Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings / 2008
Red Flag Warnings in Florida, May 2008
67 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
- 67
- Busiest day
- May 5, 20087 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, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 9:24 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | JAX | Baker, Bradford, Flagler, Gilchrist, Nassau, Suwannee and 1 more | 22 hr |
| May 1, 2:57 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Polk, Sumter | 16 hr |
| May 1, 4:14 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MFL | Collier | 15 hr |
| May 1, 4:33 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 14 hr |
| May 1, 2:32 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Dixie, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson and 6 more | 28 hr |
| May 1, 8:46 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | JAX | Baker, Bradford, Gilchrist, Suwannee, Union | 22 hr |
| May 2, 4:11 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Polk, Sumter | 15 hr |
| May 3, 4:03 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Polk | 3 hr |
| May 4, 4:58 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MOB | 10 hr | |
| May 4, 2:07 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | JAX | Baker, Bradford, Gilchrist, Nassau, Suwannee, Union | 29 hr |
| May 4, 3:14 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 30 hr |
| May 4, 3:17 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MOB | Walton | 29 hr |
| May 5, 3:30 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 16 hr |
| May 5, 3:46 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MFL | 9 hr | |
| May 5, 5:17 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Polk, Sumter | 14 hr |
| May 5, 2:10 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 29 hr |
| May 5, 2:15 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Polk, Sumter | 30 hr |
| May 5, 2:45 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 30 hr |
| May 5, 2:51 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | JAX | Baker, Bradford, Gilchrist, Suwannee, Union | 28 hr |
| May 6, 3:14 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 17 hr |
| May 6, 5:25 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MOB | Walton | 15 hr |
| May 7, 3:54 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Polk, Sumter | 15 hr |
| May 7, 4:10 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe | 14 hr |
| May 7, 4:19 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | JAX | Gilchrist, Suwannee | 15 hr |
| May 7, 4:36 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 14 hr |
| May 7, 4:47 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson and 8 more | 14 hr |
| May 7, 6:04 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MOB | 13 hr | |
| May 8, 4:31 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | JAX | Baker, Bradford, Gilchrist, Suwannee, Union | 14 hr |
| May 11, 2:43 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | JAX | Baker, Bradford, Flagler, Gilchrist, Nassau, Suwannee and 1 more | 40 hr |
| May 11, 1:21 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Polk, Sumter | 31 hr |
| May 11, 2:26 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 30 hr |
| May 11, 2:39 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 6 hr |
| May 11, 2:39 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 30 hr |
| May 11, 2:53 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MOB | Walton | 28 hr |
| May 11, 2:53 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MOB | Walton | 53 hr |
| May 12, 4:16 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 40 hr |
| May 12, 11:14 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MFL | 8 hr | |
| May 12, 1:37 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Pinellas, Polk, Sumter | 30 hr |
| May 12, 2:42 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MFL | Broward, Collier, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach | 29 hr |
| May 12, 2:52 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | JAX | Baker, Bradford, Flagler, Gilchrist, Nassau, Suwannee and 1 more | 28 hr |
| May 12, 3:17 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 28 hr |
| May 14, 3:38 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 15 hr |
| May 14, 3:41 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | JAX | Gilchrist | 14 hr |
| May 14, 5:31 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Polk, Sumter | 13 hr |
| May 14, 10:45 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MFL | Collier | 7 hr |
| May 16, 8:29 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon and 4 more | 18 hr |
| May 18, 9:13 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach | 9 hr |
| May 19, 4:07 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | JAX | Baker, Bradford, Gilchrist, Nassau, Suwannee, Union | 15 hr |
| May 20, 4:32 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | JAX | Baker, Bradford, Flagler, Gilchrist, Nassau, Suwannee and 1 more | 14 hr |
| May 20, 2:29 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Madison | 4 hr |
| May 20, 3:09 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MFL | Broward, Palm Beach | 3 hr |
| May 21, 3:31 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach | 14 hr |
| May 21, 11:40 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia | 7 hr |
| May 21, 2:02 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | JAX | 6 hr | |
| May 21, 3:53 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Sumter | 4 hr |
| May 25, 3:49 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette, Madison, Taylor | 15 hr |
| May 25, 5:10 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Pinellas, Polk, Sumter | 14 hr |
| May 25, 5:33 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | JAX | Gilchrist, Suwannee | 12 hr |
| May 25, 3:00 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Dixie, Gadsden, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette and 4 more | 13 hr |
| May 26, 3:34 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MFL | Collier | 15 hr |
| May 26, 9:28 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Polk | 10 hr |
| May 27, 3:42 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | 15 hr | |
| May 27, 4:01 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Dixie, Gadsden, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette and 4 more | 16 hr |
| May 28, 3:27 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | JAX | Gilchrist, Suwannee | 15 hr |
| May 28, 5:15 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Dixie, Jefferson, Lafayette, Madison, Taylor | 14 hr |
| May 28, 4:55 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | 3 hr | |
| May 29, 2:26 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Gilchrist County13
- Suwannee County12
- Madison County12
- DeSoto County11
- Hardee County11
- Highlands County11
- Polk County11
- Jefferson County11
- Lafayette County11
- Taylor County11
- Walton County11
- Sumter County10
- Calhoun County10
- Dixie County10
- Gadsden County10
- Jackson County10
- Leon County10
- Baker County9
- Bradford County9
- Union County9
- Wakulla County9
- Lake County8
- Orange County8
- Seminole County8
- Volusia County8
- Holmes County8
- Osceola County7
- Washington County7
- Nassau County6
- Bay County6
- Broward County6
- Okeechobee County5
- Miami-Dade County5
- Flagler County4
- Collier County4
- Franklin County4
- Gulf County4
- Palm Beach County4
- Monroe County2
- Pinellas County2
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Sources
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