Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Watches / 2026
Tornado Watches in Kansas, March 2026
5 tornado watches in March 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 March 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 5
- Busiest day
- March 6, 20262 tornado watches
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Anderson County2
- Coffey County2
- Douglas County2
- Franklin County2
- Lyon County2
- Osage County2
- Allen County2
- Bourbon County2
- Chautauqua County2
- Cherokee County2
- Crawford County2
- Elk County2
- Labette County2
- Linn County2
- Montgomery County2
- Neosho County2
- Wilson County2
- Woodson County2
- Johnson County2
- Leavenworth County2
- Miami County2
- Wyandotte County2
- Atchison County1
- Barton County1
- Brown County1
- Chase County1
- Clay County1
- Cloud County1
- Dickinson County1
- Doniphan County1
- Ellsworth County1
- Geary County1
- Jackson County1
- Jefferson County1
- Lincoln County1
- McPherson County1
- Marion County1
- Marshall County1
- Mitchell County1
- Morris County1
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.