Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Watches / 2026
Tornado Watches in Kansas, September 2026
1 tornado watches in September 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 September 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 1
- Busiest day
- September 30, 20261 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barton, Chase, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellsworth and 17 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Barton County1
- Chase County1
- Clay County1
- Cloud County1
- Dickinson County1
- Ellsworth County1
- Geary County1
- Harvey County1
- Lincoln County1
- Lyon County1
- McPherson County1
- Marion County1
- Mitchell County1
- Morris County1
- Osborne County1
- Ottawa County1
- Pottawatomie County1
- Reno County1
- Rice County1
- Riley County1
- Russell County1
- Saline County1
- Wabaunsee 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.