Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 2017
70 severe thunderstorm watches in 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 70
- Busiest month
- June19 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- May 17, 20173 severe thunderstorm watches
Over time
By month
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 9, 11:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Linn | 10 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 24, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Dickinson, Elk and 9 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 26, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Butler, Chautauqua, Comanche, Cowley, Elk and 9 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 4, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson | 8 hr |
| Apr 9, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Jackson, Jefferson, Leavenworth and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 15, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 15, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Clay, Dickinson, Doniphan, Geary and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 15, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Ellsworth, Harvey, Kingman, Lincoln, McPherson and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 19, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Edwards and 29 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 25, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Coffey and 10 more | 8 hr |
| May 9, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Grant, Greeley and 13 more | 7 hr |
| May 10, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 2 hr |
| May 11, 12:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford, Labette, Montgomery and 1 more | 8 hr |
| May 15, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Finney, Gove, Graham, Grant and 20 more | 7 hr |
| May 15, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jewell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 6 hr |
| May 16, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Doniphan and 23 more | 7 hr |
| May 16, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Rawlins | 5 hr |
| May 16, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Cowley, Harper, Sumner | 6 hr |
| May 16, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Butler, Chase, Comanche, Dickinson, Edwards and 17 more | 5 hr |
| May 18, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and 1 more | 4 hr |
| May 25, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Ellis, Gove, Graham, Lane and 12 more | 7 hr |
| May 26, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Finney, Gove, Graham, Greeley and 12 more | 7 hr |
| May 27, 12:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Ellis, Ellsworth, Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell and 8 more | 5 hr |
| May 27, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton, Seward and 2 more | 6 hr |
| May 28, 12:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee | 5 hr |
| May 31, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Linn, Miami | 5 hr |
| May 31, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 13, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Gray and 7 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 13, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Clay, Cloud, Ellsworth, Jewell, Lincoln and 9 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 15, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Barber, Barton, Brown, Butler, Chase and 58 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Doniphan | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Barber, Bourbon, Brown, Butler and 45 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 16, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Jewell, Marshall, Nemaha, Norton, Phillips and 3 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 16, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Clay, Coffey, Doniphan and 19 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 17, 12:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Neosho, Woodson | 9 hr |
| Jun 17, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Barber, Butler, Chase and 53 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 17, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 6 hr |
| Jun 20, 1:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Edwards, Ellis and 37 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 21, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Decatur, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Gove, Graham and 21 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 25, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 9 hr |
| Jun 26, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Cheyenne, Decatur, Ellis, Ellsworth, Gove and 23 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 1:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Cheyenne, Clay, Cloud, Decatur, Dickinson and 36 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 29, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Gove, Graham, Grant, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 29, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Cloud, Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Ottawa and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 29, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase and 41 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 2:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 6 hr |
| Jul 2, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Norton, Phillips, Rawlins | 6 hr |
| Jul 3, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Cloud, Ellis, Ellsworth, Jewell, Lane and 14 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Meade | 9 hr |
| Jul 22, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Douglas, Geary, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman | 6 hr |
| Aug 5, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Butler, Comanche, Cowley, Edwards and 17 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 5, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chautauqua, Elk, Labette, Montgomery, Wilson | 9 hr |
| Aug 10, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Comanche, Harper, Sumner | 7 hr |
| Aug 10, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Clay and 38 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 10, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Greeley, Hamilton, Haskell and 7 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 12, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Wallace | 7 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Seward, Stanton and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 13, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 9 more | 11 hr |
| Aug 16, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 24 more | 9 hr |
| Aug 19, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Ellis, Gove, Graham, Greeley and 15 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 27, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Grant and 9 more | 8 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 28 more | 7 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellsworth and 20 more | 7 hr |
| Oct 9, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Oct 14, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 25 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 21, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Butler, Chase and 31 more | 8 hr |
| Oct 21, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 5 hr |
| Dec 4, 2:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cherokee County15
- Chautauqua County15
- Cowley County15
- Harvey County15
- Marion County15
- Ellsworth County15
- Gove County15
- Rooks County15
- Crawford County14
- Butler County14
- Elk County14
- McPherson County14
- Saline County14
- Sumner County14
- Montgomery County14
- Barton County14
- Lincoln County14
- Rice County14
- Graham County14
- Bourbon County13
- Greenwood County13
- Sedgwick County13
- Comanche County13
- Wilson County13
- Pawnee County13
- Ellis County13
- Osborne County13
- Logan County13
- Wichita County13
- Phillips County13
- Grant County12
- Kearny County12
- Lane County12
- Scott County12
- Stevens County12
- Chase County12
- Dickinson County12
- Morris County12
- Barber County12
- Kingman County12
65 more counties
- Labette County12
- Neosho County12
- Jackson County12
- Edwards County12
- Stafford County12
- Geary County12
- Ottawa County12
- Pottawatomie County12
- Wabaunsee County12
- Reno County12
- Russell County12
- Mitchell County12
- Rush County12
- Cheyenne County12
- Norton County12
- Rawlins County12
- Sherman County12
- Hamilton County11
- Stanton County11
- Harper County11
- Kiowa County11
- Pratt County11
- Clay County11
- Allen County11
- Woodson County11
- Decatur County11
- Sheridan County11
- Wallace County11
- Trego County11
- Meade County10
- Morton County10
- Seward County10
- Brown County10
- Jefferson County10
- Ford County10
- Hodgeman County10
- Riley County10
- Cloud County10
- Jewell County10
- Ness County10
- Republic County10
- Greeley County10
- Thomas County10
- Smith County10
- Linn County9
- Gray County9
- Haskell County9
- Lyon County9
- Atchison County9
- Nemaha County9
- Marshall County9
- Shawnee County9
- Washington County9
- Anderson County9
- Coffey County9
- Douglas County9
- Osage County9
- Finney County8
- Leavenworth County8
- Clark County8
- Miami County8
- Franklin County8
- Doniphan County7
- Johnson County7
- Wyandotte County7
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.