Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings
Red Flag Warnings in Florida, 2017
64 red flag warnings in 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 64
- Busiest month
- May34 red flag warnings
- Busiest day
- April 7, 20174 red flag warnings
Over time
By month
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 3:16 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | JAX | Baker, Bradford, Gilchrist, Nassau, Union | 15 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:56 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Hernando, Hillsborough, Polk, Sumter | 13 hr |
| Mar 3, 4:14 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Lake | 14 hr |
| Mar 6, 1:36 PM EST | Red Flag Warning | MFL | Broward, Collier, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach | 10 hr |
| Mar 10, 12:36 PM EST | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Orange, Osceola, Seminole | 5 hr |
| Mar 16, 4:05 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Hernando, Lee, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota | 16 hr |
| Mar 17, 4:18 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Hernando, Lee, Pinellas | 14 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:51 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough, Manatee and 2 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 19, 4:36 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Orange, Osceola, Seminole | 14 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:58 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Hernando, Levy | 15 hr |
| Mar 20, 9:12 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Seminole | 10 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:34 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Lee | 15 hr |
| Mar 29, 4:13 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MFL | 15 hr | |
| Mar 30, 4:08 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MFL | 16 hr | |
| Apr 6, 3:55 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 14 hr |
| Apr 6, 4:18 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MFL | Broward, Collier, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach | 4 days |
| Apr 6, 6:11 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 26 hr |
| Apr 6, 8:36 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands and 9 more | 23 hr |
| Apr 7, 2:47 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | JAX | Baker, Bradford, Duval, Flagler, Gilchrist, Nassau and 2 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:09 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 7, 5:39 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Hernando, Highlands, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas and 1 more | 26 hr |
| Apr 7, 8:11 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 24 hr |
| Apr 8, 5:36 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Hernando, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas | 26 hr |
| Apr 9, 4:30 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 15 hr |
| Apr 11, 12:05 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MFL | 8 hr | |
| Apr 20, 3:45 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MFL | Collier | 28 hr |
| Apr 20, 7:34 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Hernando, Manatee, Polk | 24 hr |
| Apr 25, 2:27 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MFL | 18 hr | |
| Apr 26, 10:08 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole | 10 hr |
| Apr 28, 9:51 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MFL | 9 hr | |
| May 2, 4:52 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Levy | 15 hr |
| May 3, 4:59 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Hernando, Levy, Polk | 15 hr |
| May 6, 3:23 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | JAX | Baker, Bradford, Duval, Flagler, Gilchrist, Nassau and 2 more | 16 hr |
| May 6, 3:45 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MFL | 16 hr | |
| May 6, 3:54 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Citrus, Levy, Polk, Sumter | 15 hr |
| May 6, 4:40 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 15 hr |
| May 7, 3:21 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade, Monroe | 16 hr |
| May 7, 3:25 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Highlands, Levy, Polk, Sumter | 17 hr |
| May 7, 4:00 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole | 16 hr |
| May 7, 4:16 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | JAX | 15 hr | |
| May 8, 3:10 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade, Monroe | 16 hr |
| May 8, 3:31 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Citrus, Hernando, Highlands, Lee, Levy and 3 more | 16 hr |
| May 8, 5:11 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 14 hr |
| May 8, 8:16 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Citrus, Hernando, Highlands, Lee, Levy and 3 more | 24 hr |
| May 9, 3:35 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MFL | Broward | 4 days |
| May 9, 4:02 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 16 hr |
| May 10, 2:59 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands and 8 more | 17 hr |
| May 10, 5:13 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 15 hr |
| May 10, 2:34 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands and 8 more | 29 hr |
| May 10, 6:18 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 26 hr |
| May 11, 3:56 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | JAX | Gilchrist, Suwannee | 16 hr |
| May 11, 2:41 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Polk, Sumter | 29 hr |
| May 12, 3:00 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | JAX | Baker, Bradford, Duval, Flagler, Nassau, Union | 17 hr |
| May 12, 3:48 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 16 hr |
| May 12, 3:22 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole | 23 hr |
| May 16, 4:32 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Levy | 15 hr |
| May 18, 3:06 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Levy | 16 hr |
| May 26, 4:36 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Orange, Seminole | 15 hr |
| May 26, 5:44 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Highlands, Polk | 25 hr |
| May 27, 3:55 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MFL | 16 hr | |
| May 27, 4:23 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Orange, Seminole | 16 hr |
| May 28, 3:51 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MFL | 15 hr | |
| May 28, 4:40 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Orange, Osceola, Seminole | 10 hr |
| May 29, 3:55 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MFL | 16 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Seminole County19
- Orange County18
- Osceola County16
- Polk County15
- Hernando County13
- Lake County13
- Levy County12
- Lee County10
- Highlands County10
- Volusia County10
- Sumter County9
- Manatee County9
- Charlotte County7
- Citrus County6
- Hillsborough County5
- Pinellas County5
- Sarasota County5
- DeSoto County5
- Hardee County5
- Okeechobee County5
- Baker County4
- Bradford County4
- Gilchrist County4
- Nassau County4
- Union County4
- Miami-Dade County4
- Monroe County4
- Broward County3
- Collier County3
- Pasco County3
- Duval County3
- Flagler County3
- Suwannee County3
- Palm Beach County2
- Bay County1
- Calhoun County1
- Dixie County1
- Franklin County1
- Gadsden County1
- Gulf County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.