Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, August 2026
140 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 140
- Busiest day
- August 19, 202627 severe thunderstorm warnings
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By day
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood | 58 min |
| Aug 5, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 28 min |
| Aug 5, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Franklin, Osage | 26 min |
| Aug 5, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Morris | 27 min |
| Aug 5, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 38 min |
| Aug 5, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Miami, Wyandotte | 50 min |
| Aug 6, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey | 24 min |
| Aug 6, 2:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 23 min |
| Aug 6, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 38 min |
| Aug 6, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 17 min |
| Aug 6, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 33 min |
| Aug 6, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 43 min |
| Aug 6, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 38 min |
| Aug 6, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Meade | 50 min |
| Aug 6, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade, Seward | 50 min |
| Aug 7, 5:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 25 min |
| Aug 7, 8:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 44 min |
| Aug 7, 8:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 8:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Marion | 55 min |
| Aug 7, 9:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Greenwood | 62 min |
| Aug 7, 10:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Elk, Greenwood | 51 min |
| Aug 8, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wallace | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Wallace | 47 min |
| Aug 8, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Mitchell, Osborne | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 51 min |
| Aug 9, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 42 min |
| Aug 9, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 47 min |
| Aug 9, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 48 min |
| Aug 9, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Hamilton, Kearny | 38 min |
| Aug 9, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wallace | 61 min |
| Aug 9, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 38 min |
| Aug 9, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins | 77 min |
| Aug 10, 4:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson | 47 min |
| Aug 10, 5:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Miami | 52 min |
| Aug 13, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 29 min |
| Aug 13, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln, Saline | 26 min |
| Aug 13, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 33 min |
| Aug 13, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 28 min |
| Aug 13, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Saline | 32 min |
| Aug 13, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Ottawa | 38 min |
| Aug 13, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 21 min |
| Aug 13, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Saline | 32 min |
| Aug 13, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 27 min |
| Aug 13, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 33 min |
| Aug 13, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 44 min |
| Aug 13, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Russell | 42 min |
| Aug 13, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 32 min |
| Aug 13, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wallace, Wichita | 59 min |
| Aug 13, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 27 min |
| Aug 13, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane | 25 min |
| Aug 13, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness, Trego | 34 min |
| Aug 13, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Sherman, Wallace | 63 min |
| Aug 13, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 52 min |
| Aug 13, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Geary, Morris, Riley, Wabaunsee | 30 min |
| Aug 13, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 31 min |
| Aug 13, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Riley, Wabaunsee | 31 min |
| Aug 13, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 35 min |
| Aug 13, 11:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips | 27 min |
| Aug 14, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 39 min |
| Aug 14, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 18 min |
| Aug 14, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Reno, Rice | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Reno, Rice | 48 min |
| Aug 14, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno | 24 min |
| Aug 14, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Wichita | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Shawnee | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 11:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Thomas | 58 min |
| Aug 14, 11:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee | 24 min |
| Aug 14, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 50 min |
| Aug 15, 12:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 32 min |
| Aug 15, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 51 min |
| Aug 15, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 19 min |
| Aug 15, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 50 min |
| Aug 15, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 44 min |
| Aug 15, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 49 min |
| Aug 15, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 31 min |
| Aug 15, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 2:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell, Smith | 42 min |
| Aug 16, 4:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Washington | 21 min |
| Aug 18, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 41 min |
| Aug 18, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 47 min |
| Aug 18, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 34 min |
| Aug 18, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 18 min |
| Aug 18, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Geary | 24 min |
| Aug 18, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Riley | 12 min |
| Aug 18, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison | 38 min |
| Aug 18, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley, Washington | 38 min |
| Aug 18, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee | 53 min |
| Aug 18, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee | 53 min |
| Aug 18, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 44 min |
| Aug 18, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 36 min |
| Aug 18, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 24 min |
| Aug 18, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 42 min |
| Aug 18, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Jefferson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 64 min |
| Aug 18, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Wyandotte | 36 min |
| Aug 18, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Jefferson | 67 min |
| Aug 19, 12:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 37 min |
| Aug 19, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Wyandotte | 45 min |
| Aug 19, 1:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 23 min |
| Aug 19, 1:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Wyandotte | 50 min |
| Aug 19, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Doniphan | 66 min |
| Aug 19, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Marshall, Nemaha | 47 min |
| Aug 19, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Jackson, Nemaha | 44 min |
| Aug 19, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Doniphan | 42 min |
| Aug 19, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison | 25 min |
| Aug 19, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Thomas | 63 min |
| Aug 19, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Doniphan | 49 min |
| Aug 19, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 44 min |
| Aug 19, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Wallace | 52 min |
| Aug 19, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wallace | 67 min |
| Aug 19, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan | 60 min |
| Aug 19, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan | 57 min |
| Aug 19, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 68 min |
| Aug 19, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 22 min |
| Aug 20, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins | 78 min |
| Aug 20, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas | 81 min |
| Aug 20, 11:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas | 70 min |
| Aug 21, 12:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas | 42 min |
| Aug 21, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson | 33 min |
| Aug 21, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 40 min |
| Aug 21, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 23 min |
| Aug 21, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 39 min |
| Aug 21, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Miami | 32 min |
| Aug 22, 5:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 35 min |
| Aug 22, 5:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell, Smith | 50 min |
| Aug 25, 8:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 67 min |
| Aug 25, 11:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford | 30 min |
| Aug 26, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick, Sumner | 25 min |
| Aug 27, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur | 43 min |
| Aug 27, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Sheridan | 26 min |
| Aug 27, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton | 72 min |
| Aug 27, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 76 min |
| Aug 27, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 74 min |
| Aug 27, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 61 min |
| Aug 28, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 60 min |
| Aug 28, 12:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego | 43 min |
| Aug 28, 2:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 22 min |
| Aug 30, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 48 min |
| Aug 30, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton | 43 min |
| Aug 31, 2:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita | 45 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Wyandotte County10
- Logan County9
- Wallace County8
- Decatur County8
- Johnson County7
- Sheridan County7
- Jackson County7
- Jefferson County7
- Leavenworth County7
- Shawnee County6
- Stanton County6
- Gove County6
- Morton County5
- Butler County5
- Hamilton County5
- Barton County5
- Riley County5
- Thomas County5
- Greenwood County4
- Clark County4
- Ford County4
- Finney County4
- Scott County4
- Lane County4
- Rawlins County4
- Reno County4
- Dickinson County4
- Trego County4
- Geary County4
- Wabaunsee County4
- Pottawatomie County4
- Norton County4
- Pawnee County4
- Atchison County4
- Miami County3
- Kearny County3
- Saline County3
- Clay County3
- Greeley County3
- Wichita County3
45 more counties
- Rush County3
- Sherman County3
- Graham County3
- Marshall County3
- Doniphan County3
- Elk County2
- Coffey County2
- Lyon County2
- Morris County2
- Hodgeman County2
- Gray County2
- Meade County2
- Sedgwick County2
- Cheyenne County2
- Comanche County2
- Lincoln County2
- Ottawa County2
- Russell County2
- Ellis County2
- Ness County2
- Barber County2
- McPherson County2
- Rice County2
- Stevens County2
- Pratt County2
- Grant County2
- Jewell County2
- Smith County2
- Washington County2
- Edwards County2
- Stafford County2
- Brown County2
- Nemaha County2
- Sumner County2
- Franklin County1
- Osage County1
- Anderson County1
- Seward County1
- Chase County1
- Marion County1
- Mitchell County1
- Osborne County1
- Ellsworth County1
- Phillips County1
- Harvey County1
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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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.