Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 2013
72 severe thunderstorm watches in 2013. 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 2013. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 72
- Busiest month
- June19 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- May 28, 20133 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 30, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 21 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 7, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley and 8 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 7, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 27 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Rawlins, Sherman | 9 hr |
| Apr 9, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Comanche, Cowley and 18 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 9, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Jackson and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 15, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 22, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Butler, Comanche, Cowley, Harper, Kingman and 3 more | 8 hr |
| May 7, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 15 more | 5 hr |
| May 8, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Finney, Gove, Grant, Gray, Greeley, Hamilton and 14 more | 8 hr |
| May 8, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Clark and 29 more | 8 hr |
| May 16, 1:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Graham, Norton, Phillips, Rawlins and 4 more | 6 hr |
| May 24, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Finney, Gove, Grant, Gray and 18 more | 9 hr |
| May 25, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Finney, Gove, Graham, Grant and 20 more | 6 hr |
| May 27, 3:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Jackson, Nemaha | 5 hr |
| May 27, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Gove, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman and 3 more | 6 hr |
| May 27, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson and 3 more | 7 hr |
| May 28, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa and 5 more | 9 hr |
| May 28, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne | 9 hr |
| May 31, 2:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Chase, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson and 24 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 3, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford and 11 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 4, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Finney, Gove, Grant, Gray and 18 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 4, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Clark, Comanche and 29 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 26 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Jewell, Marshall and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 13, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 14, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Decatur, Graham, Norton, Phillips, Sheridan, Thomas | 5 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Gove, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 7 hr |
| Jun 16, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Finney, Gove, Graham, Grant and 20 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 16, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Clark and 35 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 17, 1:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 17, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Grant, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Logan and 8 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 23, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Cloud, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley and 17 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 24, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Decatur, Edwards and 42 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 27, 8:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey and 24 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 27, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Barber, Barton, Bourbon, Butler and 66 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 27, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chase, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 12 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 28, 12:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 5 hr |
| Jul 9, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Barton, Brown, Chase, Clay, Cloud and 42 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Finney, Grant, Greeley, Hamilton, Haskell and 10 more | 10 hr |
| Jul 22, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Gray and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 7 hr |
| Jul 23, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 31 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 25, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Decatur, Edwards and 40 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 26, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne | 6 hr |
| Jul 27, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Greeley and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 29, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase and 33 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 31, 1:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Gove, Grant, Gray and 18 more | 9 hr |
| Aug 1, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 2, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Barber, Barton, Bourbon, Butler and 42 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 3, 1:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Linn, Miami | 6 hr |
| Aug 5, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Cheyenne, Decatur, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth and 33 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 5, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 30 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 5, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 4 hr |
| Aug 6, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 31 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 6, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 17 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 7, 2:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bourbon, Cherokee, Coffey, Crawford, Douglas and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 7, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Greeley and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 7, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Butler, Comanche, Cowley, Edwards, Harper and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 8, 3:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chase, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 12 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Butler, Chautauqua, Clark, Comanche, Cowley and 10 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Chase, Cheyenne, Clay, Cloud, Decatur and 57 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 19, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Doniphan | 4 hr |
| Sep 27, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 8 hr |
| Oct 4, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Butler, Chase and 36 more | 9 hr |
| Oct 10, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Clark, Decatur, Finney, Ford, Gove and 25 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 14, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Decatur, Edwards and 26 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 28, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Haskell and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 30, 10:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Doniphan | 6 hr |
| Oct 30, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Barber, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 19 more | 8 hr |
| Nov 16, 5:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Doniphan, Jackson, Jefferson, Leavenworth, Shawnee and 1 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Barber County24
- Clark County24
- Ford County24
- Pratt County24
- Gray County24
- Meade County24
- Comanche County23
- Edwards County23
- Stafford County23
- Kiowa County22
- Seward County22
- Hodgeman County21
- Pawnee County21
- Finney County21
- Haskell County21
- Wichita County21
- Kingman County20
- Greeley County20
- Butler County19
- Chase County19
- Cowley County19
- Harper County19
- Ness County19
- Reno County19
- Scott County19
- Logan County19
- Stevens County19
- Thomas County19
- Wallace County19
- Barton County18
- McPherson County18
- Rush County18
- Sedgwick County18
- Sumner County18
- Cheyenne County18
- Sherman County18
- Grant County18
- Kearny County18
- Morton County18
- Chautauqua County17
65 more counties
- Elk County17
- Greenwood County17
- Marion County17
- Rice County17
- Lane County17
- Hamilton County17
- Harvey County16
- Trego County16
- Rawlins County16
- Gove County16
- Sheridan County16
- Stanton County16
- Ellis County15
- Russell County15
- Allen County14
- Lyon County14
- Montgomery County14
- Wilson County14
- Woodson County14
- Decatur County14
- Labette County13
- Neosho County13
- Ellsworth County13
- Lincoln County13
- Phillips County13
- Saline County13
- Bourbon County12
- Cherokee County12
- Crawford County12
- Geary County12
- Osborne County12
- Rooks County12
- Smith County12
- Graham County12
- Norton County12
- Anderson County11
- Coffey County11
- Dickinson County11
- Morris County11
- Jewell County11
- Mitchell County11
- Franklin County10
- Osage County10
- Wabaunsee County10
- Jackson County9
- Ottawa County9
- Pottawatomie County9
- Riley County9
- Shawnee County9
- Cloud County8
- Nemaha County8
- Doniphan County8
- Jefferson County8
- Miami County7
- Brown County7
- Clay County7
- Marshall County7
- Republic County7
- Washington County7
- Atchison County7
- Douglas County7
- Linn County6
- Leavenworth County6
- Wyandotte County6
- Johnson County5
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.