford County2
- Logan County2
- Clark County1
- Jewell County1
- Russell County1
- Mitchell County1
- Anderson County1
- Coffey County1
- Douglas County1
- Franklin County1
- Jefferson County1
- Wilson County1
- Allen County1
- Neosho County1
- Linn County1
- Smith County1
- Finney County1
- Ness County1
- Atchison County1
- Wallace County1
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Sources
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