Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2020
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, August 2020
133 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 133
- Busiest day
- August 10, 202030 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 1, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 50 min |
| Aug 1, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane | 46 min |
| Aug 1, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 18 min |
| Aug 1, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane | 44 min |
| Aug 5, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 91 min |
| Aug 5, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 64 min |
| Aug 5, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 66 min |
| Aug 5, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur | 50 min |
| Aug 7, 1:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Sheridan, Thomas | 24 min |
| Aug 7, 2:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Sumner | 73 min |
| Aug 8, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Wallace | 55 min |
| Aug 8, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Wallace | 71 min |
| Aug 8, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins | 71 min |
| Aug 8, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 75 min |
| Aug 8, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace | 25 min |
| Aug 8, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace | 71 min |
| Aug 9, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Woodson | 56 min |
| Aug 9, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace | 95 min |
| Aug 9, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 57 min |
| Aug 9, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 83 min |
| Aug 9, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey | 45 min |
| Aug 9, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood, Woodson | 47 min |
| Aug 9, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas, Wallace | 71 min |
| Aug 9, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 40 min |
| Aug 9, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen | 61 min |
| Aug 9, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Neosho | 44 min |
| Aug 10, 4:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 40 min |
| Aug 10, 11:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Thomas, Wallace | 65 min |
| Aug 10, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 64 min |
| Aug 10, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette | 56 min |
| Aug 10, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 58 min |
| Aug 10, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette | 37 min |
| Aug 10, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 25 min |
| Aug 10, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 64 min |
| Aug 10, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 47 min |
| Aug 10, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 12 min |
| Aug 10, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette | 34 min |
| Aug 10, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane, Scott | 14 min |
| Aug 10, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 36 min |
| Aug 10, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 44 min |
| Aug 10, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 40 min |
| Aug 10, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford | 36 min |
| Aug 10, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 20 min |
| Aug 10, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 32 min |
| Aug 10, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 38 min |
| Aug 10, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 34 min |
| Aug 10, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego | 39 min |
| Aug 10, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 37 min |
| Aug 10, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 42 min |
| Aug 10, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 26 min |
| Aug 10, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 59 min |
| Aug 10, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt, Stafford | 50 min |
| Aug 10, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 64 min |
| Aug 10, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno, Rice | 62 min |
| Aug 10, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 67 min |
| Aug 11, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 65 min |
| Aug 11, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 97 min |
| Aug 11, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace | 76 min |
| Aug 11, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wallace | 32 min |
| Aug 12, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 64 min |
| Aug 13, 1:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 33 min |
| Aug 13, 2:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood | 63 min |
| Aug 13, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 68 min |
| Aug 13, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 31 min |
| Aug 13, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wallace | 58 min |
| Aug 14, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 40 min |
| Aug 14, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 31 min |
| Aug 14, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Stanton | 48 min |
| Aug 14, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 52 min |
| Aug 14, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 51 min |
| Aug 14, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell | 50 min |
| Aug 14, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 62 min |
| Aug 14, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 33 min |
| Aug 14, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell | 46 min |
| Aug 14, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell | 62 min |
| Aug 14, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne | 51 min |
| Aug 14, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln, Russell | 55 min |
| Aug 14, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Mitchell | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne | 41 min |
| Aug 14, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell | 62 min |
| Aug 14, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 30 min |
| Aug 14, 10:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 53 min |
| Aug 14, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Rice, Russell | 31 min |
| Aug 14, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego | 52 min |
| Aug 14, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness | 39 min |
| Aug 15, 12:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness, Trego | 39 min |
| Aug 15, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 38 min |
| Aug 15, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 41 min |
| Aug 15, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 44 min |
| Aug 15, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 51 min |
| Aug 16, 6:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche | 36 min |
| Aug 16, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton, Rawlins | 58 min |
| Aug 16, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Rawlins | 55 min |
| Aug 16, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Norton, Rawlins | 56 min |
| Aug 16, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips | 52 min |
| Aug 16, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips | 41 min |
| Aug 16, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Graham, Norton, Rawlins, Sheridan and 2 more | 96 min |
| Aug 16, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips, Smith | 41 min |
| Aug 16, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell, Smith | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Wallace | 69 min |
| Aug 16, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Smith | 32 min |
| Aug 16, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Thomas | 29 min |
| Aug 16, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic, Washington | 55 min |
| Aug 16, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 61 min |
| Aug 16, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Geary, Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley and 1 more | 49 min |
| Aug 16, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Scott | 35 min |
| Aug 16, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln, Russell | 18 min |
| Aug 16, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley | 63 min |
| Aug 16, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell | 37 min |
| Aug 16, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Seward, Stanton, Stevens | 48 min |
| Aug 16, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Mitchell, Osborne | 43 min |
| Aug 28, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne | 31 min |
| Aug 28, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Mitchell, Osborne | 35 min |
| Aug 28, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln, Russell | 64 min |
| Aug 28, 10:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stanton | 25 min |
| Aug 28, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 29 min |
| Aug 28, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 29 min |
| Aug 29, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Kearny | 41 min |
| Aug 29, 1:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Scott | 44 min |
| Aug 29, 1:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 32 min |
| Aug 29, 1:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 39 min |
| Aug 29, 1:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa | 51 min |
| Aug 29, 2:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford | 40 min |
| Aug 29, 3:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Rice | 60 min |
| Aug 29, 4:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick, Sumner | 59 min |
| Aug 29, 7:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson | 60 min |
| Aug 29, 8:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 65 min |
| Aug 29, 8:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Neosho | 28 min |
| Aug 31, 6:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 35 min |
| Aug 31, 7:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 33 min |
| Aug 31, 8:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Miami | 52 min |
| Aug 31, 9:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn, Miami | 40 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Sherman County13
- Wallace County11
- Thomas County9
- Cheyenne County8
- Russell County8
- Rawlins County7
- Logan County7
- Ford County7
- Finney County6
- Decatur County6
- Cherokee County6
- Rush County6
- Osborne County6
- Lane County5
- Labette County5
- Clark County5
- Ellis County5
- Ness County5
- Stanton County5
- Jewell County5
- Mitchell County5
- Gove County4
- Sumner County4
- Greeley County4
- Wichita County4
- Hodgeman County4
- Cowley County4
- Hamilton County4
- Lincoln County4
- Gray County4
- Kearny County4
- Sheridan County3
- Neosho County3
- Scott County3
- Kiowa County3
- Trego County3
- Barton County3
- Rice County3
- Morton County3
- Ellsworth County3
42 more counties
- Comanche County3
- Norton County3
- Phillips County3
- Smith County3
- Johnson County3
- Harper County2
- Allen County2
- Woodson County2
- Greenwood County2
- Reno County2
- Montgomery County2
- Barber County2
- Pratt County2
- Stafford County2
- Grant County2
- Republic County2
- Cloud County2
- Washington County2
- Clay County2
- Geary County2
- Pottawatomie County2
- Riley County2
- Haskell County2
- Leavenworth County2
- Wyandotte County2
- Miami County2
- Bourbon County1
- Coffey County1
- Kingman County1
- Meade County1
- Butler County1
- Elk County1
- Graham County1
- Marshall County1
- Dickinson County1
- Seward County1
- Stevens County1
- Edwards County1
- Sedgwick County1
- Wilson County1
- Crawford County1
- Linn County1
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Sources
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