Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 2004
87 severe thunderstorm watches in 2004. 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 2004. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 87
- Busiest month
- July28 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- July 5, 20048 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 4, 7:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 27, 11:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 23 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 19, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 28 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 21, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Meade, Morton, Seward and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 23, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 23, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Labette, Montgomery, Sumner | 6 hr |
| May 8, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Decatur, Norton, Phillips, Rawlins, Smith | 4 hr |
| May 8, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Clay, Cloud, Ellis, Jewell, Lincoln and 10 more | 6 hr |
| May 9, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Decatur, Gove, Graham, Logan, Norton, Phillips and 7 more | 6 hr |
| May 9, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Graham, Norton, Phillips, Rawlins and 3 more | 4 hr |
| May 10, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Finney, Ford, Gove, Graham and 24 more | 5 hr |
| May 10, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Decatur, Norton | 4 hr |
| May 12, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Finney, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Logan, Scott and 4 more | 5 hr |
| May 16, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Cloud, Jewell, Lincoln, Marshall, Mitchell and 7 more | 4 hr |
| May 17, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Jackson, Marshall, Nemaha and 2 more | 5 hr |
| May 21, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Gove and 19 more | 5 hr |
| May 24, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Barber, Barton, Bourbon, Butler and 47 more | 6 hr |
| May 26, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chase, Douglas, Franklin, Geary, Jefferson, Johnson and 9 more | 5 hr |
| May 27, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Johnson, Wyandotte | 7 hr |
| May 29, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Greeley, Lane, Logan and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 9:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Grant and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Grant, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Logan and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 5, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Clay, Cloud, Comanche and 29 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman | 5 hr |
| Jun 9, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 12, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Neosho | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Brown, Butler and 40 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 14, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Chase, Clay, Cloud and 33 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 14, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 30 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 14, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Decatur, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth, Finney and 33 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 14, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Clay, Dickinson, Doniphan, Douglas and 19 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Coffey and 27 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 15, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 15, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cloud, Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Republic and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 17, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford and 23 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 17, 11:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Butler, Chase, Cowley, Harper, Harvey, Kingman and 6 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 20, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Clark, Decatur, Finney, Ford, Gove and 25 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 20, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cloud, Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Republic and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 20, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth and 16 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 2, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Grant, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Seward and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 3, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas | 7 hr |
| Jul 3, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cloud, Graham, Jewell, Mitchell, Norton, Osborne and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 3, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Chase, Clay, Cloud, Coffey and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 3, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Dickinson, Ellis, Ellsworth, Geary, Gove and 17 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 4, 2:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase and 40 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 4, 5:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Montgomery and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 4, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Grant, Greeley, Hamilton and 12 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 4, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 4, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cloud, Graham, Jewell, Mitchell, Norton, Osborne and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 4, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase and 44 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 4, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Clay, Jackson, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 5, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Coffey and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 5, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 5, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Barber, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 17 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 5, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Grant and 18 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 5, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cloud, Decatur, Graham, Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 5, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Barber, Brown, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 39 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 5, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Grant, Harper, Haskell and 7 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 3:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Butler, Chase and 27 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 7, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Chase, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellsworth and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 7, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Ellis, Ellsworth, Graham, Jewell, Lincoln and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 8, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee | 6 hr |
| Jul 8, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Decatur, Norton, Phillips, Smith | 6 hr |
| Jul 9, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Brown, Chase, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson and 27 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 13, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Johnson, Miami, Wyandotte | 5 hr |
| Jul 15, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Graham, Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 3, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Butler, Chase, Clay, Cowley, Dickinson and 21 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 8, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellis, Ellsworth and 28 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 9, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Grant, Gray and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 9, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Clark, Decatur, Finney, Ford, Gove and 25 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 10, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Gray and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 10, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Greeley and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 10, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Comanche, Harper, Kiowa | 7 hr |
| Aug 10, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Clark, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Grant and 17 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 18, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Doniphan, Jackson and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 23, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas | 6 hr |
| Aug 24, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Clay, Dickinson, Doniphan, Douglas and 14 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 25, 8:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Clay, Cloud, Doniphan, Marshall, Nemaha and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 25, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 27, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Coffey, Doniphan, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 27, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Sumner, Wilson | 6 hr |
| Sep 14, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne | 7 hr |
| Sep 14, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Decatur, Jewell, Norton, Phillips, Rawlins, Republic and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 14, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Logan, Norton and 6 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Ford County21
- Hodgeman County20
- Ness County20
- Decatur County20
- Rawlins County20
- Thomas County20
- Clark County19
- Kiowa County19
- Lincoln County19
- Pawnee County19
- Rush County19
- Smith County19
- Trego County19
- Gray County19
- Meade County19
- Norton County19
- Sherman County19
- Edwards County18
- Phillips County18
- Grant County18
- Haskell County18
- Seward County18
- Stevens County18
- Republic County18
- Sheridan County18
- Barton County17
- Ellsworth County17
- Graham County17
- Jewell County17
- Mitchell County17
- Osborne County17
- Rice County17
- Lane County17
- Stanton County17
- Cloud County17
- Gove County17
- Scott County17
- Comanche County16
- Ellis County16
- Rooks County16
65 more counties
- Russell County16
- Hamilton County16
- Kearny County16
- Clay County16
- Logan County16
- Cheyenne County16
- Ottawa County16
- McPherson County16
- Morris County16
- Cowley County15
- Sumner County15
- Barber County15
- Harper County15
- Pratt County15
- Finney County15
- Morton County15
- Marshall County15
- Nemaha County15
- Washington County15
- Wallace County15
- Wichita County15
- Jackson County15
- Pottawatomie County15
- Dickinson County15
- Lyon County15
- Wabaunsee County15
- Chautauqua County14
- Kingman County14
- Brown County14
- Greeley County14
- Riley County14
- Chase County14
- Geary County14
- Marion County14
- Saline County14
- Reno County13
- Douglas County13
- Harvey County13
- Shawnee County13
- Elk County12
- Labette County12
- Montgomery County12
- Neosho County12
- Stafford County12
- Butler County12
- Sedgwick County12
- Coffey County12
- Johnson County12
- Osage County12
- Wyandotte County12
- Allen County11
- Wilson County11
- Woodson County11
- Atchison County11
- Franklin County11
- Jefferson County11
- Anderson County10
- Cherokee County10
- Greenwood County10
- Doniphan County10
- Miami County10
- Leavenworth County10
- Bourbon County9
- Crawford County9
- Linn 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.