Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2020
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, August 2020
8 severe thunderstorm watches in August 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 August 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 8
- Busiest day
- August 16, 20202 severe thunderstorm watches
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
- Greeley County2
- Hamilton County2
- Sherman County2
- Stanton County2
- Wallace County2
- Cloud County2
- Jewell County2
- Ottawa County2
- Phillips County2
- Republic County2
- Rooks County2
- Smith County2
- Washington County2
- Saline County2
- Crawford County2
- Morton County1
- Stevens County1
- Marshall County1
- Mitchell County1
- Osborne County1
- Barton County1
- Ellsworth County1
- Lincoln County1
- McPherson County1
- Rice County1
- Russell County1
- Cheyenne County1
- Decatur County1
- Gove County1
- Graham County1
- Kearny County1
- Logan County1
- Norton County1
- Rawlins County1
- Scott County1
- Sheridan County1
- Thomas County1
- Wichita County1
- Clay County1
- Dickinson County1
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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.