Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, August 2015
156 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2015. 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 August 2015. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 156
- Busiest day
- August 8, 201531 severe thunderstorm warnings
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 11:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Nemaha | 16 min |
| Aug 4, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 61 min |
| Aug 4, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 51 min |
| Aug 4, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 46 min |
| Aug 4, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins | 46 min |
| Aug 4, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins, Thomas | 46 min |
| Aug 4, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins | 44 min |
| Aug 4, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas | 52 min |
| Aug 4, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur | 39 min |
| Aug 4, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Thomas | 49 min |
| Aug 4, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 26 min |
| Aug 4, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 45 min |
| Aug 4, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips | 25 min |
| Aug 4, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell | 27 min |
| Aug 4, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur | 53 min |
| Aug 4, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas | 58 min |
| Aug 4, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton | 54 min |
| Aug 4, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 36 min |
| Aug 4, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham, Norton | 63 min |
| Aug 4, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 59 min |
| Aug 4, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan | 22 min |
| Aug 4, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 28 min |
| Aug 4, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 55 min |
| Aug 4, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 39 min |
| Aug 4, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 65 min |
| Aug 4, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 21 min |
| Aug 4, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane | 59 min |
| Aug 4, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane | 32 min |
| Aug 4, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 66 min |
| Aug 4, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 59 min |
| Aug 4, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 66 min |
| Aug 4, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness, Trego | 48 min |
| Aug 4, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 40 min |
| Aug 4, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Meade | 66 min |
| Aug 4, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 23 min |
| Aug 5, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Smith | 30 min |
| Aug 5, 2:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 22 min |
| Aug 5, 2:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 28 min |
| Aug 5, 3:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Saline | 40 min |
| Aug 5, 4:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, McPherson, Marion, Rice | 42 min |
| Aug 5, 4:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Reno | 28 min |
| Aug 5, 4:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Harvey, Marion, Sedgwick | 39 min |
| Aug 5, 8:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 60 min |
| Aug 6, 10:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Norton | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 11:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips | 45 min |
| Aug 6, 11:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 39 min |
| Aug 6, 12:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell, Osborne, Smith | 21 min |
| Aug 7, 3:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan | 39 min |
| Aug 7, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Wichita | 56 min |
| Aug 7, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Wallace, Wichita | 39 min |
| Aug 7, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas | 54 min |
| Aug 7, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas | 55 min |
| Aug 7, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan and 1 more | 57 min |
| Aug 7, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Rawlins | 56 min |
| Aug 7, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Gove, Graham, Norton, Rawlins, Sheridan | 66 min |
| Aug 7, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 59 min |
| Aug 7, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 65 min |
| Aug 7, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Norton, Rawlins | 53 min |
| Aug 7, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Gove, Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 56 min |
| Aug 7, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips | 44 min |
| Aug 7, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Smith | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 12:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham, Norton | 37 min |
| Aug 8, 12:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 53 min |
| Aug 8, 12:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 38 min |
| Aug 8, 1:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic, Washington | 44 min |
| Aug 8, 1:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne, Phillips, Smith | 46 min |
| Aug 8, 3:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell | 35 min |
| Aug 8, 3:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee | 46 min |
| Aug 8, 4:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 46 min |
| Aug 8, 4:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Franklin, Jefferson, Osage, Shawnee | 52 min |
| Aug 8, 7:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn, Miami | 33 min |
| Aug 8, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln, Russell | 61 min |
| Aug 8, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln, Russell | 62 min |
| Aug 8, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 25 min |
| Aug 8, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 13 min |
| Aug 8, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton | 16 min |
| Aug 8, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wallace | 52 min |
| Aug 8, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 40 min |
| Aug 8, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell | 30 min |
| Aug 8, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wichita | 19 min |
| Aug 8, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton and 3 more | 49 min |
| Aug 8, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley | 60 min |
| Aug 8, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 24 min |
| Aug 8, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne, Rooks | 27 min |
| Aug 10, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Republic, Washington | 29 min |
| Aug 13, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur | 51 min |
| Aug 13, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins | 46 min |
| Aug 14, 12:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Graham, Sheridan | 59 min |
| Aug 16, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur | 20 min |
| Aug 16, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 20 min |
| Aug 16, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Thomas | 18 min |
| Aug 16, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 37 min |
| Aug 16, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 36 min |
| Aug 16, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Thomas | 33 min |
| Aug 16, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Thomas | 22 min |
| Aug 16, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Sherman, Wallace | 46 min |
| Aug 16, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Thomas | 35 min |
| Aug 16, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 42 min |
| Aug 16, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan | 23 min |
| Aug 16, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Wallace | 25 min |
| Aug 16, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley | 13 min |
| Aug 16, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley | 38 min |
| Aug 16, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 23 min |
| Aug 16, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wichita | 31 min |
| Aug 16, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stanton | 49 min |
| Aug 17, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Seward, Stevens | 49 min |
| Aug 17, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Haskell, Meade, Seward | 47 min |
| Aug 18, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Pottawatomie | 47 min |
| Aug 18, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk | 53 min |
| Aug 18, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Osage, Shawnee | 27 min |
| Aug 18, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Elk | 22 min |
| Aug 18, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Neosho, Wilson | 34 min |
| Aug 18, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery | 23 min |
| Aug 18, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 41 min |
| Aug 18, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette | 40 min |
| Aug 18, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 67 min |
| Aug 21, 1:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 54 min |
| Aug 21, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 34 min |
| Aug 21, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 61 min |
| Aug 21, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 26 min |
| Aug 21, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 46 min |
| Aug 21, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 33 min |
| Aug 21, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 34 min |
| Aug 21, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wallace | 44 min |
| Aug 22, 7:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick, Sumner | 39 min |
| Aug 22, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Washington | 51 min |
| Aug 22, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Washington | 52 min |
| Aug 22, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Washington | 47 min |
| Aug 22, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley, Washington | 29 min |
| Aug 22, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 46 min |
| Aug 22, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell, Smith | 39 min |
| Aug 22, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline | 32 min |
| Aug 22, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Marion, Saline | 34 min |
| Aug 22, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Marion, Saline | 35 min |
| Aug 22, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, McPherson, Marion | 33 min |
| Aug 22, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 33 min |
| Aug 22, 11:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, McPherson, Marion | 27 min |
| Aug 23, 12:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Harvey, Sedgwick | 36 min |
| Aug 23, 1:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wichita | 35 min |
| Aug 23, 3:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 42 min |
| Aug 23, 3:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette | 23 min |
| Aug 27, 5:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson | 24 min |
| Aug 27, 5:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Woodson | 55 min |
| Aug 27, 5:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey | 31 min |
| Aug 27, 5:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Crawford | 54 min |
| Aug 27, 6:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Woodson | 65 min |
| Aug 27, 6:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 54 min |
| Aug 27, 6:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson | 18 min |
| Aug 27, 7:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen | 31 min |
| Aug 27, 7:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 46 min |
| Aug 27, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 38 min |
| Aug 27, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Haskell | 57 min |
| Aug 27, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 18 min |
| Aug 27, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 42 min |
| Aug 27, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 27 min |
| Aug 28, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 41 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Rawlins County17
- Cheyenne County15
- Decatur County13
- Thomas County11
- Logan County10
- Gove County9
- Norton County9
- Sheridan County8
- Graham County8
- Sherman County7
- Marion County7
- Phillips County6
- Smith County6
- Lincoln County6
- McPherson County6
- Cherokee County6
- Wichita County6
- Washington County6
- Finney County5
- Harvey County5
- Crawford County5
- Wallace County5
- Russell County5
- Jewell County4
- Lane County4
- Hodgeman County4
- Ness County4
- Ford County4
- Rush County4
- Ellsworth County4
- Saline County4
- Osborne County4
- Pottawatomie County4
- Haskell County4
- Greeley County4
- Marshall County4
- Trego County3
- Gray County3
- Pawnee County3
- Butler County3
43 more counties
- Sedgwick County3
- Rooks County3
- Republic County3
- Riley County3
- Osage County3
- Shawnee County3
- Grant County3
- Hamilton County3
- Kearny County3
- Stanton County3
- Seward County3
- Labette County3
- Anderson County3
- Allen County3
- Clark County2
- Meade County2
- Ellis County2
- Wabaunsee County2
- Douglas County2
- Stevens County2
- Clay County2
- Elk County2
- Woodson County2
- Brown County1
- Nemaha County1
- Scott County1
- Rice County1
- Reno County1
- Geary County1
- Lyon County1
- Franklin County1
- Jefferson County1
- Linn County1
- Miami County1
- Morton County1
- Cloud County1
- Jackson County1
- Chautauqua County1
- Neosho County1
- Wilson County1
- Montgomery County1
- Sumner County1
- Coffey County1
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Sources
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