Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings / 2009
Red Flag Warnings in Florida, May 2009
30 red flag warnings in May 2009. 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 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 30
- Busiest day
- May 10, 20094 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 3:38 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MFL | 15 hr | |
| May 2, 3:27 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MFL | 16 hr | |
| May 3, 3:26 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MFL | 16 hr | |
| May 4, 3:48 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MFL | 15 hr | |
| May 5, 3:18 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MFL | 16 hr | |
| May 6, 3:41 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MFL | 15 hr | |
| May 6, 2:46 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Polk | 5 hr |
| May 7, 2:48 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Polk | 17 hr |
| May 7, 2:58 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MFL | 16 hr | |
| May 7, 5:06 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola | 15 hr |
| May 8, 4:09 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Highlands, Polk | 16 hr |
| May 8, 4:22 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 16 hr |
| May 8, 4:55 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MFL | 15 hr | |
| May 9, 3:26 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MFL | 16 hr | |
| May 9, 3:55 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Highlands, Polk | 16 hr |
| May 9, 4:30 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 16 hr |
| May 10, 3:08 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | JAX | 15 hr | |
| May 10, 3:29 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MFL | Broward | 17 hr |
| May 10, 3:49 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Polk, Sumter | 16 hr |
| May 10, 4:02 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 16 hr |
| May 10, 8:25 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MFL | Broward | 24 hr |
| May 11, 4:28 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 16 hr |
| May 11, 5:05 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | JAX | 12 hr | |
| May 11, 5:11 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Polk, Sumter | 15 hr |
| May 18, 3:14 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 5 more | 28 hr |
| May 19, 7:11 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MOB | 13 hr | |
| May 30, 3:12 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson and 8 more | 28 hr |
| May 31, 4:53 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MOB | 11 hr | |
| May 31, 5:38 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | JAX | Baker, Suwannee, Union | 12 hr |
| May 31, 2:34 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson and 8 more | 28 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Highlands County6
- Polk County6
- Lake County5
- Okeechobee County5
- Orange County5
- Osceola County5
- DeSoto County4
- Hardee County4
- Seminole County4
- Volusia County4
- Bay County3
- Calhoun County3
- Gadsden County3
- Holmes County3
- Jackson County3
- Leon County3
- Wakulla County3
- Walton County3
- Washington County3
- Broward County2
- Sumter County2
- Dixie County2
- Jefferson County2
- Lafayette County2
- Madison County2
- Taylor County2
- Franklin County1
- Gulf County1
- Baker County1
- Suwannee County1
- Union County1
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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. Rebuilt daily.