Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 2012
52 severe thunderstorm watches in 2012. 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 52
- Busiest month
- May12 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- February 20, 20122 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 20, 2:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood and 8 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 20, 5:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Montgomery and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 28, 10:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Johnson, Linn, Miami, Wyandotte | 3 hr |
| Mar 28, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey and 23 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 28, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Greenwood, Woodson | 4 hr |
| Mar 29, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Butler, Chase, Coffey, Cowley, Douglas and 13 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Gray and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 2, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt | 5 hr |
| Apr 12, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Lane and 9 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 13, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 15, 6:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee | 4 hr |
| Apr 26, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Hamilton, Morton, Stanton | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Grant, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Logan and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 27, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami, Wyandotte | 95 min |
| Apr 29, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford and 14 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 29, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley and 14 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Grant, Haskell, Meade, Morton, Seward, Stanton and 1 more | 7 hr |
| May 2, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Graham, Jewell, Mitchell, Norton, Osborne, Phillips and 2 more | 6 hr |
| May 4, 12:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Doniphan | 4 hr |
| May 4, 1:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood and 7 more | 2 hr |
| May 6, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Butler, Chase, Coffey and 17 more | 7 hr |
| May 19, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Clay and 32 more | 7 hr |
| May 19, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Montgomery and 3 more | 7 hr |
| May 23, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Decatur, Graham, Jewell, Mitchell, Norton, Osborne and 4 more | 6 hr |
| May 25, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Gray and 6 more | 5 hr |
| May 27, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Cloud, Comanche, Edwards and 28 more | 8 hr |
| May 29, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Harper, Meade, Sumner | 12 hr |
| May 30, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 80 more | 7 hr |
| May 30, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Montgomery and 3 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 1, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Grant, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Morton, Seward and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 2, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Greeley, Hamilton, Morton, Sherman, Stanton and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 2, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Clark, Comanche, Decatur, Edwards, Ellis and 31 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Clay, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 10, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood and 9 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 14, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Jewell and 13 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 14, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 14, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Barton, Brown, Butler, Chase, Clay and 33 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 22, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Rawlins | 9 hr |
| Jul 25, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Cloud, Jewell, Marshall, Mitchell, Nemaha and 7 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 28, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Cloud, Jewell, Marshall, Mitchell, Osborne and 7 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 30, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace | 4 hr |
| Aug 8, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Coffey, Dickinson, Doniphan and 19 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 23, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Cheyenne, Decatur, Ellis, Finney, Gove and 24 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 5, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Meade | 7 hr |
| Sep 6, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Cloud, Comanche, Decatur and 47 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 7, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Linn and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 25, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley and 8 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 26, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Grant, Haskell, Morton, Seward, Stanton, Stevens | 7 hr |
| Sep 27, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 7 hr |
| Oct 13, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Clay, Cloud and 26 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 10, 3:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clay, Cloud, Comanche, Dickinson and 31 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Barber County14
- Butler County13
- Greenwood County13
- Cowley County12
- Kingman County12
- Sumner County12
- Comanche County12
- Meade County12
- Morton County12
- Stanton County12
- Osborne County12
- Harvey County11
- Reno County11
- Sedgwick County11
- Ottawa County11
- Clark County11
- Pratt County11
- Jewell County11
- Mitchell County11
- Smith County11
- Chase County10
- Elk County10
- Harper County10
- McPherson County10
- Marion County10
- Cloud County10
- Republic County10
- Kiowa County10
- Pawnee County10
- Stafford County10
- Cheyenne County10
- Wallace County10
- Grant County10
- Stevens County10
- Chautauqua County9
- Clay County9
- Geary County9
- Morris County9
- Riley County9
- Washington County9
65 more counties
- Edwards County9
- Gray County9
- Haskell County9
- Hodgeman County9
- Seward County9
- Decatur County9
- Logan County9
- Rawlins County9
- Sherman County9
- Thomas County9
- Phillips County9
- Rooks County9
- Allen County8
- Wilson County8
- Woodson County8
- Coffey County8
- Dickinson County8
- Lyon County8
- Marshall County8
- Ford County8
- Graham County8
- Greeley County8
- Norton County8
- Sheridan County8
- Hamilton County8
- Kearny County8
- Barton County8
- Russell County8
- Saline County8
- Cherokee County7
- Montgomery County7
- Douglas County7
- Osage County7
- Shawnee County7
- Gove County7
- Wichita County7
- Ellsworth County7
- Lincoln County7
- Rice County7
- Ellis County7
- Rush County7
- Bourbon County6
- Crawford County6
- Labette County6
- Neosho County6
- Linn County6
- Miami County6
- Anderson County6
- Atchison County6
- Franklin County6
- Jefferson County6
- Pottawatomie County6
- Wabaunsee County6
- Lane County6
- Scott County6
- Doniphan County6
- Finney County6
- Ness County6
- Trego County6
- Johnson County5
- Wyandotte County5
- Jackson County5
- Nemaha County5
- Brown County4
- Leavenworth County4
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.