Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2008
1,487 severe thunderstorm warnings in 2008. 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 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 1,487
- Busiest month
- June599 severe thunderstorm warnings
- Busiest day
- May 23, 200870 severe thunderstorm warnings
Over time
By month
The alerts
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By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Sumner County68
- Sedgwick County66
- Finney County64
- Smith County57
- Butler County51
- Cowley County51
- Ness County51
- Jewell County51
- Gray County48
- Pawnee County47
- Lane County47
- Thomas County45
- Gove County45
- Hodgeman County44
- Rush County43
- Osborne County43
- Logan County43
- Rawlins County42
- Phillips County42
- Reno County41
- Harper County40
- Kingman County40
- Scott County40
- Meade County40
- Rooks County40
- Ford County39
- Sheridan County38
- Neosho County37
- Edwards County37
- Bourbon County34
- Barber County34
- Haskell County34
- Cloud County33
- Elk County33
- Osage County33
- Russell County33
- Cheyenne County33
- Crawford County32
- Kearny County32
- Barton County32
65 more counties
- Ellis County32
- Riley County31
- Coffey County31
- Johnson County31
- Lyon County30
- Kiowa County30
- Franklin County29
- Wyandotte County29
- Wabaunsee County29
- Pratt County29
- Wilson County28
- Douglas County28
- Ellsworth County28
- Wichita County28
- Sherman County28
- Trego County28
- Chautauqua County27
- Chase County27
- Marion County27
- Decatur County27
- Marshall County26
- Cherokee County26
- Republic County26
- Geary County25
- Clay County25
- Pottawatomie County25
- Harvey County25
- Greenwood County25
- Jefferson County25
- Montgomery County24
- Grant County24
- Stafford County24
- Graham County24
- Mitchell County24
- Shawnee County23
- Comanche County23
- Wallace County23
- Washington County22
- Labette County22
- Woodson County22
- Leavenworth County22
- Hamilton County22
- Rice County22
- Seward County22
- Miami County21
- Clark County21
- Stevens County21
- Morris County20
- Stanton County19
- McPherson County19
- Linn County18
- Lincoln County18
- Norton County18
- Allen County17
- Ottawa County17
- Morton County17
- Anderson County16
- Nemaha County16
- Jackson County16
- Greeley County14
- Dickinson County12
- Doniphan County12
- Saline County12
- Brown County10
- Atchison County6
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. Rebuilt daily.