Alert archive / Kansas / Special Weather Statements / 2026
Special Weather Statements in Kansas, May 2026
144 special weather statements in May 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 special weather statements reaches back to 2006.
Special Weather Statements by county
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 5:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove | 11 min |
| May 4, 5:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 44 min |
| May 4, 6:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards | 50 min |
| May 4, 7:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 35 min |
| May 4, 11:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Morris | 29 min |
| May 4, 11:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Wabaunsee | 30 min |
| May 4, 11:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Lyon | 25 min |
| May 5, 12:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Lyon | 37 min |
| May 5, 12:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Coffey, Osage | 23 min |
| May 5, 1:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Anderson, Coffey | 36 min |
| May 5, 2:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Lyon | 31 min |
| May 5, 3:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Lyon | 32 min |
| May 8, 4:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Miami | 34 min |
| May 8, 6:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Crawford | 51 min |
| May 9, 4:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Rooks | 48 min |
| May 9, 5:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 32 min |
| May 9, 7:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 39 min |
| May 14, 3:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Haskell | 35 min |
| May 14, 3:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 23 min |
| May 14, 4:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant, Haskell | 34 min |
| May 14, 4:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 31 min |
| May 14, 4:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 25 min |
| May 14, 4:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 29 min |
| May 14, 4:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 28 min |
| May 14, 5:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 27 min |
| May 14, 5:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 20 min |
| May 14, 5:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 34 min |
| May 14, 5:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant | 33 min |
| May 14, 5:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 32 min |
| May 14, 5:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 36 min |
| May 14, 5:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 47 min |
| May 14, 6:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 19 min |
| May 14, 6:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harper | 46 min |
| May 14, 7:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Harper | 48 min |
| May 14, 7:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 16 min |
| May 14, 8:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Haskell | 30 min |
| May 14, 8:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Dickinson | 21 min |
| May 14, 8:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Riley | 20 min |
| May 14, 8:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Pottawatomie | 28 min |
| May 14, 10:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 35 min |
| May 15, 4:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Jackson | 41 min |
| May 15, 11:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Cherokee | 30 min |
| May 16, 12:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Cherokee | 23 min |
| May 16, 12:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Cherokee | 30 min |
| May 16, 9:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove | 22 min |
| May 16, 9:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Thomas | 20 min |
| May 16, 9:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Thomas | 16 min |
| May 16, 1:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 19 min |
| May 16, 9:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 45 min |
| May 16, 9:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 49 min |
| May 17, 1:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Jackson | 29 min |
| May 17, 4:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Jewell | 30 min |
| May 17, 6:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 38 min |
| May 17, 7:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Mitchell | 23 min |
| May 17, 10:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 31 min |
| May 17, 10:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Brown, Nemaha | 65 min |
| May 17, 10:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Clay | 30 min |
| May 17, 11:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee | 36 min |
| May 18, 12:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa, Stafford | 3 hr |
| May 18, 1:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Mitchell | 29 min |
| May 18, 1:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Mitchell | 32 min |
| May 18, 2:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Mitchell | 30 min |
| May 18, 3:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards | 30 min |
| May 18, 7:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 24 min |
| May 18, 8:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 24 min |
| May 18, 9:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Coffey | 34 min |
| May 19, 2:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Crawford | 36 min |
| May 21, 6:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Morton | 18 min |
| May 21, 9:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 25 min |
| May 21, 10:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 29 min |
| May 21, 10:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Lane | 60 min |
| May 23, 6:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Phillips | 43 min |
| May 23, 6:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Smith | 32 min |
| May 25, 3:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Greeley | 24 min |
| May 25, 3:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wallace | 35 min |
| May 26, 11:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Morton, Seward, Stanton, Stevens | 3 hr |
| May 26, 2:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant | 39 min |
| May 26, 6:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Seward | 32 min |
| May 27, 1:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 29 min |
| May 27, 1:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 42 min |
| May 27, 1:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 45 min |
| May 28, 2:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Reno and 2 more | 3 hr |
| May 29, 5:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 27 min |
| May 29, 5:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Miami | 26 min |
| May 29, 6:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards | 37 min |
| May 29, 6:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Miami | 30 min |
| May 29, 6:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards | 27 min |
| May 29, 6:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 24 min |
| May 29, 6:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Lyon | 22 min |
| May 29, 6:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 32 min |
| May 29, 6:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards | 46 min |
| May 29, 6:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Franklin | 28 min |
| May 29, 6:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 41 min |
| May 29, 7:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness | 28 min |
| May 29, 7:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 26 min |
| May 29, 7:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 33 min |
| May 29, 8:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 41 min |
| May 29, 8:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 49 min |
| May 29, 8:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Osborne | 32 min |
| May 29, 8:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Wabaunsee | 30 min |
| May 29, 8:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 23 min |
| May 29, 9:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Decatur | 34 min |
| May 29, 9:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Osborne | 44 min |
| May 29, 9:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Osborne | 37 min |
| May 29, 11:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Ottawa | 18 min |
| May 29, 11:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Cloud | 37 min |
| May 30, 12:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Clay | 26 min |
| May 30, 12:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Riley | 23 min |
| May 30, 1:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Pottawatomie | 15 min |
| May 30, 1:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Pottawatomie | 21 min |
| May 30, 2:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Jefferson | 31 min |
| May 30, 3:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Ottawa | 34 min |
| May 30, 3:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Clay | 31 min |
| May 30, 2:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Cherokee | 51 min |
| May 30, 2:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 50 min |
| May 30, 3:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 40 min |
| May 30, 3:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Comanche | 9 min |
| May 30, 3:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 47 min |
| May 30, 3:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 33 min |
| May 30, 4:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 54 min |
| May 30, 4:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 58 min |
| May 30, 4:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee | 56 min |
| May 30, 5:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 61 min |
| May 30, 6:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Phillips | 28 min |
| May 30, 6:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 48 min |
| May 30, 7:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Ottawa | 52 min |
| May 30, 8:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Dickinson, Geary, Morris | 24 min |
| May 30, 9:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Marshall, Pottawatomie | 28 min |
| May 30, 9:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Osborne | 48 min |
| May 30, 9:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Jackson | 31 min |
| May 30, 9:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Lyon | 39 min |
| May 30, 10:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Lyon | 24 min |
| May 30, 10:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Lyon, Wabaunsee | 32 min |
| May 30, 10:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Jackson | 28 min |
| May 30, 10:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Coffey, Osage | 25 min |
| May 30, 10:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Osborne | 36 min |
| May 30, 11:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Anderson, Coffey | 46 min |
| May 30, 11:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Anderson | 47 min |
| May 31, 12:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Dickinson | 29 min |
| May 31, 1:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Osage | 28 min |
| May 31, 2:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Osage | 36 min |
| May 31, 2:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Morris | 39 min |
| May 31, 2:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Franklin | 39 min |
| May 31, 7:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | Anderson | 50 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lyon County8
- Barber County7
- Rush County7
- Edwards County6
- Pratt County6
- Coffey County5
- Osborne County5
- Osage County4
- Anderson County4
- Haskell County4
- Grant County4
- Pottawatomie County4
- Jackson County4
- Cherokee County4
- Mitchell County4
- Kiowa County3
- Morris County3
- Wabaunsee County3
- Miami County3
- Gray County3
- Comanche County3
- Harper County3
- Ford County3
- Dickinson County3
- Ellis County3
- Clay County3
- Finney County3
- Hodgeman County3
- Ottawa County3
- Gove County2
- Trego County2
- Crawford County2
- Cheyenne County2
- Clark County2
- Rawlins County2
- Riley County2
- Thomas County2
- Pawnee County2
- Stafford County2
- Morton County2
26 more counties
- Phillips County2
- Seward County2
- Franklin County2
- Rooks County1
- Jewell County1
- Brown County1
- Nemaha County1
- Lane County1
- Smith County1
- Greeley County1
- Wallace County1
- Stanton County1
- Stevens County1
- Butler County1
- Cowley County1
- Harvey County1
- Kingman County1
- Reno County1
- Sedgwick County1
- Sumner County1
- Ness County1
- Decatur County1
- Cloud County1
- Jefferson County1
- Geary County1
- Marshall County1
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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.