Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 2020
55 severe thunderstorm watches in 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 55
- Busiest month
- July21 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- July 11, 20203 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 7:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood and 8 more | 67 days |
| Mar 23, 11:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Barber, Butler, Chautauqua, Clark, Comanche and 19 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 26, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Jefferson, Johnson and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 11, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Butler, Chase, Coffey, Dickinson and 25 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Butler, Cowley, Greenwood, Sumner, Woodson | 8 hr |
| May 3, 8:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 5 hr |
| May 4, 6:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Barton, Bourbon, Brown and 49 more | 12 hr |
| May 7, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Gray and 8 more | 7 hr |
| May 14, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Coffey, Doniphan, Douglas and 16 more | 9 hr |
| May 14, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley and 11 more | 5 hr |
| May 21, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Decatur, Finney, Ford, Gove, Graham and 24 more | 7 hr |
| May 21, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford and 15 more | 8 hr |
| May 24, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Clay, Doniphan, Jackson, Jefferson and 8 more | 6 hr |
| May 24, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth and 29 more | 6 hr |
| May 25, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Linn, Miami | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Jewell, Norton, Phillips, Rawlins and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey and 22 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 2:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Linn and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 4, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey and 20 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 21, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 43 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 22, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 7 hr |
| Jun 24, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Butler, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 27 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 26, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Barton, Brown, Cheyenne, Clay, Cloud and 53 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 27, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Cheyenne, Decatur, Ellis, Ellsworth, Gove and 23 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 30, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 7 hr |
| Jul 2, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Logan, Norton and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 2, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 4 hr |
| Jul 2, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Chase, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellsworth and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 8, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Logan, Norton and 7 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 8, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Cloud, Decatur, Dickinson, Ellis, Ellsworth and 23 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 9, 1:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Brown, Butler and 31 more | 11 hr |
| Jul 10, 4:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Butler, Cowley, Edwards, Harper and 11 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Smith | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Coffey, Dickinson, Douglas, Franklin and 17 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 11, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Neosho and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 11, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Butler, Chautauqua, Comanche, Cowley, Elk and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 12, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 12, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 13, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Finney, Gove, Graham, Grant and 19 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 13, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jewell, Phillips, Smith | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford and 15 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 15, 1:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chase, Dickinson, Harvey, Lyon, McPherson, Marion and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Rawlins | 7 hr |
| Jul 20, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Graham, Norton, Phillips, Rawlins and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 29, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Clark, Comanche, Decatur, Edwards, Ellis and 33 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 4, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Greeley, Hamilton, Morton, Sherman, Stanton, Stevens and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 14, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cloud, Jewell, Marshall, Mitchell, Osborne, Ottawa and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 14, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, McPherson, Rice, Russell and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jewell, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 7 hr |
| Aug 16, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Hamilton and 11 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 16, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Morris, Ottawa and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 8:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Crawford, Linn, Miami | 5 hr |
| Aug 31, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho | 10 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Phillips County16
- Jewell County13
- Rooks County13
- Smith County13
- Johnson County12
- Miami County12
- Decatur County12
- Norton County12
- Rawlins County12
- Leavenworth County11
- Wyandotte County11
- Gove County11
- Graham County11
- Sheridan County11
- Thomas County11
- Cheyenne County11
- Clark County10
- Ford County10
- Jefferson County10
- Morris County10
- Wabaunsee County10
- Atchison County10
- Riley County10
- Mitchell County10
- Osborne County10
- Gray County10
- Hodgeman County10
- Finney County10
- Logan County10
- Sherman County10
- Stevens County10
- Wallace County10
- Butler County9
- Comanche County9
- Edwards County9
- Kiowa County9
- Douglas County9
- Linn County9
- Shawnee County9
- Dickinson County9
65 more counties
- Doniphan County9
- Geary County9
- Jackson County9
- Pottawatomie County9
- Saline County9
- Crawford County9
- Barton County9
- Ellsworth County9
- Lincoln County9
- Russell County9
- Washington County9
- Seward County9
- Lane County9
- Scott County9
- Stanton County9
- Wichita County9
- Allen County8
- Greenwood County8
- Labette County8
- Neosho County8
- Woodson County8
- Harvey County8
- Kingman County8
- Pratt County8
- Reno County8
- Anderson County8
- Coffey County8
- Franklin County8
- Lyon County8
- Osage County8
- McPherson County8
- Bourbon County8
- Cherokee County8
- Brown County8
- Clay County8
- Cloud County8
- Marshall County8
- Nemaha County8
- Republic County8
- Rice County8
- Meade County8
- Grant County8
- Greeley County8
- Hamilton County8
- Haskell County8
- Kearny County8
- Morton County8
- Ness County8
- Trego County8
- Pawnee County8
- Cowley County7
- Harper County7
- Montgomery County7
- Sedgwick County7
- Sumner County7
- Wilson County7
- Barber County7
- Stafford County7
- Marion County7
- Ottawa County7
- Ellis County7
- Rush County7
- Chautauqua County6
- Elk County5
- Chase 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.