Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 2021
59 severe thunderstorm watches in 2021. 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 59
- Busiest month
- May14 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- July 10, 20215 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 16, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cowley, Harper, Sumner | 7 hr |
| Mar 17, 1:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 6, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth, Ford, Hodgeman and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 6, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Chase, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 22 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee | 7 hr |
| Apr 27, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas and 1 more | 5 hr |
| May 2, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Cheyenne, Decatur, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth and 34 more | 6 hr |
| May 8, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Ellis, Ellsworth, Hodgeman, Jewell, Lincoln and 11 more | 6 hr |
| May 8, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Marshall, Nemaha | 6 hr |
| May 8, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami, Wyandotte | 7 hr |
| May 14, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Clark, Decatur, Finney, Ford, Gove and 25 more | 6 hr |
| May 14, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth and 16 more | 5 hr |
| May 15, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 37 more | 6 hr |
| May 16, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 7 hr |
| May 22, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas | 5 hr |
| May 23, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 7 hr |
| May 23, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 5 hr |
| May 24, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Comanche, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray and 4 more | 2 hr |
| May 26, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Jewell, Marshall and 10 more | 8 hr |
| May 27, 1:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Brown, Chase and 32 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 11, 8:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Clay, Doniphan, Jackson, Marshall and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 11, 12:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Butler, Chase, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 19, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Ellis, Gove, Graham, Greeley and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Clay, Cloud, Ellsworth, Jewell, Lincoln and 10 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 19, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Doniphan, Marshall, Nemaha | 4 hr |
| Jun 20, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 7 hr |
| Jun 24, 2:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Nemaha | 6 hr |
| Jun 24, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Finney, Gove, Grant, Gray and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 24, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Douglas, Franklin, Geary, Jackson, Jefferson and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 25, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Coffey and 32 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 25, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney and 20 more | 10 hr |
| Jun 25, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Jewell and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 3, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Greeley, Sherman, Wallace | 6 hr |
| Jul 4, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Gove, Graham, Grant and 21 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 9, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Norton, Rawlins | 9 hr |
| Jul 9, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 8 hr |
| Jul 9, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Finney, Gove, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Lane and 8 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 9, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey and 22 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 10, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Douglas, Geary, Jackson and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 10, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley and 9 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 30, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Jackson, Jefferson, Leavenworth and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 7, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 26 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 7, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellsworth, Geary and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 14, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Rawlins | 7 hr |
| Aug 19, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace | 6 hr |
| Aug 20, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Jackson and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 20, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Doniphan, Douglas, Franklin, Jefferson, Johnson and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 22, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Decatur, Graham, Jewell, Norton, Osborne, Phillips and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 14, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Butler, Clark, Comanche, Cowley, Edwards and 23 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 20, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami, Wyandotte | 7 hr |
| Oct 12, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Jewell, Mitchell and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 23, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Jackson, Marshall, Nemaha | 7 hr |
| Oct 26, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Harvey, McPherson, Marion and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Nov 10, 1:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Coffey, Doniphan, Douglas, Franklin and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 10, 3:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chautauqua, Elk, Greenwood, Montgomery, Wilson, Woodson | 7 hr |
| Dec 15, 3:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 24 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 15, 6:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Linn | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Sherman County13
- Wallace County13
- Atchison County13
- Leavenworth County13
- Geary County12
- Morris County12
- Cheyenne County12
- Thomas County12
- Doniphan County12
- Nemaha County12
- Wyandotte County12
- Jewell County11
- Rooks County11
- Marshall County11
- Decatur County11
- Rawlins County11
- Greeley County11
- Brown County11
- Johnson County11
- Ford County10
- Hodgeman County10
- Mitchell County10
- Osborne County10
- Phillips County10
- Smith County10
- Dickinson County10
- Douglas County10
- Shawnee County10
- Wabaunsee County10
- Sheridan County10
- Finney County10
- Gove County10
- Hamilton County10
- Kearny County10
- Logan County10
- Ness County10
- Wichita County10
- Jefferson County10
- Clay County9
- Franklin County9
65 more counties
- Lyon County9
- Osage County9
- Riley County9
- Washington County9
- Gray County9
- Haskell County9
- Lane County9
- Scott County9
- Jackson County9
- Bourbon County8
- Butler County8
- Coffey County8
- Greenwood County8
- Woodson County8
- Barton County8
- Ellsworth County8
- Pawnee County8
- Rush County8
- Cloud County8
- Ottawa County8
- Pottawatomie County8
- Graham County8
- Trego County8
- Miami County8
- Grant County8
- Cowley County7
- Sumner County7
- Allen County7
- Anderson County7
- Elk County7
- Linn County7
- Wilson County7
- Edwards County7
- Ellis County7
- Kiowa County7
- Lincoln County7
- Rice County7
- Russell County7
- Stafford County7
- Republic County7
- Saline County7
- Norton County7
- Clark County7
- Meade County7
- Morton County7
- Seward County7
- Stanton County7
- Stevens County7
- Chautauqua County6
- Crawford County6
- Neosho County6
- Kingman County6
- Pratt County6
- Reno County6
- Chase County6
- Harvey County6
- Marion County6
- Comanche County6
- Cherokee County5
- Montgomery County5
- McPherson County5
- Barber County5
- Sedgwick County5
- Harper County4
- Labette 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. Rebuilt daily.