Alert archive / California / Red Flag Warnings / 2008
Red Flag Warnings in California, May 2008
15 red flag warnings in May 2008. 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 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 15
- Busiest day
- May 20, 20084 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, Pacific Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2:47 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 16 hr |
| May 1, 4:55 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PSR | Imperial, Riverside | 13 hr |
| May 12, 5:53 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PSR | Imperial, Riverside | 15 hr |
| May 12, 2:43 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PSR | Imperial, Riverside | 26 hr |
| May 12, 3:57 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 26 hr |
| May 13, 3:52 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | STO | 68 hr | |
| May 14, 3:43 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 28 hr |
| May 15, 3:07 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino | 15 hr |
| May 15, 3:46 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PSR | Imperial, Riverside | 15 hr |
| May 19, 3:16 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | VEF | Inyo, San Bernardino, Tulare | 35 hr |
| May 20, 3:01 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PSR | Imperial, Riverside, San Bernardino | 20 hr |
| May 20, 3:55 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 17 hr |
| May 20, 2:49 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | VEF | Inyo, San Bernardino, Tulare | 29 hr |
| May 20, 3:01 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PSR | Imperial, Riverside, San Bernardino | 30 hr |
| May 21, 3:31 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego | 14 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
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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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.