Red Flag Warnings in Kansas
1,814 red flag 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 red flag warnings reaches back to 2005.
Red Flag Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 1,814
- Busiest year
- 2012166 red flag warnings
- Average year
- 86over 21 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not 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.
- Morton County378
- Stevens County369
- Stanton County359
- Grant County345
- Wallace County344
- Greeley County342
- Sherman County336
- Seward County329
- Hamilton County307
- Haskell County304
- Kearny County303
- Wichita County299
- Cheyenne County289
- Logan County283
- Meade County280
- Finney County276
- Gray County266
- Thomas County259
- Ford County250
- Clark County248
- Scott County244
- Gove County228
- Phillips County226
- Rooks County224
- Lane County220
- Rawlins County220
- Hodgeman County219
- Sheridan County208
- Barton County203
- Graham County195
- Osborne County195
- Russell County193
- Decatur County192
- Smith County190
- Ness County189
- Rice County187
- Ellsworth County184
- Lincoln County181
- Comanche County180
- Norton County176
65 more counties
- Kiowa County167
- Reno County167
- Mitchell County164
- Edwards County162
- Kingman County159
- Jewell County157
- McPherson County155
- Pawnee County152
- Trego County151
- Saline County150
- Harper County148
- Harvey County147
- Ottawa County147
- Cloud County143
- Marion County142
- Sedgwick County142
- Dickinson County139
- Rush County138
- Republic County138
- Clay County137
- Butler County134
- Barber County133
- Chase County132
- Sumner County132
- Pratt County131
- Stafford County131
- Ellis County128
- Cherokee County125
- Crawford County125
- Bourbon County124
- Cowley County124
- Washington County123
- Morris County122
- Riley County120
- Greenwood County119
- Geary County119
- Elk County117
- Chautauqua County114
- Lyon County109
- Wabaunsee County107
- Pottawatomie County100
- Woodson County98
- Marshall County97
- Wilson County94
- Coffey County92
- Shawnee County90
- Osage County89
- Allen County88
- Anderson County88
- Montgomery County87
- Linn County85
- Neosho County84
- Atchison County84
- Franklin County84
- Leavenworth County84
- Jackson County84
- Nemaha County84
- Douglas County83
- Miami County82
- Doniphan County82
- Wyandotte County80
- Brown County80
- Johnson County79
- Jefferson County79
- Labette County77
The latest red flag warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 2:00 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Grant, Gray, Haskell, Meade and 4 more | 31 hr |
| May 17, 1:58 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 18 hr |
| May 16, 12:27 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford and 18 more | 33 hr |
| May 13, 12:09 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Ford, Grant, Gray, Haskell and 5 more | 32 hr |
| May 12, 9:17 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 24 hr |
| May 11, 10:16 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 23 hr |
| Apr 26, 12:41 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Grant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 20 hr |
| Apr 22, 2:01 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Meade and 4 more | 28 hr |
| Apr 22, 1:54 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 31 hr |
| Apr 22, 12:04 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Norton, Rawlins, Sherman, Wallace | 32 hr |
| Apr 21, 12:21 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 33 hr |
| Apr 21, 11:55 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman and 3 more | 37 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.