Weather alerts in Shawnee County, Kansas, 2026

181 weather alerts in 2026, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Shawnee County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 181
Warnings: 75
Watches: 31
Advisories: 22
Busiest month: June47 alerts
Busiest day: April 27, 202614 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

0 of 5 tornado warnings covering Shawnee County in 2026 had a tornado report inside them.

Shawnee County, 2026

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
Tornado warnings	5	0	100%	0
Severe thunderstorm warnings	46	28	39%	51	86%	28 min
Flash flood warnings	6	3	50%	10	100%	38 min

Each office's whole area, 2026

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
NWS Topeka, KS: tornado warnings	70	14	80%	20	90%	19 min
NWS Topeka, KS: severe thunderstorm warnings	414	171	59%	407	88%	24 min
NWS Topeka, KS: flash flood warnings	38	10	74%	34	94%	65 min

An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.

The year is still running; reports filed late and damage surveys can still change these figures.

Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.

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	Lasted
Jan 16, 3:56 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TOP	64 min
Jan 16, 8:12 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TOP	63 min
Jan 16, 9:28 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TOP	62 min
Jan 21, 1:06 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	TOP	24 hr
Jan 22, 2:53 AM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	TOP	4 days
Jan 22, 1:08 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	TOP	65 hr
Feb 15, 1:32 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	TOP	8 hr
Feb 16, 2:53 AM CST	Fire Weather Watch	TOP	24 hr
Feb 28, 12:02 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	TOP	42 hr
Mar 6, 1:50 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Mar 6, 3:16 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr
Mar 6, 9:43 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Mar 6, 9:59 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TOP	31 min
Mar 6, 10:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	38 min
Mar 11, 12:57 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	TOP	35 hr
Mar 12, 11:27 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	TOP	15 hr
Mar 13, 1:35 PM CDT	High Wind Watch	TOP	22 hr
Mar 14, 11:14 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	TOP	36 hr
Mar 14, 11:14 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	TOP	38 hr
Mar 19, 1:34 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	TOP	47 hr
Mar 20, 11:32 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	TOP	34 hr
Mar 21, 12:58 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	TOP	30 hr
Mar 25, 12:06 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	TOP	13 hr
Mar 26, 1:31 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	TOP	18 hr
Mar 26, 1:37 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	TOP	21 hr
Mar 26, 1:37 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	TOP	31 hr
Mar 27, 10:57 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	TOP	35 hr
Apr 2, 6:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	29 min
Apr 3, 1:26 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Apr 3, 2:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Apr 9, 5:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	37 min
Apr 9, 8:42 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Apr 11, 10:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	39 min
Apr 13, 3:53 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Apr 13, 6:05 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	55 min
Apr 13, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	37 min
Apr 17, 12:42 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Apr 17, 1:40 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Apr 17, 3:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	35 min
Apr 17, 3:31 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	89 min
Apr 17, 3:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	34 min
Apr 23, 1:00 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Apr 23, 2:04 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr
Apr 23, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	48 min
Apr 23, 6:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	31 min
Apr 23, 6:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	31 min
Apr 23, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	35 min
Apr 23, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	24 min
Apr 23, 7:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	28 min
Apr 23, 7:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	25 min
Apr 26, 11:03 AM CDT	Flood Watch	TOP	20 hr
Apr 26, 11:24 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	96 min
Apr 26, 12:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr
Apr 26, 2:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	53 min
Apr 26, 2:23 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	97 min
Apr 26, 2:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	51 min
Apr 26, 3:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	66 min
Apr 26, 3:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	19 min
Apr 26, 8:38 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Apr 26, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Apr 27, 12:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	33 min
Apr 27, 12:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	22 min
Apr 27, 1:39 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	96 min
Apr 27, 2:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	51 min
Apr 27, 2:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	38 min
Apr 27, 3:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	35 min
Apr 27, 3:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Apr 27, 4:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	40 min
Apr 27, 4:29 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	2 hr
Apr 27, 4:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	4 hr
Apr 27, 6:38 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	5 hr
Apr 27, 8:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	11 hr
May 4, 8:53 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
May 14, 7:04 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	56 min
May 14, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	112 min
May 16, 12:17 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	TOP	33 hr
May 17, 12:06 PM CDT	Flood Watch	TOP	38 hr
May 18, 11:59 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
May 18, 6:14 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
May 18, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	48 min
May 18, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	TOP	23 min
May 18, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	33 min
May 18, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	36 min
May 18, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	52 min
May 18, 8:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	22 min
May 18, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	47 min
May 30, 9:25 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
May 31, 7:12 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
May 31, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
May 31, 10:53 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 1, 1:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	36 min
Jun 1, 1:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	35 min
Jun 4, 5:11 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	94 min
Jun 8, 2:00 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	TOP	41 hr
Jun 8, 12:58 PM CDT	Flood Watch	TOP	18 hr
Jun 8, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Jun 8, 8:55 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 8, 10:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	66 min
Jun 8, 10:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	65 min
Jun 8, 11:02 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	88 min
Jun 8, 11:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	63 min
Jun 9, 12:07 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	23 min
Jun 9, 12:14 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	6 hr
Jun 9, 12:22 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	6 hr
Jun 9, 12:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	32 min
Jun 9, 12:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	8 hr
Jun 9, 1:22 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	5 hr
Jun 10, 1:35 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 10, 2:12 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr
Jun 10, 5:57 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	93 min
Jun 10, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	52 min
Jun 10, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	37 min
Jun 10, 8:24 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	96 min
Jun 10, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	39 min
Jun 10, 9:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	2 hr
Jun 12, 11:17 AM CDT	Flood Watch	TOP	35 hr
Jun 13, 1:49 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	116 min
Jun 13, 2:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr
Jun 13, 5:58 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	92 min
Jun 13, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	44 min
Jun 13, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	43 min
Jun 13, 7:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	55 min
Jun 13, 8:05 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	115 min
Jun 16, 11:45 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	TOP	27 hr
Jun 19, 2:23 AM CDT	Flood Watch	TOP	55 hr
Jun 20, 11:47 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	58 min
Jun 21, 12:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jun 21, 2:36 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	114 min
Jun 21, 3:04 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	4 hr
Jun 21, 3:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	5 hr
Jun 21, 7:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	4 hr
Jun 24, 11:53 AM CDT	Flood Watch	TOP	40 hr
Jun 27, 1:27 AM CDT	Extreme Heat Watch	TOP	11 hr
Jun 27, 12:48 PM CDT	Extreme Heat Warning	TOP	3 days
Jun 30, 9:20 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	TOP	5 hr
Jul 1, 1:55 AM CDT	Extreme Heat Warning	TOP	59 hr
Jul 1, 1:56 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	TOP	3 days
Jul 3, 9:16 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	119 min
Jul 3, 10:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	36 min
Jul 4, 4:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	61 min
Jul 5, 1:35 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	TOP	7 hr
Jul 9, 1:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	54 min
Jul 9, 2:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	23 min
Jul 9, 2:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	42 min
Jul 9, 2:39 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	2 hr
Jul 19, 12:49 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	TOP	43 hr
Jul 23, 10:58 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	62 min
Jul 24, 1:51 AM CDT	Extreme Heat Watch	TOP	3 days
Jul 24, 11:33 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	TOP	48 hr
Jul 24, 11:33 AM CDT	Extreme Heat Warning	TOP	3 days
Jul 31, 2:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	44 min
Aug 5, 9:00 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 7, 8:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	29 min
Aug 8, 4:53 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	97 min
Aug 9, 12:29 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	TOP	20 hr
Aug 10, 1:34 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	TOP	54 hr
Aug 11, 12:09 PM CDT	Extreme Heat Warning	TOP	4 days
Aug 14, 10:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	35 min
Aug 14, 11:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	24 min
Aug 14, 11:42 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 18, 7:46 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 18, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	53 min
Aug 18, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	53 min
Aug 18, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Aug 18, 10:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	24 min
Aug 18, 10:37 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	23 min
Aug 18, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	64 min
Aug 18, 11:40 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	95 min
Aug 20, 3:48 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	TOP	6 hr
Aug 26, 3:32 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	TOP	5 hr
Aug 30, 11:47 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	TOP	31 hr
Sep 1, 11:47 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	TOP	48 hr
Sep 3, 11:34 AM CDT	Extreme Heat Warning	TOP	5 days
Sep 12, 8:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	33 min
Sep 12, 3:44 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	91 min
Sep 14, 12:47 PM CDT	Flood Watch	TOP	47 hr
Sep 15, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	20 min
Sep 15, 6:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	30 min
Sep 19, 3:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Sep 19, 7:05 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	85 min
Sep 19, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TOP	42 min

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

Product	Alerts
Severe storms
Severe Thunderstorm Warning	46
Tornado Warning	5
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	10
Tornado Watch	6
Mesoscale Discussion	40
Special Weather Statement	13
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	1
Flash Flood Warning	6
River Flood Warning	4
Flood Watch	7
Areal Flood Advisory	3
Winter
Winter Storm Warning	1
Winter Storm Watch	1
Winter Weather Advisory	1
Heat
Extreme Heat Warning	5
Extreme Heat Watch	2
Heat Advisory	9
Cold
Cold Weather Advisory	1
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	1
High Wind Watch	1
Wind Advisory	4
Fire
Red Flag Warning	6
Fire Weather Watch	4
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	4

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record Forecast The radar archive 2025

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.