Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 2002
73 severe thunderstorm watches in 2002. 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 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 73
- Busiest month
- May19 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- April 19, 20024 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, 4:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Comanche, Harper, Kingman, Kiowa, Pratt and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 4:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Chase, Dickinson, Doniphan, Geary and 18 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 9:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Brown, Butler and 31 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 24, 6:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Elk, Labette, Montgomery and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 11, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Butler, Chase, Cowley, Dickinson, Geary, Harper and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 16, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Barton, Brown, Chase, Clay, Cloud and 29 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 17, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Harper and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 18, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Butler, Chase, Dickinson, Ellsworth, Geary and 12 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Butler, Chase, Dickinson, Edwards, Ellsworth and 13 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 19, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Doniphan and 23 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 19, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami, Wyandotte | 5 hr |
| Apr 19, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Johnson, Linn, Miami | 6 hr |
| Apr 21, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Brown, Coffey and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 23, 2:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Harper, Kingman, Montgomery and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 24, 7:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Leavenworth, Nemaha, Wyandotte | 6 hr |
| May 5, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Coffey, Doniphan, Douglas, Franklin and 8 more | 5 hr |
| May 6, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Miami | 5 hr |
| May 6, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Chase, Clay, Coffey, Dickinson and 18 more | 6 hr |
| May 7, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Greenwood, Labette and 4 more | 6 hr |
| May 7, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson | 5 hr |
| May 8, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford and 6 more | 6 hr |
| May 11, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Gray and 11 more | 5 hr |
| May 12, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 14 more | 6 hr |
| May 12, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee | 6 hr |
| May 15, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Cloud, Ellis, Ellsworth, Harvey, Jewell and 19 more | 5 hr |
| May 16, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Grant, Greeley, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton and 3 more | 6 hr |
| May 22, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Graham, Jewell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 6 hr |
| May 22, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellis, Ellsworth, Jewell and 11 more | 6 hr |
| May 23, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Harper, Kingman, Kiowa and 6 more | 6 hr |
| May 24, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley and 9 more | 6 hr |
| May 24, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Barber, Barton, Brown, Butler, Chase and 45 more | 5 hr |
| May 26, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Finney, Gove, Graham, Grant and 19 more | 6 hr |
| May 26, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cloud, Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell, Norton, Osborne and 6 more | 6 hr |
| May 26, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellsworth and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 1, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Decatur, Norton, Osborne, Phillips, Smith | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Gove, Grant, Gray and 17 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Cloud, Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell, Osborne and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Lane and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase and 38 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 11, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Johnson, Linn, Miami | 4 hr |
| Jun 11, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 8 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chautauqua, Montgomery | 5 hr |
| Jun 15, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Clark, Decatur, Ellis, Finney, Ford and 29 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 15, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Butler, Chase, Clark, Comanche, Cowley and 24 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Decatur, Finney, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Hamilton and 13 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 26, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Coffey, Doniphan, Douglas, Franklin and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 10, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Cherokee and 19 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 25, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Rawlins | 6 hr |
| Jul 25, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Barton, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson and 36 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 28, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Finney, Gove, Graham, Grant and 22 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 28, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Coffey, Comanche and 14 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 30, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Norton | 5 hr |
| Aug 11, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Decatur, Gove, Greeley, Lane, Logan, Rawlins and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 12, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Chase, Clay, Cloud and 27 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 12, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Clark, Comanche and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 12, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chautauqua, Elk, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson | 5 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Clark, Comanche and 21 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 18, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Barton, Brown, Chase, Clay and 38 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 23, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Gove, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 23, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Greeley and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 24, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas | 5 hr |
| Aug 26, 2:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Logan, Norton and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 26, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Finney, Gove, Grant, Gray and 18 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 28, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Greeley, Hamilton, Morton, Sherman, Stanton and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 18, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Butler, Chase and 35 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 18, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Brown, Butler and 25 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 1, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Clay, Cloud, Ellis, Ellsworth, Finney and 25 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 1, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 1, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Haskell, Kearny and 5 more | 4 hr |
| Oct 3, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Butler, Chase, Harper, Harvey, Kingman and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 3, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Butler, Chase and 27 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 18, 2:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami, Wyandotte | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Chase County20
- Lyon County19
- Sedgwick County18
- Marion County18
- Shawnee County17
- Butler County17
- Montgomery County17
- Osage County17
- Sumner County16
- Atchison County16
- Morris County16
- Coffey County16
- Harper County15
- Kingman County15
- Dickinson County15
- Harvey County15
- Jefferson County15
- Reno County15
- Chautauqua County15
- Wilson County15
- Pratt County14
- Brown County14
- Jackson County14
- McPherson County14
- Rice County14
- Wabaunsee County14
- Douglas County14
- Elk County14
- Miami County14
- Ellsworth County14
- Meade County14
- Seward County14
- Barber County13
- Leavenworth County13
- Saline County13
- Anderson County13
- Cowley County13
- Franklin County13
- Linn County13
- Woodson County13
65 more counties
- Hodgeman County13
- Ness County13
- Gray County13
- Geary County12
- Nemaha County12
- Pottawatomie County12
- Stafford County12
- Greenwood County12
- Johnson County12
- Labette County12
- Neosho County12
- Jewell County12
- Lincoln County12
- Clark County12
- Ford County12
- Haskell County12
- Hamilton County12
- Kearny County12
- Stanton County12
- Finney County12
- Logan County12
- Wallace County12
- Comanche County11
- Doniphan County11
- Allen County11
- Wyandotte County11
- Cherokee County11
- Barton County11
- Clay County11
- Cloud County11
- Mitchell County11
- Republic County11
- Russell County11
- Osborne County11
- Stevens County11
- Grant County11
- Greeley County11
- Morton County11
- Decatur County11
- Gove County11
- Norton County11
- Rawlins County11
- Wichita County11
- Marshall County10
- Riley County10
- Bourbon County10
- Crawford County10
- Ottawa County10
- Washington County10
- Pawnee County10
- Smith County10
- Graham County10
- Cheyenne County10
- Lane County10
- Scott County10
- Sheridan County10
- Sherman County10
- Thomas County10
- Trego County10
- Kiowa County9
- Rush County9
- Phillips County9
- Edwards County8
- Ellis County8
- Rooks County8
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.