Tornado Watches in Kansas
782 tornado watches 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 tornado watches reaches back to 1997.
Tornado Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 782
- Busiest year
- 200851 tornado watches
- Average year
- 26over 30 years on file
Over time
By year
Watches are counted from 1997, when the Storm Prediction Center archive begins.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cowley County190
- Chautauqua County186
- Sumner County184
- Elk County182
- Harper County179
- Montgomery County171
- Kingman County167
- Labette County165
- Butler County164
- Barber County163
- Sedgwick County162
- Wilson County162
- Cherokee County161
- Comanche County160
- Greenwood County160
- McPherson County158
- Neosho County157
- Reno County157
- Marion County155
- Washington County155
- Harvey County154
- Clay County153
- Riley County153
- Allen County152
- Crawford County152
- Cloud County151
- Dickinson County151
- Chase County150
- Clark County150
- Kiowa County150
- Lyon County150
- Marshall County150
- Rice County149
- Woodson County149
- Geary County148
- Pratt County148
- Bourbon County147
- Morris County147
- Osage County147
- Pottawatomie County147
65 more counties
- Ellsworth County145
- Jackson County145
- Mitchell County145
- Republic County145
- Saline County145
- Nemaha County143
- Ottawa County143
- Jewell County142
- Brown County140
- Coffey County140
- Franklin County139
- Lincoln County139
- Stafford County139
- Anderson County138
- Doniphan County138
- Douglas County138
- Edwards County137
- Shawnee County137
- Wabaunsee County136
- Atchison County133
- Sheridan County133
- Smith County132
- Barton County131
- Ford County131
- Jefferson County131
- Osborne County131
- Pawnee County131
- Graham County130
- Linn County130
- Johnson County129
- Miami County129
- Leavenworth County128
- Decatur County127
- Russell County127
- Hodgeman County124
- Norton County124
- Wyandotte County124
- Meade County123
- Phillips County123
- Rooks County121
- Ellis County120
- Rush County120
- Gove County118
- Sherman County118
- Gray County117
- Trego County117
- Ness County116
- Cheyenne County115
- Rawlins County114
- Thomas County113
- Finney County112
- Seward County111
- Logan County110
- Haskell County109
- Wallace County107
- Lane County106
- Wichita County106
- Scott County102
- Greeley County98
- Kearny County97
- Grant County95
- Stevens County93
- Morton County80
- Stanton County78
- Hamilton County77
The latest tornado watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 3:03 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Cowley, Edwards, Finney and 16 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 20, 2:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Logan, Norton and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 13, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Chase, Clay, Cloud and 31 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 10, 2:12 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Barton, Brown, Chase, Clay and 27 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:32 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Sherman, Wallace | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barton, Decatur, Ellis, Ellsworth, Graham, Jewell and 13 more | 7 hr |
| May 30, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Decatur | 6 hr |
| May 18, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Coffey, Cowley and 24 more | 7 hr |
| May 18, 3:49 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atchison, Doniphan | 6 hr |
| May 18, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa and 3 more | 6 hr |
| May 18, 12:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barton, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellsworth and 18 more | 7 hr |
| May 17, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Doniphan | 5 hr |
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.