Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings
Red Flag Warnings in Kansas, 2017
112 red flag warnings in 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 112
- Busiest month
- March52 red flag warnings
- Busiest day
- March 5, 20179 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 30, 3:28 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 14 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:43 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Meade and 4 more | 16 hr |
| Feb 6, 1:16 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Greeley | 5 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:31 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 14 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:34 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Allen, Chautauqua, Elk, Greenwood, Labette, Montgomery and 3 more | 14 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:42 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Greeley, Sherman, Wallace | 14 hr |
| Feb 10, 10:31 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 7 hr |
| Feb 11, 1:17 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade, Morton, Seward, Stevens | 17 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:02 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 15 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:11 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | EAX | Atchison, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami, Wyandotte | 15 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:35 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Geary, Jackson and 8 more | 14 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:59 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Allen, Chase, Chautauqua, Elk, Greenwood, Labette and 4 more | 14 hr |
| Feb 20, 2:15 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton and 4 more | 16 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:25 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas and 2 more | 15 hr |
| Feb 22, 8:31 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford and 14 more | 35 hr |
| Feb 22, 11:23 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Gove, Greeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita | 27 hr |
| Feb 27, 2:44 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Morton, Seward, Stanton, Stevens | 16 hr |
| Feb 27, 3:22 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Greeley, Sherman, Wallace | 15 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:08 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Meade, Morton, Seward and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:14 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Allen, Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood and 8 more | 15 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:36 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami, Wyandotte | 12 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:41 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Crawford | 12 hr |
| Feb 28, 4:00 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Lyon, Osage | 11 hr |
| Mar 1, 2:32 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Barton, Butler, Cowley, Ellsworth, Harper, Harvey and 10 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:25 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 15 hr |
| Mar 1, 4:24 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 16 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 1, 11:04 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Lyon, Morris and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 2, 10:20 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 8 hr |
| Mar 2, 10:27 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 2, 10:30 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson and 7 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 2, 12:45 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Allen, Greenwood, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson | 5 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:00 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 20 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 3, 9:43 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 10 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 3, 11:44 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Geary, Lyon, Morris, Wabaunsee | 6 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:42 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and 1 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:49 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 16 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:53 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:01 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:30 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:46 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 15 hr |
| Mar 4, 4:38 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan, Norton, Sheridan and 4 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:03 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Jackson and 9 more | 41 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:39 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell | 14 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:39 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more | 43 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:44 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GID | Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 9 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:44 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 40 hr |
| Mar 5, 4:23 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Ellis, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 13 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 5, 4:23 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 40 hr |
| Mar 5, 5:15 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 5, 5:15 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 39 hr |
| Mar 6, 3:18 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan | 17 hr |
| Mar 6, 12:33 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 30 hr |
| Mar 6, 12:51 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 30 hr |
| Mar 6, 1:34 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 29 hr |
| Mar 6, 2:08 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 29 hr |
| Mar 6, 2:21 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and 1 more | 28 hr |
| Mar 6, 2:42 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 29 hr |
| Mar 6, 3:07 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more | 27 hr |
| Mar 8, 1:50 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and 1 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 8, 2:32 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Allen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 15 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 8, 2:37 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GID | Phillips | 13 hr |
| Mar 8, 2:50 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Norton, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas | 15 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:10 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford | 16 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:15 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 16 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:18 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Coffey, Dickinson, Douglas, Franklin and 12 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 9, 2:35 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman | 15 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:30 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 29 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:24 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 16 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:27 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Lyon, Morris, Ottawa and 2 more | 17 hr |
| Mar 19, 4:03 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Cowley, Greenwood, Harper, Harvey and 8 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 22, 1:50 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Greeley, Sherman, Wallace | 30 hr |
| Mar 23, 2:38 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Morton, Stanton | 17 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:27 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Ellsworth, Greenwood and 10 more | 19 hr |
| Mar 23, 10:41 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 24, 3:30 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Harper and 5 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:25 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 16 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:25 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 15 hr |
| Apr 9, 9:57 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 12 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:47 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Greeley, Sherman, Wallace | 16 hr |
| Sep 18, 10:00 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Grant and 17 more | 34 hr |
| Sep 18, 1:26 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 31 hr |
| Sep 19, 3:26 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 17 hr |
| Sep 20, 12:14 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 12 more | 32 hr |
| Sep 20, 12:26 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 32 hr |
| Sep 20, 3:06 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 29 hr |
| Oct 22, 12:12 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman, Wallace | 5 hr |
| Oct 23, 2:33 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 16 hr |
| Oct 24, 2:49 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 16 hr |
| Oct 26, 9:51 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 21 hr |
| Oct 26, 10:14 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 12 more | 21 hr |
| Oct 27, 2:45 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 16 hr |
| Nov 20, 4:28 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 14 hr |
| Nov 20, 9:06 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 9 hr |
| Nov 20, 9:08 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Allen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 10 more | 8 hr |
| Nov 24, 12:30 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 5 hr |
| Nov 24, 2:09 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Barton, Lincoln, Russell | 4 hr |
| Nov 26, 3:00 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Sherman, Wallace | 27 hr |
| Nov 27, 2:35 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 16 hr |
| Nov 27, 3:25 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Rice, Russell | 15 hr |
| Dec 4, 3:32 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Barton, Chase, Ellsworth, Harvey, Kingman, Lincoln and 7 more | 14 hr |
| Dec 9, 3:10 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Greeley, Sherman, Wallace | 15 hr |
| Dec 10, 10:32 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 4 hr |
| Dec 10, 10:40 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 6 hr |
| Dec 10, 11:01 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Lyon, Morris and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 10, 2:53 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 27 hr |
| Dec 10, 4:01 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 26 hr |
| Dec 11, 2:56 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 15 hr |
| Dec 11, 3:00 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more | 15 hr |
| Dec 11, 3:05 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 14 hr |
| Dec 11, 3:23 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and 1 more | 15 hr |
| Dec 11, 3:27 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 15 hr |
| Dec 16, 11:07 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Sherman County20
- Wallace County19
- Morton County18
- Greeley County18
- Cheyenne County18
- Seward County17
- Stevens County17
- Phillips County16
- Stanton County16
- Rooks County15
- Clark County15
- Hamilton County15
- Meade County15
- Grant County14
- Haskell County14
- Kearny County14
- Greenwood County14
- Finney County13
- Scott County13
- Sedgwick County13
- Lyon County12
- Logan County12
- Rawlins County12
- Thomas County12
- Wichita County12
- Ford County12
- Gray County12
- Hodgeman County12
- Lane County12
- Butler County12
- Harvey County12
- Bourbon County11
- Crawford County11
- Allen County11
- Chautauqua County11
- Elk County11
- Woodson County11
- Geary County11
- Morris County11
- Wabaunsee County11
65 more counties
- Chase County11
- Gove County11
- Cowley County11
- Kingman County11
- Sumner County11
- Barton County11
- Marion County11
- Reno County11
- Rice County11
- Ness County11
- Trego County11
- Norton County11
- Cherokee County10
- Neosho County10
- Wilson County10
- Harper County10
- Lincoln County10
- McPherson County10
- Russell County10
- Osborne County10
- Smith County10
- Dickinson County10
- Graham County10
- Sheridan County10
- Decatur County10
- Montgomery County9
- Riley County9
- Barber County9
- Comanche County9
- Kiowa County9
- Ellsworth County9
- Labette County8
- Anderson County8
- Coffey County8
- Douglas County8
- Franklin County8
- Jackson County8
- Osage County8
- Pottawatomie County8
- Edwards County8
- Saline County8
- Mitchell County8
- Ellis County8
- Rush County8
- Clay County8
- Ottawa County8
- Atchison County7
- Johnson County7
- Leavenworth County7
- Linn County7
- Miami County7
- Wyandotte County7
- Jefferson County7
- Shawnee County7
- Jewell County7
- Pawnee County7
- Pratt County7
- Stafford County7
- Cloud County7
- Republic County7
- Brown County7
- Nemaha County7
- Doniphan County6
- Marshall County6
- Washington County6
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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Sources
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