Special Weather Statements in Kansas
29,731 special weather statements since 1986. 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 special weather statements reaches back to 2006.
Special Weather Statements by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Special Weather Statements
- 29,731
- Busiest year
- 20232,880 special weather statements
- Average year
- 1,416over 21 years on file
Over time
By year
Only statements with a storm outline are archived, which offices began using widely after 2006.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Sherman County729
- Sedgwick County612
- Greeley County595
- Wallace County577
- Cheyenne County570
- Gove County555
- Butler County546
- Thomas County539
- Cowley County520
- Wichita County519
- Hamilton County517
- Logan County515
- Sumner County487
- Stanton County468
- Seward County466
- Mitchell County464
- Graham County462
- Morton County461
- Russell County456
- Ford County455
- Norton County455
- Rooks County453
- Ellis County451
- Kearny County448
- Rawlins County447
- Barber County436
- Scott County430
- Osborne County426
- Trego County423
- Finney County421
- Jewell County418
- Greenwood County413
- Chautauqua County410
- Grant County405
- Meade County400
- Gray County398
- Stevens County391
- Sheridan County391
- Barton County391
- Labette County391
65 more counties
- Haskell County382
- Harvey County377
- Lane County376
- Hodgeman County375
- Lincoln County374
- Chase County373
- Rush County370
- Clark County368
- Phillips County368
- Reno County367
- Harper County365
- Lyon County363
- Comanche County361
- Kingman County358
- Decatur County357
- Marion County357
- Smith County353
- Elk County350
- Republic County349
- Ness County348
- Shawnee County343
- Saline County342
- Neosho County341
- Wilson County335
- Stafford County333
- Dickinson County332
- Ellsworth County332
- Wabaunsee County330
- McPherson County329
- Washington County323
- Montgomery County322
- Woodson County318
- Pratt County314
- Morris County312
- Douglas County312
- Rice County305
- Pawnee County304
- Franklin County303
- Anderson County299
- Osage County297
- Kiowa County294
- Coffey County294
- Allen County293
- Ottawa County287
- Cloud County283
- Brown County281
- Edwards County274
- Johnson County273
- Pottawatomie County272
- Jefferson County271
- Marshall County271
- Geary County270
- Riley County264
- Nemaha County263
- Jackson County260
- Clay County242
- Wyandotte County241
- Miami County228
- Linn County203
- Atchison County201
- Leavenworth County198
- Cherokee County195
- Doniphan County191
- Bourbon County191
- Crawford County187
The latest special weather statements
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 3:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Cherokee | 33 min |
| Sep 20, 2:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Dickinson, Ottawa | 47 min |
| Sep 20, 1:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Dickinson, Ottawa | 44 min |
| Sep 19, 11:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards, Ellis, Ness, Pawnee, Rush, Stafford and 1 more | 54 min |
| Sep 19, 10:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 37 min |
| Sep 19, 10:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness | 45 min |
| Sep 19, 9:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane, Scott | 45 min |
| Sep 19, 9:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 47 min |
| Sep 19, 9:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Lyon | 23 min |
| Sep 19, 9:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Osage | 36 min |
| Sep 19, 8:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 42 min |
| Sep 19, 8:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant, Gray, Haskell | 31 min |
Nearby
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.