Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas
2,138 severe thunderstorm watches since 1986. 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 2,138
- Busiest year
- 201999 severe thunderstorm watches
- Average year
- 71over 30 years on file
Over time
By year
Watches are counted from 1997, when the Storm Prediction Center archive begins.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Marion County434
- Butler County418
- Cowley County408
- Thomas County408
- McPherson County406
- Morris County404
- Chase County403
- Logan County403
- Rawlins County403
- Reno County400
- Cheyenne County399
- Sherman County399
- Sumner County399
- Chautauqua County398
- Elk County398
- Wallace County398
- Harvey County397
- Lyon County396
- Greenwood County395
- Kingman County393
- Sedgwick County393
- Rice County391
- Dickinson County388
- Wabaunsee County388
- Riley County387
- Sheridan County386
- Pottawatomie County384
- Geary County381
- Ellsworth County380
- Gray County380
- Jackson County380
- Decatur County378
- Ness County376
- Barton County375
- Gove County375
- Osborne County375
- Smith County374
- Ford County373
- Hodgeman County372
- Meade County372
65 more counties
- Saline County371
- Montgomery County370
- Harper County369
- Jewell County369
- Rooks County369
- Wilson County369
- Clay County368
- Lincoln County368
- Wichita County367
- Osage County364
- Ottawa County364
- Pawnee County364
- Phillips County364
- Coffey County363
- Finney County363
- Graham County363
- Stafford County362
- Cherokee County361
- Crawford County361
- Clark County360
- Labette County358
- Marshall County358
- Nemaha County358
- Shawnee County358
- Woodson County358
- Greeley County357
- Mitchell County357
- Russell County357
- Anderson County356
- Neosho County356
- Rush County356
- Comanche County355
- Pratt County355
- Washington County355
- Cloud County354
- Seward County354
- Haskell County352
- Kiowa County352
- Lane County352
- Norton County352
- Barber County351
- Edwards County350
- Kearny County348
- Republic County348
- Brown County346
- Jefferson County346
- Allen County344
- Grant County344
- Miami County344
- Scott County344
- Trego County343
- Linn County342
- Stevens County342
- Bourbon County341
- Atchison County340
- Franklin County339
- Ellis County334
- Douglas County333
- Hamilton County332
- Doniphan County326
- Morton County322
- Stanton County322
- Johnson County320
- Leavenworth County318
- Wyandotte County311
The latest severe thunderstorm watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Greeley, Logan, Sherman, Wallace, Wichita | 5 hr |
| Sep 20, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Greeley, Hamilton, Logan, Wallace, Wichita | 5 hr |
| Sep 19, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Doniphan, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 3 hr |
| Sep 19, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Greeley, Logan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace, Wichita | 6 hr |
| Sep 19, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Barber, Butler, Chase, Clay, Coffey and 31 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 14, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cloud, Ellis, Finney, Gove, Graham, Grant and 23 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 12, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa, Meade and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 6, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami, Wyandotte | 5 hr |
| Aug 27, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Logan, Norton and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 21, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Sherman | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Jackson, Marshall, Nemaha | 5 hr |
| Aug 18, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson and 8 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
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.