Red Flag Warnings in Nebraska
1,481 red flag warnings since 1986. 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 since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 1,481
- Busiest year
- 2012212 red flag warnings
- Average year
- 71over 21 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lincoln County313
- Cherry County308
- Arthur County283
- Deuel County283
- Garden County283
- Grant County283
- Keith County283
- Sheridan County283
- Dundy County264
- Chase County250
- Hayes County250
- Perkins County250
- Furnas County226
- Brown County225
- Holt County225
- Rock County225
- Blaine County215
- Hooker County215
- Logan County215
- McPherson County215
- Thomas County215
- Hitchcock County213
- Gosper County211
- Harlan County205
- Frontier County203
- Red Willow County202
- Dawson County195
- Phelps County188
- Custer County181
- Garfield County181
- Loup County181
- Wheeler County181
- Franklin County180
- Boyd County164
- Keya Paha County164
- Buffalo County164
- Sherman County158
- Valley County158
- Kearney County157
- Hall County152
53 more counties
- Greeley County148
- Webster County146
- Adams County144
- Howard County141
- Nuckolls County132
- Clay County127
- Hamilton County126
- Thayer County126
- Merrick County120
- Nance County119
- Boone County118
- Antelope County118
- Fillmore County116
- York County113
- Pierce County113
- Knox County111
- Polk County110
- Madison County110
- Jefferson County109
- Saline County109
- Platte County105
- Seward County104
- Cedar County103
- Wayne County102
- Gage County100
- Stanton County99
- Lancaster County98
- Butler County97
- Cuming County91
- Colfax County88
- Saunders County86
- Thurston County84
- Dodge County83
- Sioux County82
- Burt County80
- Banner County80
- Cheyenne County80
- Pawnee County79
- Johnson County78
- Morrill County77
- Kimball County74
- Scotts Bluff County74
- Richardson County73
- Cass County71
- Dawes County71
- Nemaha County69
- Otoe County68
- Washington County66
- Box Butte County66
- Sarpy County62
- Douglas County61
- Dixon County59
- Dakota County55
The latest red flag warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 1:57 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | CYS | Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Morrill, Scotts Bluff and 1 more | 31 hr |
| Sep 10, 1:32 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LBF | Arthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Deuel and 12 more | 30 hr |
| Sep 10, 1:12 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | CYS | Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Kimball, Morrill and 2 more | 31 hr |
| Sep 3, 1:14 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LBF | Arthur, Cherry, Deuel, Garden, Grant, Keith and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 2, 12:51 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | CYS | Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Kimball, Morrill and 2 more | 33 hr |
| Aug 2, 12:20 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LBF | Arthur, Cherry, Deuel, Garden, Grant, Keith and 1 more | 34 hr |
| Aug 1, 1:04 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | CYS | Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Kimball, Morrill and 2 more | 57 hr |
| Aug 1, 12:43 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LBF | Arthur, Chase, Cherry, Deuel, Garden, Grant and 5 more | 34 hr |
| Jul 11, 2:33 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | CYS | Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Kimball, Morrill and 2 more | 5 days |
| Jun 30, 1:07 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | CYS | Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Kimball, Morrill and 2 more | 19 hr |
| Jun 29, 4:22 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | CYS | Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Kimball, Morrill and 2 more | 18 hr |
| Jun 16, 10:41 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LBF | Arthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Cherry and 20 more | 22 hr |
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.