Red Flag Warnings in Alabama
787 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
- 787
- Busiest year
- 2010145 red flag warnings
- Average year
- 46over 17 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.
- Henry County245
- Dale County244
- Coffee County243
- Geneva County242
- Houston County242
- Russell County201
- Bullock County200
- Macon County200
- Barbour County198
- Lee County198
- Pike County197
- Montgomery County196
- Chambers County195
- Tallapoosa County195
- Elmore County193
- Coosa County191
- Autauga County186
- Lowndes County186
- Talladega County184
- Chilton County183
- Clay County183
- Randolph County182
- Shelby County181
- Jefferson County173
- Butler County172
- Crenshaw County172
- St. Clair County172
- Bibb County171
- Covington County170
- Dallas County170
- Calhoun County169
- Cleburne County169
- Perry County169
- Tuscaloosa County167
- Conecuh County166
- Escambia County163
- Hale County163
- Blount County162
- Cherokee County160
- Etowah County160
27 more counties
- Marengo County160
- Greene County159
- Pickens County158
- Sumter County158
- Wilcox County153
- Monroe County151
- Walker County145
- Clarke County143
- Fayette County140
- Marion County138
- Choctaw County138
- Lamar County137
- Winston County136
- Washington County127
- Madison County122
- Cullman County121
- Marshall County121
- Morgan County121
- DeKalb County120
- Jackson County119
- Lawrence County116
- Limestone County115
- Colbert County114
- Lauderdale County114
- Franklin County114
- Baldwin County18
- Mobile County18
The latest red flag warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 9:56 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 20, 12:39 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 18 hr |
| Apr 11, 10:01 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BMX | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah and 7 more | 21 hr |
| Apr 11, 9:45 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | HUN | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 6 more | 21 hr |
| Mar 27, 1:05 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 30 hr |
| Mar 27, 11:33 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | HUN | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 6 more | 31 hr |
| Mar 27, 11:30 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more | 32 hr |
| Mar 27, 10:58 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 32 more | 32 hr |
| Feb 23, 9:28 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton and 21 more | 9 hr |
| Feb 23, 12:03 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 18 hr |
| Feb 22, 11:21 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more | 31 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.