Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas
4,217 flash flood warnings 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 flash flood warnings reaches back to 1986.
Flash Flood Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 4,217
- Busiest year
- 2007305 flash flood warnings
- Average year
- 103over 41 years on file
Over time
By year
Before October 2007 these were issued for whole counties, and a storm crossing three counties was often three warnings; since then one polygon follows the storm. The count changed with the practice, not only with the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cherokee County299
- Crawford County261
- Bourbon County213
- Johnson County165
- Wyandotte County148
- Leavenworth County136
- Riley County127
- Osage County123
- Lyon County117
- Sedgwick County116
- Douglas County115
- Butler County114
- Wabaunsee County113
- Shawnee County112
- Pottawatomie County110
- Jefferson County108
- Logan County107
- Geary County105
- Gove County103
- Franklin County100
- Miami County95
- Rawlins County94
- Coffey County93
- Dickinson County90
- Thomas County90
- Marshall County88
- Ottawa County88
- Anderson County85
- Washington County84
- Graham County84
- Nemaha County81
- Clay County81
- Sherman County81
- Labette County80
- Montgomery County80
- Decatur County80
- Linn County79
- Sheridan County79
- Neosho County78
- Sumner County78
65 more counties
- Cowley County77
- Cloud County77
- Jackson County76
- Republic County75
- Morris County75
- Wilson County70
- Wallace County69
- Brown County67
- Cheyenne County67
- Saline County64
- Norton County64
- Marion County63
- Doniphan County62
- Chautauqua County60
- Ford County57
- Elk County56
- Greenwood County55
- Rooks County54
- Allen County53
- Atchison County53
- Chase County53
- Harvey County52
- Reno County52
- Wichita County52
- Ellis County51
- Trego County51
- Woodson County50
- Greeley County48
- McPherson County46
- Osborne County46
- Lincoln County46
- Harper County46
- Hodgeman County45
- Mitchell County42
- Pawnee County42
- Russell County40
- Ellsworth County38
- Ness County38
- Kingman County37
- Barton County36
- Rush County36
- Meade County34
- Phillips County34
- Jewell County33
- Rice County33
- Barber County32
- Pratt County31
- Gray County31
- Smith County29
- Finney County28
- Edwards County27
- Seward County27
- Comanche County26
- Clark County25
- Scott County24
- Hamilton County23
- Lane County23
- Kearny County23
- Kiowa County22
- Grant County20
- Stevens County19
- Morton County18
- Stafford County18
- Stanton County18
- Haskell County17
The latest flash flood warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 8:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Brown | 2 hr |
| Sep 15, 8:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Johnson, Wyandotte | 4 hr |
| Sep 14, 4:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Doniphan | 6 hr |
| Sep 10, 5:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Finney | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 3:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 4 hr |
| Aug 10, 4:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Johnson | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 3:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 5:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 1:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 10:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Crawford | 8 hr |
| Jul 10, 10:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Neosho | 4 hr |
| Jul 10, 1:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Doniphan | 6 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.