Alert archive / Kansas / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Kansas, 2026
5 winter storm 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 winter storm watches reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 5
- Busiest month
- January5 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- January 21, 20265 winter storm 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 2:20 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ICT | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more | 33 hr |
| Jan 21, 2:30 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 35 hr |
| Jan 21, 2:39 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 32 hr |
| Jan 21, 11:49 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | EAX | Atchison, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami, Wyandotte | 25 hr |
| Jan 21, 1:06 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | TOP | Anderson, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson, Douglas and 12 more | 24 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Allen County1
- Barton County1
- Butler County1
- Chase County1
- Chautauqua County1
- Cowley County1
- Elk County1
- Ellsworth County1
- Greenwood County1
- Harper County1
- Harvey County1
- Kingman County1
- Labette County1
- Lincoln County1
- McPherson County1
- Marion County1
- Montgomery County1
- Neosho County1
- Reno County1
- Rice County1
- Russell County1
- Saline County1
- Sedgwick County1
- Sumner County1
- Wilson County1
- Woodson County1
- Barber County1
- Clark County1
- Comanche County1
- Edwards County1
- Ellis County1
- Finney County1
- Ford County1
- Grant County1
- Gray County1
- Hamilton County1
- Haskell County1
- Hodgeman County1
- Kearny County1
- Kiowa County1
40 more counties
- Lane County1
- Meade County1
- Morton County1
- Ness County1
- Pawnee County1
- Pratt County1
- Rush County1
- Scott County1
- Seward County1
- Stafford County1
- Stanton County1
- Stevens County1
- Trego County1
- Bourbon County1
- Cherokee County1
- Crawford County1
- Atchison County1
- Johnson County1
- Leavenworth County1
- Linn County1
- Miami County1
- Wyandotte County1
- Anderson County1
- Clay County1
- Cloud County1
- Coffey County1
- Dickinson County1
- Douglas County1
- Franklin County1
- Geary County1
- Jackson County1
- Jefferson County1
- Lyon County1
- Morris County1
- Osage County1
- Ottawa County1
- Pottawatomie County1
- Riley County1
- Shawnee County1
- Wabaunsee County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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.