Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings
Red Flag Warnings in Kansas, 2023
83 red flag warnings in 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 83
- Busiest month
- April46 red flag warnings
- Busiest day
- April 12, 20236 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 15, 1:01 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade, Seward, Stevens | 18 hr |
| Feb 11, 12:42 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 5 hr |
| Feb 20, 2:03 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Grant, Haskell, Meade, Morton, Seward and 1 more | 29 hr |
| Feb 27, 12:45 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 9 more | 29 hr |
| Feb 27, 7:25 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wallace, Wichita | 23 hr |
| Feb 28, 2:30 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 4 hr |
| Mar 4, 12:42 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Gove, Greeley, Logan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace and 1 more | 29 hr |
| Mar 4, 1:03 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Grant and 15 more | 29 hr |
| Mar 19, 2:08 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 19 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:05 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ottawa, Republic, Washington | 17 hr |
| Mar 19, 9:07 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Grant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 11 hr |
| Mar 21, 2:42 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Greeley, Logan, Sherman, Wallace, Wichita | 28 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:14 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton and 4 more | 29 hr |
| Mar 29, 3:12 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 7 more | 42 hr |
| Mar 29, 3:12 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Gove, Greeley, Logan, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas and 2 more | 44 hr |
| Mar 30, 12:04 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 45 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:12 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more | 42 hr |
| Mar 30, 1:31 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 32 hr |
| Mar 30, 2:13 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 31 hr |
| Mar 30, 2:46 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and 1 more | 30 hr |
| Mar 30, 9:04 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 116 min |
| Mar 30, 11:05 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Gove, Greeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita | 21 hr |
| Mar 31, 12:15 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 45 hr |
| Mar 31, 10:00 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Mitchell, Osborne, Rooks | 9 hr |
| Mar 31, 9:35 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wallace | 22 hr |
| Apr 2, 2:33 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 16 hr |
| Apr 2, 12:18 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami, Wyandotte | 6 hr |
| Apr 2, 12:24 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Grant, Morton, Seward, Stanton, Stevens | 33 hr |
| Apr 2, 1:13 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Sherman | 7 hr |
| Apr 3, 10:59 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 32 hr |
| Apr 3, 12:31 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan, Norton, Sheridan and 2 more | 26 hr |
| Apr 3, 12:46 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 29 hr |
| Apr 3, 1:48 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 17 more | 31 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:34 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson, Douglas and 15 more | 31 hr |
| Apr 4, 2:47 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan, Leavenworth | 18 hr |
| Apr 6, 2:12 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 31 hr |
| Apr 6, 2:34 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Ellis, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 12 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 6, 2:40 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 29 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:17 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Ottawa, Republic, Washington | 17 hr |
| Apr 7, 2:42 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Marshall, Morris and 4 more | 29 hr |
| Apr 7, 2:55 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 30 hr |
| Apr 8, 8:44 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Graham, Norton | 11 hr |
| Apr 8, 11:07 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Ellis, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Haskell and 13 more | 10 hr |
| Apr 10, 11:14 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 34 hr |
| Apr 10, 12:15 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 32 hr |
| Apr 10, 2:25 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 30 hr |
| Apr 11, 2:32 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 29 hr |
| Apr 11, 2:51 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Marshall, Morris and 6 more | 29 hr |
| Apr 11, 3:04 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 30 hr |
| Apr 11, 3:31 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 29 hr |
| Apr 12, 12:15 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 33 hr |
| Apr 12, 12:17 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Ellis, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 13 more | 32 hr |
| Apr 12, 1:04 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 32 hr |
| Apr 12, 1:22 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan, Leavenworth | 31 hr |
| Apr 12, 2:17 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Douglas, Geary and 14 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 12, 3:07 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Rice, Russell, Saline | 29 hr |
| Apr 14, 4:20 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Grant, Gray and 8 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:17 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Marshall, Morris and 5 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:46 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 29 hr |
| Apr 17, 3:05 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas and 2 more | 42 hr |
| Apr 17, 4:06 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton and 4 more | 42 hr |
| Apr 18, 8:09 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Grant, Haskell, Meade and 4 more | 25 hr |
| Apr 20, 2:00 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 19 hr |
| Apr 20, 3:28 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Gove, Greeley, Logan, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas and 2 more | 18 hr |
| Apr 21, 2:29 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 17 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:32 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Decatur, Graham, Norton | 17 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:36 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 17 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:40 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 16 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:34 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ottawa, Republic, Washington | 29 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:53 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 28 hr |
| May 7, 7:55 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Morton, Seward, Stevens | 13 hr |
| Aug 22, 2:50 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 16 hr |
| Aug 31, 11:18 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 32 hr |
| Aug 31, 11:31 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas and 2 more | 33 hr |
| Sep 4, 1:45 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Meade, Morton, Seward, Stevens | 19 hr |
| Sep 4, 11:25 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman, Wallace | 10 hr |
| Oct 6, 2:51 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 17 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:07 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Graham, Norton | 15 hr |
| Oct 11, 3:08 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 16 hr |
| Oct 12, 2:00 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford and 18 more | 17 hr |
| Oct 12, 3:02 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Rice, Russell | 16 hr |
| Oct 12, 3:21 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Osborne, Rooks | 15 hr |
| Nov 12, 1:39 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman, Wallace | 28 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Stevens County25
- Morton County24
- Stanton County22
- Grant County21
- Seward County19
- Hamilton County16
- Kearny County16
- Wallace County16
- Meade County15
- Haskell County15
- Greeley County14
- Sherman County14
- Osborne County14
- Rooks County14
- Wichita County13
- Finney County12
- Scott County12
- Logan County12
- Mitchell County12
- Phillips County12
- Smith County12
- Clark County11
- Ford County11
- Hodgeman County11
- Gray County11
- Jewell County11
- Gove County9
- Thomas County9
- Lane County9
- Clay County9
- Cloud County9
- Ottawa County9
- Republic County9
- Washington County9
- Cheyenne County9
- Comanche County8
- Ness County8
- Dickinson County8
- Ellis County8
- Trego County8
65 more counties
- Graham County8
- Norton County8
- Sheridan County7
- Edwards County6
- Kiowa County6
- Pawnee County6
- Rush County6
- Geary County6
- Marshall County6
- Morris County6
- Riley County6
- Rawlins County6
- Pottawatomie County5
- Decatur County5
- Barber County4
- Barton County4
- Ellsworth County4
- Lincoln County4
- Rice County4
- Russell County4
- Nemaha County4
- Leavenworth County4
- Cherokee County3
- Pratt County3
- Stafford County3
- Saline County3
- Brown County3
- Douglas County3
- Jackson County3
- Jefferson County3
- Lyon County3
- Osage County3
- Shawnee County3
- Wabaunsee County3
- Atchison County3
- Doniphan County3
- Butler County2
- Chase County2
- Chautauqua County2
- Cowley County2
- Elk County2
- Greenwood County2
- Harper County2
- Harvey County2
- Kingman County2
- McPherson County2
- Marion County2
- Montgomery County2
- Reno County2
- Sedgwick County2
- Sumner County2
- Wilson County2
- Woodson County2
- Bourbon County2
- Crawford County2
- Coffey County2
- Johnson County2
- Linn County2
- Miami County2
- Wyandotte County2
- Allen County1
- Labette County1
- Neosho County1
- Anderson County1
- Franklin County1
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.