Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 2005
92 severe thunderstorm watches in 2005. 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 2005. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 92
- Busiest month
- May22 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- April 21, 20054 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 24, 8:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee | 7 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Butler, Cowley, Decatur, Edwards, Ellis and 29 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Elk and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 5, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Chase, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 10, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellsworth, Geary and 23 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 11, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami, Wyandotte | 4 hr |
| Apr 17, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Finney, Grant, Greeley, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 7 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 18, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Ford, Grant, Gray, Haskell, Meade and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 18, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Clay, Cloud, Geary, Jackson, Lincoln and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 20, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Harper and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 20, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Douglas and 21 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 20, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Rawlins | 6 hr |
| Apr 21, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Graham, Norton, Phillips, Rawlins and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 21, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Linn | 5 hr |
| May 6, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan and 3 more | 6 hr |
| May 7, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 24 more | 6 hr |
| May 8, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Brown, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Clay and 32 more | 7 hr |
| May 10, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Norton, Phillips, Rawlins, Smith | 7 hr |
| May 11, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Johnson, Linn, Miami | 6 hr |
| May 11, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Jackson, Jefferson, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie and 1 more | 7 hr |
| May 12, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Clay, Cloud, Comanche and 29 more | 7 hr |
| May 12, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Butler, Chase, Coffey, Comanche, Cowley and 14 more | 7 hr |
| May 13, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Comanche, Cowley and 8 more | 7 hr |
| May 18, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Coffey and 31 more | 7 hr |
| May 22, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford, Elk and 14 more | 6 hr |
| May 23, 3:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chautauqua | 8 hr |
| May 23, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Decatur, Finney, Gove, Graham, Grant, Gray and 17 more | 5 hr |
| May 23, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 28 more | 6 hr |
| May 24, 2:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Elk, Harvey and 5 more | 7 hr |
| May 24, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Lane and 11 more | 7 hr |
| May 24, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth, Finney, Ford and 34 more | 6 hr |
| May 24, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Meade, Seward, Stevens | 6 hr |
| May 28, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne | 7 hr |
| May 28, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Cloud, Decatur, Dickinson, Ellis, Ellsworth and 20 more | 7 hr |
| May 28, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Greeley and 13 more | 5 hr |
| May 30, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Decatur, Ellis, Gove, Graham, Jewell, Lincoln and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Barton, Bourbon, Butler, Chase and 27 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 3, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 6, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Meade, Seward, Stevens | 7 hr |
| Jun 8, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Barber, Barton, Bourbon and 50 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 9, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Doniphan, Marshall, Nemaha, Washington | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Harper, Meade, Sumner | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 18 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 10, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson and 7 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Clark, Decatur, Ellis, Finney, Ford and 29 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 15, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Cloud, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 21 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 15, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Harper and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 16, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Dickinson, Ellsworth, Harper, Harvey and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 23, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Norton, Rawlins | 8 hr |
| Jun 24, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cloud, Graham, Jewell, Mitchell, Norton, Osborne and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 26, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton | 7 hr |
| Jun 29, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Clay, Cloud, Jackson, Marshall, Nemaha and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Barton, Butler, Chase and 35 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 30, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chase, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 14 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 1, 1:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chautauqua, Cherokee, Elk, Labette, Montgomery | 7 hr |
| Jul 1, 2:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cowley, Harper, Sumner | 7 hr |
| Jul 1, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace | 7 hr |
| Jul 1, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Grant, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Seward and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 3, 7:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Ellis, Gove, Graham, Greeley and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 3, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Cheyenne, Decatur, Ellis, Ellsworth, Finney and 29 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Clark, Comanche and 34 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 3, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Coffey, Doniphan, Douglas and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 3, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Coffey and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 3, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Butler, Clark, Comanche, Cowley, Ford and 10 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 4, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Finney, Gove, Grant, Gray and 18 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 11, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Sherman, Wallace | 6 hr |
| Jul 17, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jewell, Osborne, Phillips, Republic, Rooks, Smith | 5 hr |
| Aug 9, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman | 5 hr |
| Aug 18, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 19, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Barton, Brown, Chase, Clay, Cloud and 49 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 22, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 23, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Sherman, Wallace | 8 hr |
| Aug 24, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Coffey and 16 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 25, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Sherman | 7 hr |
| Aug 25, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Decatur, Gove, Graham, Logan, Norton, Phillips and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 26, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Elk, Greenwood, Labette and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 27, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Decatur, Gove, Graham, Jewell, Norton, Osborne and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 28, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Doniphan, Jackson and 7 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Decatur, Graham, Jewell, Norton, Osborne, Phillips and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 12, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Smith | 4 hr |
| Sep 13, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Linn, Miami | 6 hr |
| Sep 13, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Coffey and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 13, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Montgomery | 7 hr |
| Sep 17, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche | 3 hr |
| Sep 18, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 19 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 19, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 5 hr |
| Oct 1, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Sumner | 3 hr |
| Oct 19, 12:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Comanche, Harper, Kingman, Kiowa, Pratt | 8 hr |
| Oct 19, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellsworth and 22 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Chautauqua County21
- Sumner County20
- Harper County20
- Cowley County19
- Reno County19
- Elk County19
- Cherokee County18
- Kingman County18
- Rice County18
- Rooks County18
- Barber County18
- Butler County17
- Decatur County17
- Harvey County17
- McPherson County17
- Pratt County17
- Rawlins County17
- Greenwood County17
- Montgomery County17
- Ellsworth County16
- Graham County16
- Marion County16
- Stafford County16
- Crawford County16
- Labette County16
- Jewell County16
- Smith County16
- Norton County16
- Osborne County16
- Comanche County16
- Cheyenne County16
- Lincoln County15
- Sedgwick County15
- Sheridan County15
- Neosho County15
- Wilson County15
- Linn County15
- Phillips County15
- Clark County15
- Barton County14
65 more counties
- Gove County14
- Logan County14
- Russell County14
- Thomas County14
- Woodson County14
- Chase County14
- Coffey County14
- Lyon County14
- Mitchell County14
- Republic County14
- Seward County14
- Stevens County14
- Meade County14
- Kiowa County14
- Lane County13
- Rush County13
- Trego County13
- Allen County13
- Bourbon County13
- Anderson County13
- Pottawatomie County13
- Riley County13
- Jackson County13
- Grant County13
- Wallace County13
- Ellis County12
- Ness County12
- Pawnee County12
- Scott County12
- Wichita County12
- Clay County12
- Cloud County12
- Dickinson County12
- Osage County12
- Ottawa County12
- Brown County12
- Marshall County12
- Nemaha County12
- Miami County12
- Finney County12
- Haskell County12
- Kearny County12
- Morton County12
- Ford County12
- Sherman County12
- Edwards County11
- Hodgeman County11
- Franklin County11
- Morris County11
- Wabaunsee County11
- Washington County11
- Greeley County11
- Hamilton County11
- Stanton County11
- Gray County11
- Saline County10
- Shawnee County10
- Johnson County10
- Leavenworth County10
- Geary County9
- Wyandotte County9
- Jefferson County9
- Doniphan County8
- Atchison County8
- Douglas 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.