Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 2023
92 severe thunderstorm watches in 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 92
- Busiest month
- July30 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- April 5, 20233 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 3:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 26, 7:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Coffey and 20 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 4, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Coffey, Doniphan, Douglas and 14 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 4, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 5, 12:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Linn | 4 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 10 hr |
| Apr 14, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Brown, Butler, Chase, Clay and 36 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 15, 12:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey and 23 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 19, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Elk and 22 more | 6 hr |
| May 5, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Jewell, Norton, Phillips, Rawlins and 1 more | 9 hr |
| May 7, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Graham, Norton, Rawlins, Sheridan and 1 more | 5 hr |
| May 7, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Doniphan and 19 more | 6 hr |
| May 7, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 6 hr |
| May 8, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 10 hr |
| May 9, 6:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Decatur, Ellis, Gove, Graham, Jewell, Lane and 16 more | 6 hr |
| May 9, 10:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Barton, Butler, Chase, Clay and 30 more | 7 hr |
| May 9, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Elk, Johnson, Labette and 6 more | 6 hr |
| May 10, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Gove, Greeley, Hamilton, Logan, Stanton, Wallace and 1 more | 8 hr |
| May 12, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 20 more | 8 hr |
| May 30, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 7 hr |
| May 30, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 1:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Comanche, Finney, Ford, Gove, Grant and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Edwards, Harper, Kingman, Kiowa, Pratt | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Gove, Graham and 23 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 17, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Gove, Graham and 23 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 17, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Harper and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 17, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Crawford | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 3:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 20 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 23, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Greeley, Hamilton, Haskell and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 27, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas | 8 hr |
| Jun 27, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Cowley, Edwards, Ford and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 27, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Elk, Labette, Montgomery and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Rawlins | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 1:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Clay, Cloud, Jackson, Jewell, Marshall and 7 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 29, 5:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Doniphan | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Douglas and 19 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 30, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth, Finney, Ford and 32 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 4, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 6 hr |
| Jul 4, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Ellis, Finney, Gove, Graham and 18 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 4, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Barton, Brown, Chase, Clay, Cloud and 22 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 4, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 18 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 7 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 6, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 7, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Morton, Seward, Stevens | 6 hr |
| Jul 7, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Meade | 6 hr |
| Jul 8, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Greeley, Logan, Sherman, Wallace, Wichita | 8 hr |
| Jul 8, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Scott, Stanton and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 10, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Grant, Greeley and 13 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 10, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Clark, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth, Finney and 24 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 12, 5:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Doniphan | 6 hr |
| Jul 12, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 14 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 13, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Greeley, Hamilton, Morton, Sherman, Stanton and 1 more | 10 hr |
| Jul 14, 8:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Decatur, Graham, Jewell, Mitchell, Norton, Osborne and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 14, 11:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Barber, Barton, Brown, Butler and 61 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 14, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Doniphan, Johnson and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 16, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Clark, Clay and 40 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 17, 10:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Labette, Montgomery, Sumner and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 17, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Linn, Miami | 8 hr |
| Jul 17, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Harper and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 19, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Hamilton and 13 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 19, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth, Finney, Ford and 21 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 20, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Cheyenne, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 29 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 20, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Cowley, Ford, Grant and 12 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 22, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Butler, Clay, Cloud, Decatur, Dickinson, Ellis and 33 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 24, 5:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 29, 7:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 30, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Cherokee, Coffey, Crawford and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 1, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Norton, Phillips, Rawlins, Sherman and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 3, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Cheyenne, Clark, Comanche, Decatur and 45 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 4, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Norton, Phillips, Rawlins, Smith | 6 hr |
| Aug 5, 4:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Harper and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 5, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Cheyenne, Clark, Comanche, Decatur, Edwards and 40 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 5, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Barton, Brown, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 34 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 7, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 7, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 21 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 8, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace | 7 hr |
| Aug 8, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Cheyenne, Decatur, Ellis, Ellsworth, Gove and 35 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 11, 12:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Doniphan and 15 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 12, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 13, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase and 35 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 13, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Linn, Miami | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Neosho | 7 hr |
| Sep 9, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 10, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Greeley and 15 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 23, 1:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami, Wyandotte | 8 hr |
| Sep 23, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Elk and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 3, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Ellis, Gove, Graham, Greeley and 17 more | 7 hr |
| Oct 3, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jewell, Mitchell | 6 hr |
| Oct 3, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Clay, Cloud, Comanche and 23 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Ford County22
- Hodgeman County22
- Gray County21
- Cheyenne County21
- Rawlins County21
- Wallace County21
- Finney County20
- Lane County20
- Ness County20
- Thomas County20
- Logan County20
- Hamilton County20
- Stanton County20
- Edwards County19
- Ellis County19
- Grant County19
- Haskell County19
- Pawnee County19
- Trego County19
- Decatur County19
- Sheridan County19
- Gove County19
- Greeley County19
- Sherman County19
- Morton County19
- Clark County19
- Meade County18
- Rush County18
- Stafford County18
- Stevens County18
- Reno County18
- Scott County18
- Wichita County18
- Kearny County18
- Seward County17
- Kingman County17
- Rice County17
- Russell County17
- Phillips County17
- Norton County17
65 more counties
- Graham County17
- Kiowa County17
- Harper County16
- Labette County16
- Neosho County16
- Sedgwick County16
- Barber County16
- Barton County16
- Ellsworth County16
- Lincoln County16
- Pratt County16
- Rooks County16
- Butler County15
- Elk County15
- Montgomery County15
- Wilson County15
- Cherokee County15
- Jewell County15
- Osborne County15
- Smith County15
- Comanche County15
- Chautauqua County14
- McPherson County14
- Sumner County14
- Jackson County14
- Nemaha County14
- Crawford County14
- Mitchell County14
- Cowley County13
- Greenwood County13
- Harvey County13
- Brown County13
- Pottawatomie County13
- Clay County13
- Cloud County13
- Dickinson County13
- Marshall County13
- Riley County13
- Saline County13
- Washington County13
- Woodson County12
- Johnson County12
- Leavenworth County12
- Bourbon County12
- Geary County12
- Ottawa County12
- Republic County12
- Allen County11
- Chase County11
- Coffey County11
- Lyon County11
- Marion County11
- Atchison County11
- Doniphan County11
- Douglas County11
- Jefferson County11
- Linn County11
- Miami County11
- Shawnee County11
- Wabaunsee County11
- Anderson County10
- Franklin County10
- Osage County10
- Wyandotte County10
- Morris County10
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.