Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings
Red Flag Warnings in Kansas, 2026
106 red flag warnings in 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 106
- Busiest month
- March39 red flag warnings
- Busiest day
- March 26, 20268 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 6, 1:10 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 4 hr |
| Jan 14, 2:19 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Sherman, Wallace | 40 hr |
| Jan 15, 12:22 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray and 13 more | 30 hr |
| Jan 15, 1:56 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 29 hr |
| Jan 15, 8:51 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 20 hr |
| Jan 17, 1:04 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas and 2 more | 18 hr |
| Jan 17, 2:08 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton, Seward and 2 more | 17 hr |
| Feb 6, 1:09 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 29 hr |
| Feb 8, 1:02 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 10 more | 30 hr |
| Feb 9, 2:28 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GID | Mitchell, Osborne, Rooks | 16 hr |
| Feb 9, 12:59 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Greeley, Logan, Sherman, Wallace, Wichita | 5 hr |
| Feb 14, 1:07 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman | 29 hr |
| Feb 15, 9:24 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 47 hr |
| Feb 15, 11:39 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 45 hr |
| Feb 16, 11:30 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 35 hr |
| Feb 16, 11:56 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Kingman, Lincoln, McPherson, Reno and 3 more | 33 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:09 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Marshall, Ottawa, Republic and 2 more | 18 hr |
| Feb 17, 11:59 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Grant and 14 more | 32 hr |
| Feb 17, 10:24 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Gove, Greeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita | 20 hr |
| Feb 18, 1:05 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 31 hr |
| Feb 18, 1:16 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | EAX | Linn | 31 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:26 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Allen, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Harper, Labette and 4 more | 29 hr |
| Feb 18, 9:39 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Meade, Morton, Seward and 1 more | 18 hr |
| Feb 24, 12:31 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 18 hr |
| Feb 24, 1:18 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 31 hr |
| Feb 26, 9:50 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and 1 more | 20 hr |
| Mar 5, 12:46 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Morton, Stanton | 18 hr |
| Mar 5, 12:52 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Greeley | 18 hr |
| Mar 5, 11:38 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Meade, Morton, Seward, Stevens | 31 hr |
| Mar 11, 11:32 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 32 hr |
| Mar 11, 12:07 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 36 hr |
| Mar 11, 12:16 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan, Leavenworth | 33 hr |
| Mar 11, 12:23 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Barton, Butler, Chase, Cowley, Ellsworth, Harper and 11 more | 32 hr |
| Mar 11, 12:57 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Jackson and 11 more | 35 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:45 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 30 hr |
| Mar 13, 2:31 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 41 hr |
| Mar 13, 10:57 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 12 more | 33 hr |
| Mar 13, 11:04 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 33 hr |
| Mar 16, 1:56 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 29 hr |
| Mar 20, 9:09 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 43 hr |
| Mar 20, 11:32 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 34 hr |
| Mar 20, 11:45 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 14 more | 32 hr |
| Mar 20, 11:48 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 32 hr |
| Mar 20, 12:09 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan, Leavenworth | 33 hr |
| Mar 20, 1:05 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 39 hr |
| Mar 21, 12:16 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Ford and 14 more | 29 hr |
| Mar 21, 12:25 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more | 31 hr |
| Mar 21, 12:58 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 30 hr |
| Mar 22, 11:25 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 22 hr |
| Mar 24, 11:21 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Phillips, Smith | 20 hr |
| Mar 25, 10:49 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 22 hr |
| Mar 25, 11:51 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan, Sheridan, Sherman and 3 more | 20 hr |
| Mar 26, 12:12 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 20 hr |
| Mar 26, 1:31 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Jackson and 11 more | 18 hr |
| Mar 26, 1:35 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 14 more | 19 hr |
| Mar 26, 1:17 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Smith | 30 hr |
| Mar 26, 1:32 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and 1 more | 30 hr |
| Mar 26, 1:37 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 31 hr |
| Mar 27, 8:13 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 38 hr |
| Mar 27, 9:35 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 36 hr |
| Mar 27, 9:50 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and 1 more | 34 hr |
| Mar 27, 9:50 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Barton, Chase, Ellsworth, Harvey, Kingman, Lincoln and 6 more | 36 hr |
| Mar 27, 10:00 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 34 hr |
| Mar 27, 10:57 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 35 hr |
| Mar 30, 1:19 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Grant and 14 more | 20 hr |
| Apr 1, 8:41 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 24 hr |
| Apr 2, 1:02 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wallace, Wichita | 18 hr |
| Apr 2, 1:58 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 2, 2:00 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 12 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:10 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 17 hr |
| Apr 5, 1:00 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 11 more | 32 hr |
| Apr 11, 11:31 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Greeley, Logan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace, Wichita | 21 hr |
| Apr 11, 11:53 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton, Seward and 2 more | 22 hr |
| Apr 12, 12:28 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan, Norton, Sheridan and 1 more | 33 hr |
| Apr 12, 1:33 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Harper, Kingman, Lincoln, Reno and 2 more | 31 hr |
| Apr 12, 1:34 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 31 hr |
| Apr 12, 8:33 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 24 hr |
| Apr 13, 1:48 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa, Republic | 19 hr |
| Apr 13, 2:02 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 31 hr |
| Apr 13, 4:23 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Harper, Kingman, Lincoln, Reno and 2 more | 28 hr |
| Apr 13, 10:02 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan, Sheridan, Sherman and 3 more | 23 hr |
| Apr 14, 1:31 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa, Republic | 18 hr |
| Apr 14, 1:47 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 19 hr |
| Apr 15, 12:37 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 32 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:23 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | Barton, Lincoln, Russell | 30 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:16 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 32 hr |
| Apr 16, 12:00 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa, Republic | 21 hr |
| Apr 16, 12:15 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 21 hr |
| Apr 17, 11:36 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 32 hr |
| Apr 18, 1:31 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Graham, Norton, Rawlins | 18 hr |
| Apr 18, 1:41 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Grant and 16 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 19, 1:47 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Ellis, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 12 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 20, 12:07 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 21 hr |
| Apr 20, 1:30 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa, Republic | 19 hr |
| Apr 21, 11:55 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman and 3 more | 37 hr |
| Apr 21, 12:21 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 33 hr |
| Apr 22, 12:04 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Norton, Rawlins, Sherman, Wallace | 32 hr |
| Apr 22, 1:54 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 31 hr |
| Apr 22, 2:01 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Meade and 4 more | 28 hr |
| Apr 26, 12:41 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Grant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 20 hr |
| May 11, 10:16 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 23 hr |
| May 12, 9:17 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 24 hr |
| May 13, 12:09 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Ford, Grant, Gray, Haskell and 5 more | 32 hr |
| May 16, 12:27 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford and 18 more | 33 hr |
| May 17, 1:58 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 18 hr |
| May 17, 2:00 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Grant, Gray, Haskell, Meade and 4 more | 31 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Morton County30
- Stevens County29
- Grant County27
- Stanton County27
- Seward County25
- Hamilton County24
- Haskell County24
- Meade County23
- Clark County22
- Kearny County22
- Ford County21
- Gray County21
- Phillips County20
- Rooks County20
- Hodgeman County19
- Sherman County18
- Wallace County18
- Finney County18
- Ness County18
- Greeley County18
- Comanche County17
- Lane County17
- Scott County17
- Wichita County17
- Cheyenne County16
- Logan County16
- Osborne County16
- Smith County16
- Trego County13
- Rawlins County13
- Thomas County13
- Mitchell County13
- Edwards County13
- Kiowa County13
- Pawnee County13
- Rush County13
- Jewell County13
- Gove County12
- Graham County12
- Decatur County11
65 more counties
- Norton County11
- Sheridan County11
- Ellis County11
- Cloud County11
- Ottawa County11
- Republic County11
- Barber County10
- Pratt County9
- Stafford County9
- Barton County9
- Lincoln County9
- Russell County9
- Ellsworth County8
- Kingman County8
- Reno County8
- Rice County8
- Clay County7
- Dickinson County7
- Marshall County7
- Riley County7
- Washington County7
- Harper County7
- McPherson County6
- Saline County6
- Brown County6
- Geary County6
- Jackson County6
- Morris County6
- Nemaha County6
- Pottawatomie County6
- Shawnee County6
- Wabaunsee County6
- Cowley County5
- Sumner County5
- Atchison County5
- Doniphan County5
- Leavenworth County5
- Chase County5
- Harvey County5
- Marion County5
- Jefferson County5
- Lyon County5
- Linn County4
- Chautauqua County4
- Elk County4
- Butler County4
- Sedgwick County4
- Anderson County4
- Coffey County4
- Douglas County4
- Franklin County4
- Osage County4
- Johnson County3
- Miami County3
- Wyandotte County3
- Greenwood County3
- Cherokee County2
- Crawford County2
- Allen County2
- Labette County2
- Montgomery County2
- Neosho County2
- Wilson County2
- Bourbon County1
- Woodson County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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.