Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 2026
81 severe thunderstorm watches in 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 81
- Busiest month
- June30 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- June 21, 20266 severe thunderstorm watches
Over time
By month
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 5, 8:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Butler, Cowley, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Reno and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 10, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Butler, Chase, Comanche, Cowley, Harper and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Brown, Butler and 28 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 3, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee | 7 hr |
| Apr 9, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Barton, Brown, Clark, Clay, Cloud and 34 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 14, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Cloud, Doniphan, Marshall, Nemaha, Republic and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 17, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee | 4 hr |
| Apr 23, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 23, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho | 6 hr |
| Apr 25, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clay, Cloud, Comanche, Dickinson and 27 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 25, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford, Elk and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 26, 12:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Butler, Chase and 33 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 26, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Barton, Brown, Chase, Clay and 41 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Coffey, Dickinson, Douglas, Franklin, Geary and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 28, 10:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Crawford | 9 hr |
| May 8, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Elk, Labette, Montgomery and 2 more | 9 hr |
| May 14, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 27 more | 6 hr |
| May 14, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chase, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Jackson and 11 more | 112 min |
| May 16, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Logan, Norton and 5 more | 6 hr |
| May 16, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Doniphan, Jackson and 13 more | 9 hr |
| May 16, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Doniphan | 4 hr |
| May 17, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace | 3 hr |
| May 18, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley and 9 more | 6 hr |
| May 21, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 8 hr |
| May 30, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clay, Cloud, Comanche, Dickinson and 35 more | 6 hr |
| May 31, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Coffey and 20 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 1, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Cheyenne, Clark, Comanche, Decatur, Edwards and 34 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 1, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Phillips, Rooks | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Butler, Cowley, Ellsworth, Harper, Harvey and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 5, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Doniphan, Jewell, Marshall, Nemaha, Phillips and 3 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 8, 12:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Crawford | 9 hr |
| Jun 8, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Clay and 33 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 8, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Graham, Norton, Rawlins, Sheridan and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 8, 11:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Crawford, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Finney, Gove, Graham, Grant and 21 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 9, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Clark, Clay, Cloud, Comanche, Edwards and 25 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 12, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford and 15 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 13, 1:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Butler, Cowley, Harper, Kingman, Sedgwick, Sumner | 4 hr |
| Jun 13, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Rooks, Smith | 5 hr |
| Jun 13, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Barber, Barton, Butler, Chautauqua, Clark and 30 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 13, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 5 hr |
| Jun 17, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Coffey and 14 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 20, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ellis, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Greeley and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 20, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Chase, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Edwards and 26 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 20, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Finney, Ford, Grant and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua and 23 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 1:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 21, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Elk, Labette, Montgomery and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 21, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Cowley, Edwards and 27 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 23, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Finney, Gove, Grant, Gray and 18 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 24, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 26, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Labette, Montgomery, Sumner | 9 hr |
| Jun 26, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Greeley and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Gove and 25 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 1, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Decatur, Finney, Ford, Gove, Graham, Grant and 21 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 2, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Finney, Ford, Gove, Graham and 26 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 3, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Cloud, Ellis, Jewell, Lincoln, Marshall and 12 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 4, 1:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Logan, Norton and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 4, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Harper, Labette and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 9, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Greeley, Hamilton, Sherman, Wallace | 6 hr |
| Jul 9, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Decatur, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth, Finney and 28 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 10, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Johnson, Wyandotte | 5 hr |
| Aug 6, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Ford, Grant, Gray, Haskell, Meade and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 9, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Graham, Norton, Rawlins, Sheridan and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace | 5 hr |
| Aug 15, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 16, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Greeley, Wallace | 7 hr |
| Aug 18, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 19, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Jackson, Marshall, Nemaha | 5 hr |
| Aug 21, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Sherman | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Logan, Norton and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 6, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami, Wyandotte | 5 hr |
| Sep 12, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa, Meade and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 14, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cloud, Ellis, Finney, Gove, Graham, Grant and 23 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 19, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Barber, Butler, Chase, Clay, Coffey and 31 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 19, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Greeley, Logan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace, Wichita | 6 hr |
| Sep 19, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Doniphan, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 3 hr |
| Sep 20, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Greeley, Hamilton, Logan, Wallace, Wichita | 5 hr |
| Sep 20, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Greeley, Logan, Sherman, Wallace, Wichita | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Sherman County18
- Sumner County17
- Ford County17
- Gray County17
- Meade County17
- Logan County17
- Thomas County17
- Wallace County17
- Cherokee County16
- Grant County16
- Haskell County16
- Stevens County16
- Cheyenne County16
- Hodgeman County15
- Finney County15
- Morton County15
- Seward County15
- Graham County15
- Norton County15
- Rawlins County15
- Sheridan County15
- Hamilton County15
- Kearny County15
- Greeley County15
- Wichita County15
- Cowley County14
- Crawford County14
- Labette County14
- Montgomery County14
- Neosho County14
- Wyandotte County14
- Ellis County14
- Rooks County14
- Decatur County14
- Stanton County14
- Butler County13
- Harper County13
- Chautauqua County13
- Johnson County13
- Leavenworth County13
65 more counties
- Wilson County13
- Osborne County13
- Rush County13
- Russell County13
- Smith County13
- Lane County13
- Ness County13
- Gove County13
- Kingman County12
- Sedgwick County12
- Barber County12
- Comanche County12
- Pratt County12
- Atchison County12
- Linn County12
- Clay County12
- Cloud County12
- Jewell County12
- Kiowa County12
- Ottawa County12
- Republic County12
- Stafford County12
- Washington County12
- Phillips County12
- Trego County12
- Scott County12
- Reno County11
- Elk County11
- Jackson County11
- Miami County11
- Barton County11
- Clark County11
- Doniphan County11
- Edwards County11
- Mitchell County11
- Pawnee County11
- Harvey County10
- Marion County10
- Allen County10
- Bourbon County10
- Franklin County10
- Jefferson County10
- Osage County10
- Shawnee County10
- Wabaunsee County10
- Dickinson County10
- Ellsworth County10
- Lincoln County10
- McPherson County10
- Marshall County10
- Pottawatomie County10
- Rice County10
- Chase County9
- Anderson County9
- Coffey County9
- Douglas County9
- Greenwood County9
- Lyon County9
- Morris County9
- Nemaha County9
- Riley County9
- Saline County9
- Brown County8
- Woodson County8
- Geary County8
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.