Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2018
1,362 severe thunderstorm warnings in 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 1,362
- Busiest month
- May509 severe thunderstorm warnings
- Busiest day
- May 19, 201877 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.
- Finney County66
- Ford County64
- Pawnee County57
- Edwards County57
- Sherman County56
- Gove County53
- Thomas County53
- Kiowa County52
- Trego County51
- Clark County50
- Gray County50
- Ness County50
- Logan County50
- Cheyenne County50
- Hodgeman County49
- Kearny County48
- Wallace County47
- Rush County44
- Rawlins County44
- Ellis County43
- Pottawatomie County40
- Lane County40
- Hamilton County40
- Scott County39
- Sheridan County38
- Lyon County38
- Comanche County37
- Butler County37
- Grant County36
- Graham County34
- Coffey County34
- Pratt County34
- Morton County34
- Haskell County34
- Greenwood County33
- Stafford County33
- Meade County32
- Osage County31
- Marshall County31
- Barton County31
65 more counties
- Decatur County30
- Wabaunsee County30
- Stevens County30
- Phillips County29
- Riley County29
- Osborne County29
- Rooks County29
- Stanton County29
- Greeley County28
- Russell County28
- Barber County28
- Norton County27
- Wichita County27
- Woodson County26
- Nemaha County26
- Cowley County26
- Labette County25
- Reno County25
- Smith County24
- Cloud County24
- Ottawa County24
- Douglas County23
- Washington County23
- Jackson County22
- Shawnee County22
- Wyandotte County22
- Seward County21
- Anderson County21
- Franklin County21
- Brown County21
- Republic County21
- Clay County21
- Chautauqua County21
- Wilson County21
- Crawford County20
- Jewell County20
- Morris County20
- Johnson County20
- Montgomery County20
- Elk County20
- Mitchell County19
- Rice County19
- Ellsworth County19
- Doniphan County19
- Neosho County18
- Geary County18
- Allen County18
- Sumner County17
- Cherokee County17
- Leavenworth County17
- Lincoln County17
- Sedgwick County17
- Jefferson County16
- Dickinson County16
- Chase County15
- Miami County14
- McPherson County14
- Kingman County14
- Bourbon County13
- Marion County13
- Harvey County13
- Atchison County12
- Linn County12
- Harper County10
- Saline County7
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.