Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings / 2026
Red Flag Warnings in Kansas, May 2026
6 red flag warnings in May 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 May 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 6
- Busiest day
- May 13, 20262 red flag warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
- Phillips County3
- Rooks County3
- Clark County3
- Ford County3
- Grant County3
- Gray County3
- Haskell County3
- Meade County3
- Morton County3
- Seward County3
- Stanton County3
- Stevens County3
- Osborne County2
- Smith County2
- Comanche County2
- Edwards County1
- Ellis County1
- Finney County1
- Hamilton County1
- Hodgeman County1
- Kearny County1
- Kiowa County1
- Lane County1
- Ness County1
- Pawnee County1
- Rush County1
- Scott County1
- Trego County1
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.