Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings
Red Flag Warnings in Kansas, 2016
118 red flag warnings in 2016. 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 in 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 118
- Busiest month
- March58 red flag warnings
- Busiest day
- March 21, 20169 red flag warnings
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 2, 12:41 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Wallace | 5 hr |
| Feb 2, 10:03 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 8 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:02 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Barton, Butler, Cowley, Ellsworth, Harper, Harvey and 9 more | 16 hr |
| Feb 8, 3:19 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Reno and 3 more | 16 hr |
| Feb 10, 1:38 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Kiowa | 4 hr |
| Feb 17, 11:44 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 32 hr |
| Feb 17, 2:15 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Gove, Greeley, Logan, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas and 2 more | 28 hr |
| Feb 17, 2:21 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 31 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:14 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more | 28 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:07 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and 1 more | 18 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:42 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 19 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:42 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and 1 more | 13 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:46 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 13 hr |
| Feb 24, 9:41 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Greeley, Sherman, Wallace | 7 hr |
| Feb 26, 2:21 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 28 hr |
| Feb 26, 2:54 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 27 hr |
| Feb 27, 2:31 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 18 more | 15 hr |
| Feb 27, 3:05 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Gove, Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 15 hr |
| Feb 27, 4:08 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 15 more | 14 hr |
| Feb 27, 9:00 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 9 hr |
| Feb 28, 11:09 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, McPherson, Rice, Russell and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 29, 9:39 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 29, 9:43 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell | 8 hr |
| Feb 29, 9:51 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 29, 10:17 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Barton, Chase, Ellsworth, Lincoln, McPherson, Marion and 3 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:43 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Greeley, Logan, Sherman, Wallace, Wichita | 28 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:50 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton and 4 more | 22 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:12 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 15 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:44 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and 1 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:45 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Allen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 9 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:49 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson and 6 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 3, 2:47 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 27 hr |
| Mar 3, 2:52 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 12 more | 27 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:44 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and 1 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 5, 2:49 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GID | Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 15 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:30 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:23 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more | 28 hr |
| Mar 6, 2:47 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 40 hr |
| Mar 6, 3:17 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 15 hr |
| Mar 6, 3:38 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and 1 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 6, 4:01 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Jefferson, Lyon and 2 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 6, 1:36 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 29 hr |
| Mar 6, 2:29 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 29 hr |
| Mar 6, 2:50 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Lincoln and 8 more | 28 hr |
| Mar 13, 10:04 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wallace | 9 hr |
| Mar 14, 1:18 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 19 hr |
| Mar 14, 4:00 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Greeley, Sherman, Wallace | 16 hr |
| Mar 14, 2:20 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 30 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:03 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 23 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:12 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more | 28 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:30 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 29 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:38 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Anderson, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson, Franklin and 7 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:06 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 12 hr |
| Mar 16, 2:31 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hamilton and 11 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 16, 3:00 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins and 5 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 16, 3:19 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 16 hr |
| Mar 16, 3:23 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 16, 3:34 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Barton, Chase, Ellsworth, Harvey, Lincoln, McPherson and 5 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 16, 3:38 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 15 hr |
| Mar 16, 3:40 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and 1 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 21, 2:46 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Smith | 17 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:26 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more | 17 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:33 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 17 hr |
| Mar 21, 4:05 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 15 hr |
| Mar 21, 4:09 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and 1 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 21, 4:24 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 15 hr |
| Mar 21, 2:44 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 30 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:20 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more | 30 hr |
| Mar 21, 4:15 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 29 hr |
| Mar 22, 1:27 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Gove, Greeley, Logan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace and 1 more | 18 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:38 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 15 hr |
| Mar 22, 4:12 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and 1 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 22, 2:44 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 18 more | 31 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:01 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 28 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:25 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | EAX | Atchison, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami, Wyandotte | 25 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:47 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 29 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:00 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa and 3 more | 18 hr |
| Mar 25, 2:12 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa, Pratt and 1 more | 18 hr |
| Mar 25, 3:50 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Barton, Butler, Chase, Cowley, Ellsworth, Harper and 9 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 25, 11:46 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Morris, Ottawa and 3 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 28, 2:41 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wallace | 28 hr |
| Mar 28, 3:00 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Morton, Stanton | 24 hr |
| Mar 30, 2:20 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Meade, Morton, Seward and 1 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:51 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford | 17 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:13 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 16 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:25 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 19 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:29 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell | 16 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:44 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 15 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:57 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and 1 more | 15 hr |
| Apr 4, 2:10 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Grant and 11 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 4, 3:39 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 12 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 5, 4:48 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Anderson, Clay, Coffey, Dickinson, Douglas, Franklin and 11 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 6, 2:45 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 15 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 6, 3:36 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 14 more | 15 hr |
| Apr 6, 3:44 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Lyon, Morris and 6 more | 15 hr |
| Apr 6, 3:48 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 15 hr |
| Apr 6, 9:12 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 7, 2:17 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Graham, Norton | 17 hr |
| Apr 7, 2:47 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 17 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:29 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and 1 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:36 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 16 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:43 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more | 15 hr |
| Apr 7, 4:49 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 15 hr |
| Apr 8, 10:03 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 9 hr |
| Oct 15, 3:36 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Greeley, Logan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace, Wichita | 28 hr |
| Oct 15, 4:06 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 6 more | 27 hr |
| Oct 16, 3:02 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 16, 4:03 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford and 18 more | 28 hr |
| Oct 17, 4:05 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 15 hr |
| Nov 15, 2:38 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 28 hr |
| Nov 16, 2:21 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 17 hr |
| Nov 16, 3:00 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Gove, Greeley, Logan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace and 1 more | 14 hr |
| Nov 16, 6:39 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 8 more | 24 hr |
| Nov 17, 3:48 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 14 hr |
| Nov 26, 12:30 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 11 more | 30 hr |
| Dec 24, 3:41 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Grant and 13 more | 26 hr |
| Dec 25, 5:05 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Gove, Greeley, Logan, Wichita | 13 hr |
| Dec 30, 2:24 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 19 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Barton County19
- Rice County19
- Ellsworth County18
- McPherson County18
- Saline County18
- Harper County17
- Harvey County17
- Marion County17
- Reno County17
- Sedgwick County17
- Sumner County17
- Wallace County16
- Butler County16
- Cowley County16
- Kingman County16
- Ford County16
- Clark County16
- Morton County16
- Greeley County16
- Chase County16
- Lyon County16
- Morris County16
- Bourbon County15
- Gray County15
- Kiowa County15
- Seward County15
- Stevens County15
- Anderson County15
- Clay County15
- Coffey County15
- Dickinson County15
- Franklin County15
- Geary County15
- Osage County15
- Ottawa County15
- Riley County15
- Wabaunsee County15
- Lincoln County14
- Comanche County14
- Finney County14
65 more counties
- Grant County14
- Hamilton County14
- Haskell County14
- Meade County14
- Stanton County14
- Sherman County14
- Cloud County14
- Douglas County14
- Jefferson County14
- Shawnee County14
- Cherokee County13
- Crawford County13
- Edwards County13
- Hodgeman County13
- Kearny County13
- Scott County13
- Chautauqua County13
- Elk County13
- Greenwood County13
- Russell County13
- Jackson County13
- Pottawatomie County13
- Republic County13
- Washington County13
- Barber County12
- Pratt County12
- Stafford County12
- Logan County12
- Wichita County12
- Atchison County12
- Johnson County12
- Leavenworth County12
- Linn County12
- Miami County12
- Wyandotte County12
- Brown County12
- Lane County11
- Pawnee County11
- Gove County11
- Doniphan County11
- Marshall County11
- Nemaha County11
- Ness County10
- Thomas County10
- Woodson County10
- Cheyenne County10
- Ellis County9
- Rush County9
- Trego County9
- Allen County9
- Labette County9
- Montgomery County9
- Neosho County9
- Wilson County9
- Jewell County9
- Mitchell County9
- Sheridan County8
- Osborne County8
- Phillips County8
- Rooks County8
- Smith County8
- Graham County8
- Norton County7
- Rawlins County6
- Decatur County5
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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Sources
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