Red Flag Warnings in Florida
3,213 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
- 3,213
- Busiest year
- 2010577 red flag warnings
- Average year
- 153over 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.
- Walton County805
- Leon County713
- Gadsden County670
- Jackson County670
- Washington County643
- Holmes County641
- Wakulla County638
- Calhoun County635
- Jefferson County630
- Madison County612
- Taylor County570
- Lafayette County567
- Bay County553
- Suwannee County536
- Dixie County512
- Baker County466
- Gilchrist County463
- Union County453
- Gulf County443
- Bradford County429
- Franklin County418
- Polk County410
- Nassau County391
- Orange County389
- Seminole County381
- Lake County373
- Sumter County370
- Osceola County352
- Volusia County342
- Highlands County314
- DeSoto County312
- Hardee County312
- Flagler County277
- Okeechobee County214
- Collier County194
- Broward County183
- Pinellas County180
- Miami-Dade County158
- Monroe County139
- Palm Beach County122
27 more counties
- Lee County50
- Charlotte County45
- Manatee County37
- Hernando County33
- Sarasota County30
- Hillsborough County29
- Okaloosa County26
- Santa Rosa County25
- Citrus County24
- Levy County24
- Escambia County23
- Pasco County20
- Duval County18
- Brevard County15
- Indian River County12
- Saint Lucie County12
- Martin County10
- Putnam County10
- Glades County9
- Hendry County9
- Clay County9
- Marion County9
- Alachua County7
- Liberty County7
- Columbia County6
- Hamilton County5
- Saint Johns County5
The latest red flag warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 8:20 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | JAX | Clay, Duval, Flagler, Marion, Nassau, Putnam and 1 more | 22 hr |
| May 6, 8:19 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Brevard, Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 24 hr |
| May 2, 1:41 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MFL | Broward, Glades, Hendry, Palm Beach | 17 hr |
| May 2, 1:25 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Brevard, Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, Osceola, Saint Lucie | 17 hr |
| Apr 21, 10:27 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MFL | Collier, Glades, Hendry | 10 hr |
| Apr 20, 2:53 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | JAX | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 5 more | 29 hr |
| Apr 20, 2:42 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 29 hr |
| Apr 20, 1:56 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands and 9 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 20, 10:56 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 8 hr |
| Apr 20, 2:30 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Levy | 18 hr |
| Apr 20, 1:39 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 11 more | 18 hr |
| Apr 20, 12:38 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | JAX | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 7 more | 19 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.