Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Kansas, 2026
31 tornado 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 tornado watches reaches back to 1997.
Tornado Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 31
- Busiest month
- April12 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- May 18, 20266 tornado 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 6, 3:16 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Barton, Brown, Chase, Clay and 32 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 6, 5:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Elk and 6 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 6, 8:18 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami, Wyandotte | 6 hr |
| Mar 10, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Chautauqua, Coffey, Douglas, Elk and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 10, 10:18 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 7 hr |
| Apr 1, 4:41 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barber, Chautauqua, Comanche, Cowley, Harper, Labette and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 1, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Linn, Miami | 7 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:20 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Doniphan | 6 hr |
| Apr 11, 4:31 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Jewell, Phillips, Republic, Smith, Washington | 3 hr |
| Apr 13, 6:33 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Johnson, Linn and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:20 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:31 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Montgomery and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Johnson, Linn, Miami, Wyandotte | 6 hr |
| Apr 17, 1:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Barber, Bourbon, Brown and 34 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 23, 2:04 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Brown, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 35 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 26, 3:22 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford and 8 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 26, 9:38 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Barber, Butler, Chautauqua, Clark, Comanche and 19 more | 6 hr |
| May 17, 3:16 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barton, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellsworth and 16 more | 8 hr |
| May 17, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa, Ness, Pawnee and 3 more | 3 hr |
| May 17, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Doniphan | 5 hr |
| May 18, 12:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barton, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellsworth and 18 more | 7 hr |
| May 18, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa and 3 more | 6 hr |
| May 18, 3:49 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atchison, Doniphan | 6 hr |
| May 18, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Coffey, Cowley and 24 more | 7 hr |
| May 30, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Decatur | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barton, Decatur, Ellis, Ellsworth, Graham, Jewell and 13 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:32 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Sherman, Wallace | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 2:12 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Barton, Brown, Chase, Clay and 27 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 13, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Chase, Clay, Cloud and 31 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 20, 2:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Logan, Norton and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 25, 3:03 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Cowley, Edwards, Finney and 16 more | 8 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Wilson County10
- Chautauqua County9
- Linn County9
- Montgomery County9
- Miami County9
- Anderson County8
- Coffey County8
- Douglas County8
- Franklin County8
- Lyon County8
- Marion County8
- Osage County8
- Allen County8
- Elk County8
- Labette County8
- Neosho County8
- Johnson County8
- Wyandotte County8
- Cowley County8
- Sumner County8
- Brown County7
- Chase County7
- Doniphan County7
- Woodson County7
- Harper County7
- Clay County6
- Dickinson County6
- Ellsworth County6
- Geary County6
- Jackson County6
- Jefferson County6
- Marshall County6
- Morris County6
- Nemaha County6
- Ottawa County6
- Pottawatomie County6
- Republic County6
- Rice County6
- Riley County6
- Saline County6
60 more counties
- Shawnee County6
- Wabaunsee County6
- Washington County6
- Bourbon County6
- Cherokee County6
- Crawford County6
- Leavenworth County6
- Greenwood County6
- Harvey County6
- Atchison County5
- Barton County5
- Cloud County5
- Lincoln County5
- McPherson County5
- Barber County5
- Butler County5
- Sedgwick County5
- Kingman County5
- Mitchell County4
- Pawnee County4
- Stafford County4
- Comanche County4
- Reno County4
- Edwards County4
- Kiowa County4
- Pratt County4
- Russell County3
- Jewell County3
- Smith County3
- Clark County3
- Ford County3
- Decatur County3
- Rush County2
- Phillips County2
- Osborne County2
- Hodgeman County2
- Graham County2
- Norton County2
- Rawlins County2
- Sheridan County2
- Thomas County2
- Cheyenne County2
- Sherman County2
- Wallace County2
- Ness County1
- Ellis County1
- Rooks County1
- Trego County1
- Gove County1
- Logan County1
- Finney County1
- Grant County1
- Gray County1
- Haskell County1
- Kearny County1
- Meade County1
- Morton County1
- Seward County1
- Stanton County1
- Stevens County1
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.