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Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 2003
88 severe thunderstorm watches in 2003. 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 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 88
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 3:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Coffey and 13 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 14, 11:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Labette | 6 hr |
| Mar 12, 2:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 31 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 12, 8:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Linn, Neosho | 6 hr |
| Mar 17, 1:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 17, 6:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Comanche, Cowley, Dickinson, Edwards and 16 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 3, 9:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Barton, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson and 22 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 15, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Elk and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 1:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Butler, Chautauqua, Comanche, Cowley, Edwards and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 19, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Greenwood, Johnson and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 5 hr |
| Apr 24, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Chase, Coffey, Dickinson, Douglas, Franklin and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 28, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 12 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Logan, Rawlins, Scott, Sherman, Thomas and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 29, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Cheyenne, Clay, Cloud, Decatur, Dickinson and 29 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 30, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 23 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn and 2 more | 6 hr |
| May 1, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 22 more | 5 hr |
| May 4, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Chase, Clay, Coffey and 24 more | 6 hr |
| May 4, 4:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Doniphan, Wyandotte | 6 hr |
| May 6, 7:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bourbon, Crawford, Franklin, Linn, Miami and 1 more | 5 hr |
| May 6, 8:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Chase, Clay, Cloud and 28 more | 4 hr |
| May 7, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Greeley, Sherman, Wallace, Wichita | 6 hr |
| May 8, 1:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Barber, Barton, Bourbon, Butler and 44 more | 5 hr |
| May 8, 4:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Doniphan, Douglas and 19 more | 7 hr |
| May 9, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Coffey and 14 more | 6 hr |
| May 10, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Barber, Brown, Butler, Chase, Clay and 25 more | 5 hr |
| May 10, 3:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Douglas, Geary, Jackson and 10 more | 5 hr |
| May 13, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Jewell, Marshall and 6 more | 5 hr |
| May 13, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark | 7 hr |
| May 22, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Logan, Sherman, Wallace | 6 hr |
| May 22, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Lane and 11 more | 5 hr |
| May 24, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Decatur, Edwards and 28 more | 7 hr |
| May 24, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Morton | 6 hr |
| May 30, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Sherman, Wallace and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton, Seward and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Cloud, Comanche, Decatur and 45 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Hamilton, Morton, Stanton | 5 hr |
| Jun 9, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 21 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 9, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Cloud, Graham, Jewell, Marshall, Mitchell and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Dickinson, Doniphan, Douglas, Geary and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 10, 12:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 29 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Clark, Comanche, Decatur, Finney, Ford and 26 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 22, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 22, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Doniphan, Jewell and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 23, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Finney, Gove, Grant, Gray and 18 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 24, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Logan, Norton and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 25, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Brown, Butler and 33 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 25, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee | 6 hr |
| Jun 28, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Finney, Ford, Grant and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 28, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Lane, Logan and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas | 5 hr |
| Jul 3, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Decatur, Graham, Norton, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Logan, Norton, Rawlins and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 5, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Greeley and 13 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 6, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Graham, Logan, Norton, Osborne and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 7, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 9, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Barber, Brown, Butler and 40 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 9, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 11, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chase, Cherokee, Clay and 24 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 11, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins, Scott, Sherman and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 11, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Coffey and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 12, 3:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 14 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 20, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Decatur, Norton, Phillips, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas | 4 hr |
| Jul 31, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Cloud, Decatur, Graham, Jewell, Lincoln and 13 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 31, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 45 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 31, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Linn | 5 hr |
| Jul 31, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Graham, Norton, Rawlins, Sheridan and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 1, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 1, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Logan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace | 5 hr |
| Aug 2, 1:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Barber, Bourbon, Butler, Chase and 26 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 3, 2:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Clay, Cloud and 43 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 5, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Cherokee, Coffey and 17 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 5, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Elk and 6 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 18, 2:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Butler, Chase, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson and 27 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 19, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 26 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 19, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Doniphan and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 19, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Clark, Comanche, Decatur, Edwards, Ellis and 32 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 20, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Dickinson, Doniphan, Douglas, Franklin and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 28, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Barton, Chase, Coffey, Dickinson, Douglas and 18 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 9, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 10, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 14 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 10, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cloud, Graham, Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell, Norton and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 10, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Ford and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 26, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Linn, Miami | 4 hr |
| Sep 26, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Crawford | 7 hr |
| Oct 13, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Coffey and 17 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cherokee County25
- Crawford County25
- Linn County25
- Anderson County24
- Bourbon County23
- Coffey County23
- Elk County22
- Neosho County22
- Allen County21
- Chautauqua County21
- Greenwood County21
- Labette County21
- Osage County21
- Wilson County21
- Woodson County21
- Wabaunsee County21
- Franklin County20
- Lyon County20
- Miami County20
- Douglas County20
- Thomas County20
- Montgomery County19
- Chase County19
- Shawnee County19
- Cheyenne County19
- Rawlins County19
- Sherman County19
- Harvey County18
- Marion County18
- Morris County18
- Wyandotte County18
- Butler County17
- Cowley County17
- Dickinson County17
- Leavenworth County17
- Pottawatomie County17
- Logan County17
- Decatur County17
- Geary County16
- Johnson County16
65 more counties
- McPherson County16
- Sedgwick County16
- Sumner County16
- Wallace County16
- Norton County16
- Sheridan County16
- Saline County15
- Barton County15
- Kiowa County15
- Atchison County15
- Jackson County15
- Jefferson County15
- Riley County15
- Gove County15
- Comanche County14
- Gray County14
- Kingman County14
- Ness County14
- Pratt County14
- Reno County14
- Stafford County14
- Brown County14
- Marshall County14
- Nemaha County14
- Osborne County14
- Republic County14
- Russell County14
- Smith County14
- Graham County14
- Wichita County14
- Ottawa County13
- Edwards County13
- Ford County13
- Lane County13
- Scott County13
- Clay County13
- Cloud County13
- Doniphan County13
- Phillips County13
- Barber County12
- Clark County12
- Hodgeman County12
- Pawnee County12
- Rice County12
- Rush County12
- Jewell County12
- Mitchell County12
- Trego County12
- Finney County12
- Meade County12
- Harper County11
- Ellsworth County11
- Washington County11
- Ellis County11
- Rooks County11
- Greeley County11
- Hamilton County11
- Kearny County11
- Seward County11
- Morton County10
- Haskell County10
- Stanton County10
- Lincoln County9
- Grant County9
- Stevens County9
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.