Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 2024
90 severe thunderstorm watches in 2024. 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 90
- Busiest month
- June27 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- July 16, 20244 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 7, 2:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 13, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Clay, Cloud, Ellis, Ellsworth, Gove and 18 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 13, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua and 22 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 24, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 18 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 1, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Coffey and 17 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 6, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Smith | 6 hr |
| Apr 6, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Clay, Cloud, Cowley and 23 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 17, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Clay, Doniphan, Douglas, Franklin and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 18, 12:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Crawford | 8 hr |
| Apr 25, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Graham, Jewell, Norton, Phillips and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ellis, Finney, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Hamilton and 17 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami, Wyandotte | 5 hr |
| May 1, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Jewell, Logan and 11 more | 6 hr |
| May 1, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellis and 24 more | 6 hr |
| May 3, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 26 more | 7 hr |
| May 3, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Graham, Jewell, Mitchell, Norton and 8 more | 7 hr |
| May 3, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Butler, Chase, Clay, Cloud, Cowley and 24 more | 6 hr |
| May 8, 6:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Bourbon, Crawford, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth and 3 more | 10 hr |
| May 15, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Clark, Comanche and 16 more | 7 hr |
| May 19, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Clark, Clay and 51 more | 7 hr |
| May 19, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Logan, Norton, Phillips, Rawlins and 4 more | 4 hr |
| May 19, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Brown, Chautauqua and 27 more | 8 hr |
| May 19, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Butler, Comanche, Harper, Kingman, Sedgwick and 1 more | 4 hr |
| May 20, 11:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Phillips, Smith | 9 hr |
| May 23, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Decatur, Jewell, Norton, Phillips, Rawlins, Smith | 7 hr |
| May 24, 1:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Doniphan, Marshall, Nemaha, Republic, Washington | 4 hr |
| May 24, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee | 9 hr |
| May 25, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Graham, Norton, Phillips, Rawlins | 7 hr |
| May 25, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Doniphan | 4 hr |
| May 28, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 7 hr |
| May 28, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Greeley, Sherman, Wallace, Wichita | 4 hr |
| May 29, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Greeley, Sherman, Wallace | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Clark, Comanche, Decatur, Edwards, Ellis and 31 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 2, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Clark, Decatur, Finney, Ford, Gove and 25 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 2, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 5 hr |
| Jun 3, 1:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford and 13 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 3, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cowley, Harper, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick, Sumner | 7 hr |
| Jun 4, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Brown, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 36 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 4, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 6 hr |
| Jun 7, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Decatur, Edwards, Ellis and 32 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 7, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Barton, Brown, Chase, Clay and 34 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 8, 1:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Greeley, Logan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace and 1 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 8, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Linn | 10 hr |
| Jun 8, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 49 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 13, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson and 3 more | 10 hr |
| Jun 13, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Clark, Clay and 53 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 13, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Linn, Miami | 5 hr |
| Jun 14, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Greeley, Sherman, Wallace | 7 hr |
| Jun 14, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Clark, Decatur, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 34 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 15, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Butler, Chase, Clay, Cowley, Dickinson and 22 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 15, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Doniphan | 7 hr |
| Jun 18, 1:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Jewell, Marshall and 9 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 18, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 26 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 25, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey and 24 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 26, 4:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 27, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Grant and 17 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 28, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Linn, Miami | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 2, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Coffey, Doniphan, Douglas, Franklin and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 2, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 3, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Finney, Gove, Graham, Grant and 18 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 3, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 6 hr |
| Jul 6, 12:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Decatur, Ellis, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Jewell and 18 more | 10 hr |
| Jul 6, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Doniphan, Jackson and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 6, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 7, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Greeley, Wallace, Wichita | 8 hr |
| Jul 10, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Doniphan, Nemaha | 7 hr |
| Jul 16, 4:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Douglas, Ellsworth and 17 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 16, 7:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 4 hr |
| Jul 16, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Decatur, Ellis, Graham, Jewell, Mitchell, Norton and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 16, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Grant and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 19, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Cheyenne, Decatur, Ellis, Gove, Graham and 19 more | 10 hr |
| Jul 19, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Grant and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 31, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cloud, Decatur, Graham, Jewell, Marshall, Mitchell and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 31, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Barton, Brown, Chase, Clay, Coffey and 31 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 31, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 7, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas | 9 hr |
| Aug 11, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace | 6 hr |
| Aug 13, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Greeley, Logan, Norton, Rawlins and 5 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 14, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Chase, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson and 26 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 15, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 10:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Clark and 20 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 22, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 17, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 17, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 19, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 21, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Comanche, Decatur, Edwards, Ellis and 17 more | 4 hr |
| Oct 30, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Doniphan | 8 hr |
| Oct 30, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Norton County20
- Phillips County20
- Sheridan County20
- Rawlins County20
- Trego County19
- Lane County19
- Ness County19
- Decatur County19
- Sherman County19
- Greeley County19
- Wichita County19
- Wallace County19
- Graham County18
- Smith County18
- Finney County18
- Rush County18
- Scott County18
- Cheyenne County18
- Thomas County18
- Logan County18
- Ellis County17
- Doniphan County17
- Clark County17
- Comanche County17
- Clay County16
- Gove County16
- Osborne County16
- Edwards County16
- Ford County16
- Hodgeman County16
- Kiowa County16
- Pawnee County16
- Marion County16
- Kearny County16
- Butler County15
- Cowley County15
- Marshall County15
- Nemaha County15
- Rooks County15
- Gray County15
65 more counties
- Meade County15
- Chase County15
- Wabaunsee County15
- McPherson County15
- Riley County15
- Grant County15
- Haskell County15
- Stevens County15
- Chautauqua County14
- Sumner County14
- Brown County14
- Cloud County14
- Jewell County14
- Mitchell County14
- Ottawa County14
- Russell County14
- Saline County14
- Washington County14
- Reno County14
- Rice County14
- Jackson County14
- Geary County14
- Pottawatomie County14
- Hamilton County14
- Stanton County14
- Morton County14
- Seward County14
- Harper County13
- Sedgwick County13
- Ellsworth County13
- Lincoln County13
- Republic County13
- Atchison County13
- Shawnee County13
- Barber County13
- Barton County13
- Stafford County13
- Dickinson County13
- Morris County13
- Elk County12
- Greenwood County12
- Douglas County12
- Jefferson County12
- Lyon County12
- Kingman County12
- Pratt County12
- Montgomery County11
- Crawford County11
- Johnson County11
- Leavenworth County11
- Linn County11
- Miami County11
- Osage County11
- Wyandotte County11
- Harvey County11
- Labette County10
- Neosho County10
- Bourbon County10
- Cherokee County10
- Allen County9
- Wilson County9
- Woodson County9
- Anderson County9
- Franklin County9
- Coffey County8
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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.