Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings
Red Flag Warnings in Kansas, 2020
86 red flag warnings in 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 86
- Busiest month
- March23 red flag warnings
- Busiest day
- March 7, 20206 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 8, 3:24 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 17 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:53 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood and 9 more | 16 hr |
| Feb 1, 2:04 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 4 hr |
| Feb 1, 9:10 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Gove, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan and 4 more | 21 hr |
| Feb 2, 2:09 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton | 16 hr |
| Feb 29, 4:18 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Lyon, Morris, Pottawatomie and 2 more | 14 hr |
| Feb 29, 10:50 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Gray and 9 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 3, 1:51 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 28 hr |
| Mar 3, 2:02 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace | 28 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:28 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Decatur, Gove, Graham, Norton, Rawlins, Sheridan and 1 more | 28 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:44 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 28 hr |
| Mar 4, 7:24 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 5, 1:57 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Elk, Ellsworth and 14 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 5, 2:06 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ellis, Ness, Pawnee, Pratt, Rush and 2 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 5, 2:17 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and 1 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:05 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 15 hr |
| Mar 7, 2:40 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and 1 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 7, 2:58 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 15 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:06 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:14 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:19 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 15 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:20 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa and 6 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:53 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 15 hr |
| Mar 8, 10:00 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Allen, Chautauqua, Elk, Greenwood, Labette, Montgomery and 3 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 19, 4:04 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Kingman, Lincoln, McPherson, Reno and 3 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 19, 2:44 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Gray and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 25, 3:38 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 25, 4:19 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 14 hr |
| Mar 25, 3:30 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wallace | 29 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:43 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 28 hr |
| Apr 6, 7:33 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 5 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 8, 12:24 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 9, 4:21 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Phillips, Smith | 16 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:02 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 17 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:58 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:00 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 29 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:33 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 7 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:01 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:31 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 15 hr |
| May 13, 3:07 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Grant, Morton, Seward, Stanton, Stevens | 18 hr |
| May 22, 2:40 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wallace | 30 hr |
| May 22, 2:41 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Morton, Stanton | 30 hr |
| Jun 12, 1:45 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray and 12 more | 32 hr |
| Jun 12, 1:45 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Gove, Greeley, Logan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace and 1 more | 31 hr |
| Jun 13, 12:44 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 32 hr |
| Jun 13, 1:31 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray and 14 more | 31 hr |
| Jun 14, 3:35 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Greeley, Logan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace and 1 more | 29 hr |
| Jun 14, 3:47 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Scott, Stanton and 1 more | 29 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:22 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Greeley, Sherman, Wallace | 31 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:56 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Greeley, Sherman, Wallace | 30 hr |
| Jun 28, 2:31 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Greeley, Sherman, Wallace | 30 hr |
| Sep 5, 1:01 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace | 30 hr |
| Sep 29, 3:27 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Graham, Norton, Rawlins, Sheridan and 2 more | 16 hr |
| Sep 30, 10:21 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 9 hr |
| Oct 4, 3:26 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman and 3 more | 40 hr |
| Oct 7, 2:21 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins and 5 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 7, 3:26 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 11 more | 27 hr |
| Oct 10, 2:34 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 40 hr |
| Oct 10, 3:00 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 12 more | 41 hr |
| Oct 11, 3:10 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 18 hr |
| Oct 11, 2:57 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman and 2 more | 28 hr |
| Oct 12, 12:11 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Morton, Stanton | 19 hr |
| Oct 12, 1:11 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 3 hr |
| Oct 13, 2:56 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 25 hr |
| Oct 13, 3:25 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 28 hr |
| Oct 14, 2:55 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 15 hr |
| Oct 14, 3:59 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | EAX | Linn, Miami | 14 hr |
| Oct 16, 2:16 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | EAX | Linn | 29 hr |
| Oct 16, 2:16 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 29 hr |
| Nov 5, 2:08 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 28 hr |
| Nov 5, 2:58 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 27 hr |
| Nov 5, 5:13 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Scott, Stanton | 25 hr |
| Nov 8, 3:59 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas and 2 more | 14 hr |
| Nov 13, 11:59 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 30 hr |
| Nov 13, 7:19 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Grant and 16 more | 23 hr |
| Nov 14, 2:48 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GID | Osborne, Phillips, Rooks | 15 hr |
| Nov 14, 3:51 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 14 hr |
| Nov 15, 2:30 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Greeley, Logan, Sherman, Wallace, Wichita | 15 hr |
| Nov 18, 1:55 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and 1 more | 16 hr |
| Nov 18, 2:07 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 22 hr |
| Nov 18, 2:08 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford | 15 hr |
| Nov 18, 2:11 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 16 hr |
| Nov 18, 2:12 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Allen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 17 more | 16 hr |
| Nov 18, 2:30 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wallace | 14 hr |
| Dec 22, 12:25 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Allen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 22, 8:18 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more | 19 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Wallace County25
- Sherman County24
- Greeley County23
- Cheyenne County22
- Thomas County20
- Rawlins County18
- Logan County17
- Wichita County16
- Morton County15
- Stanton County15
- Decatur County15
- Gove County13
- Sheridan County13
- Hamilton County13
- Stevens County13
- Seward County12
- Phillips County12
- Kearny County11
- Meade County11
- Rooks County11
- Graham County11
- Norton County11
- Grant County11
- Clark County10
- Gray County10
- Haskell County10
- Ford County9
- Finney County9
- Scott County9
- Cherokee County8
- Hodgeman County8
- Elk County7
- Greenwood County7
- Smith County7
- Ness County7
- Bourbon County7
- Crawford County7
- Lane County7
- Butler County6
- Chase County6
65 more counties
- Chautauqua County6
- Kingman County6
- McPherson County6
- Marion County6
- Reno County6
- Rice County6
- Comanche County6
- Edwards County6
- Kiowa County6
- Pawnee County6
- Stafford County6
- Osborne County6
- Allen County6
- Neosho County6
- Wilson County6
- Woodson County6
- Cowley County5
- Harvey County5
- Sedgwick County5
- Pratt County5
- Jewell County5
- Barton County5
- Ellsworth County5
- Russell County5
- Saline County5
- Rush County5
- Linn County5
- Labette County5
- Montgomery County5
- Harper County4
- Sumner County4
- Clay County4
- Dickinson County4
- Geary County4
- Lyon County4
- Morris County4
- Pottawatomie County4
- Riley County4
- Wabaunsee County4
- Mitchell County4
- Lincoln County4
- Trego County4
- Miami County4
- Barber County3
- Anderson County3
- Brown County3
- Cloud County3
- Coffey County3
- Douglas County3
- Franklin County3
- Jackson County3
- Jefferson County3
- Marshall County3
- Nemaha County3
- Osage County3
- Ottawa County3
- Republic County3
- Shawnee County3
- Washington County3
- Atchison County3
- Doniphan County3
- Johnson County3
- Leavenworth County3
- Wyandotte County3
- Ellis County2
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.