Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 1997
48 severe thunderstorm watches in 1997. 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 in 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 48
- Busiest month
- June17 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- June 16, 19974 severe thunderstorm watches
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 5:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellsworth, Graham, Jewell and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 24, 9:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 27, 10:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Franklin, Linn and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 30, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Brown, Chase, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson and 23 more | 5 hr |
| May 1, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellsworth and 9 more | 4 hr |
| May 7, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Doniphan and 20 more | 5 hr |
| May 7, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Dickinson, Doniphan, Douglas, Geary and 11 more | 6 hr |
| May 16, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Clay, Cloud, Comanche and 43 more | 6 hr |
| May 16, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Barber, Barton, Brown, Chase, Clark and 43 more | 6 hr |
| May 17, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Brown, Chase, Clark, Clay and 38 more | 6 hr |
| May 17, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Chase, Coffey, Doniphan and 14 more | 6 hr |
| May 17, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Crawford, Douglas, Franklin and 7 more | 6 hr |
| May 18, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Barber, Bourbon, Brown and 39 more | 7 hr |
| May 18, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Clark, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth, Finney and 25 more | 5 hr |
| May 23, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clay, Cloud, Comanche, Dickinson and 27 more | 6 hr |
| May 24, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 8 more | 6 hr |
| May 24, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Gove and 12 more | 4 hr |
| May 26, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Comanche, Decatur, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 29 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Chase, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Edwards and 28 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 12, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Barber, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Butler, Clark, Comanche, Cowley, Edwards and 10 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 13, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Elk and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 14, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Grant, Greeley, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Barton, Brown, Chase, Clay and 41 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 15, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Barber, Barton, Bourbon, Butler and 51 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 16, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Coffey and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 16, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford and 21 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 16, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 18, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Logan, Norton and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Doniphan, Nemaha | 6 hr |
| Jun 24, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cloud, Jewell, Lincoln, Marshall, Mitchell, Osborne and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 24, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Brown, Chase, Clay, Dickinson and 22 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 25, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Gove and 20 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Clark, Decatur, Finney, Ford, Gove and 25 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 1, 5:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Coffey, Doniphan, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford, Elk and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Finney, Gove, Graham, Grant and 22 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 9, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Brown, Butler and 45 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Barber, Barton, Bourbon and 55 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 13, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Clay, Doniphan, Jackson, Jefferson and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 13, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Butler, Chase, Cowley, Dickinson, Geary, Harper and 10 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Finney, Gove, Graham, Grant and 23 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Chase, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson and 21 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 21, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clay, Cloud, Comanche, Dickinson and 29 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 21, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Cowley, Edwards and 31 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 8, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Clark and 42 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 12, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 18 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Dickinson County19
- Edwards County18
- Ottawa County17
- McPherson County17
- Reno County17
- Harvey County17
- Clay County16
- Ellsworth County16
- Riley County16
- Saline County16
- Barton County16
- Geary County16
- Marion County16
- Morris County16
- Pawnee County16
- Pottawatomie County16
- Wabaunsee County16
- Barber County16
- Clark County16
- Stafford County16
- Cloud County15
- Lincoln County15
- Russell County15
- Chase County15
- Jackson County15
- Rice County15
- Kingman County15
- Kiowa County15
- Pratt County15
- Rush County15
- Ford County15
- Gray County15
- Haskell County15
- Meade County15
- Seward County15
- Marshall County14
- Washington County14
- Brown County14
- Nemaha County14
- Comanche County14
65 more counties
- Harper County14
- Shawnee County14
- Grant County14
- Hodgeman County14
- Stevens County14
- Sedgwick County14
- Sumner County14
- Mitchell County13
- Lyon County13
- Jefferson County13
- Finney County13
- Anderson County12
- Cowley County12
- Ellis County12
- Kearny County12
- Morton County12
- Trego County12
- Republic County11
- Bourbon County11
- Crawford County11
- Elk County11
- Atchison County11
- Doniphan County11
- Douglas County11
- Osage County11
- Ness County11
- Stanton County11
- Osborne County10
- Allen County10
- Chautauqua County10
- Linn County10
- Neosho County10
- Gove County10
- Lane County10
- Scott County10
- Coffey County10
- Hamilton County10
- Jewell County9
- Cherokee County9
- Montgomery County9
- Wilson County9
- Woodson County9
- Franklin County9
- Leavenworth County9
- Butler County9
- Graham County8
- Labette County8
- Miami County8
- Johnson County8
- Wyandotte County8
- Greenwood County8
- Rooks County7
- Smith County7
- Wichita County7
- Phillips County6
- Logan County6
- Greeley County6
- Decatur County5
- Norton County5
- Rawlins County5
- Sheridan County5
- Thomas County5
- Wallace County5
- Cheyenne County4
- Sherman County4
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.