Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 2011
75 severe thunderstorm watches in 2011. 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 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 75
- Busiest month
- June21 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- August 8, 20115 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 1:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Butler, Chase, Coffey, Douglas and 22 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 19, 9:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 26 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Chase, Coffey, Dickinson and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 8, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Atchison, Bourbon, Brown, Butler, Chautauqua and 35 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 21, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Montgomery | 7 hr |
| Apr 22, 2:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Chase, Clay, Cloud and 31 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 22, 11:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee | 7 hr |
| May 11, 12:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Brown, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 48 more | 5 hr |
| May 11, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Brown, Chautauqua and 24 more | 8 hr |
| May 12, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 7 hr |
| May 12, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Linn, Miami | 6 hr |
| May 20, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Clay, Cloud, Comanche and 30 more | 7 hr |
| May 21, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Brown, Chase, Clay, Cloud, Coffey and 27 more | 9 hr |
| May 21, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami, Wyandotte | 7 hr |
| May 23, 6:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Coffey and 11 more | 7 hr |
| May 24, 2:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Ellis, Gove, Graham, Greeley and 15 more | 4 hr |
| May 24, 6:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Brown, Butler, Chase, Clay, Cloud and 37 more | 5 hr |
| May 28, 4:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Coffey and 17 more | 5 hr |
| May 29, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Clay, Cloud, Comanche and 23 more | 6 hr |
| May 30, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clay, Cloud, Comanche, Dickinson and 28 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 1, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 8 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 11:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chase, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellsworth, Geary, Jewell and 15 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 8, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick, Sumner | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 16 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 10, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Coffey and 17 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 11, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Finney, Ford, Grant and 11 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 11, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 13, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Greeley, Sherman, Wallace | 7 hr |
| Jun 16, 12:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Elk, Labette, Montgomery and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 16, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Ford and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 16, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Butler, Chase, Cheyenne, Cloud, Cowley and 31 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 16, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 17, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Gove, Greeley, Hamilton, Logan, Scott, Sheridan and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 17, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Barton, Bourbon, Brown and 67 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 18, 1:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Greeley, Sherman, Wallace | 7 hr |
| Jun 18, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Decatur, Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Gove and 20 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 18, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 20 more | 10 hr |
| Jun 18, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Chase, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellsworth and 21 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 20, 8:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Decatur, Ellis, Finney, Gove, Graham, Grant and 25 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 20, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 9 hr |
| Jun 27, 1:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey and 24 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 2, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 2, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Butler, Chase, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson and 38 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 5, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Cheyenne, Decatur, Doniphan, Jackson and 11 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 5, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Butler, Chase, Clay and 28 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 6, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins and 5 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 8, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace | 7 hr |
| Jul 9, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins and 5 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 9, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Norton, Rawlins | 6 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Wallace | 6 hr |
| Jul 21, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Ellis, Gove, Graham, Greeley and 19 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 24, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Douglas, Franklin, Geary and 20 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 12:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Leavenworth and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 7, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Crawford | 6 hr |
| Aug 7, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chautauqua, Cherokee, Elk, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 7, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Smith | 7 hr |
| Aug 7, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Brown, Chase, Clay, Cloud and 25 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 8, 1:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Crawford, Linn, Miami | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 8, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford and 18 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 8, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Montgomery | 7 hr |
| Aug 9, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Clark and 49 more | 9 hr |
| Aug 9, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 10, 3:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 17 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Butler, Chautauqua, Clark, Comanche and 31 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 14, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 17, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 18, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Coffey, Doniphan, Douglas and 18 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 19, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Montgomery and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 28, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Gove, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Oct 6, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 8, 1:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Decatur, Finney, Ford, Gove, Graham and 24 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Marion County22
- Wallace County22
- McPherson County21
- Rawlins County21
- Sherman County21
- Cheyenne County20
- Logan County19
- Thomas County19
- Chase County18
- Greenwood County18
- Lyon County18
- Reno County18
- Saline County18
- Harvey County17
- Linn County17
- Miami County17
- Dickinson County17
- Elk County17
- Ottawa County17
- Decatur County17
- Gove County17
- Sheridan County17
- Anderson County16
- Butler County16
- Coffey County16
- Douglas County16
- Jefferson County16
- Kingman County16
- Morris County16
- Wabaunsee County16
- Chautauqua County16
- Cherokee County16
- Crawford County16
- Montgomery County16
- Wilson County16
- Geary County16
- Cloud County16
- Rice County16
- Greeley County16
- Allen County15
65 more counties
- Franklin County15
- Sedgwick County15
- Shawnee County15
- Woodson County15
- Bourbon County15
- Cowley County15
- Labette County15
- Neosho County15
- Jackson County15
- Pottawatomie County15
- Riley County15
- Clay County15
- Republic County15
- Washington County15
- Osborne County15
- Phillips County15
- Rooks County15
- Smith County15
- Wichita County15
- Johnson County14
- Leavenworth County14
- Osage County14
- Wyandotte County14
- Nemaha County14
- Marshall County14
- Ellsworth County14
- Lincoln County14
- Jewell County14
- Mitchell County14
- Ellis County14
- Rush County14
- Sumner County13
- Brown County13
- Harper County12
- Atchison County12
- Russell County12
- Stafford County12
- Ness County12
- Norton County12
- Barton County11
- Pawnee County11
- Scott County11
- Doniphan County10
- Edwards County10
- Graham County10
- Lane County10
- Trego County10
- Ford County10
- Finney County10
- Gray County10
- Hodgeman County10
- Clark County9
- Kiowa County9
- Pratt County9
- Hamilton County9
- Kearny County9
- Comanche County8
- Haskell County8
- Seward County8
- Barber County7
- Grant County7
- Meade County7
- Stevens County7
- Morton County6
- Stanton County6
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.