Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings
Red Flag Warnings in Florida, 2018
35 red flag warnings in 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 35
- Busiest month
- March32 red flag warnings
- Busiest day
- March 8, 20185 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 2, 8:29 PM EST | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Pinellas | 24 hr |
| Mar 3, 5:15 PM EST | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough, Lee and 4 more | 26 hr |
| Mar 5, 2:41 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Charlotte | 16 hr |
| Mar 7, 2:54 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | JAX | Baker, Bradford, Duval, Flagler, Gilchrist, Nassau and 2 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 7, 10:41 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 8 hr |
| Mar 7, 11:23 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Highlands, Pinellas, Polk, Sumter | 8 hr |
| Mar 8, 2:15 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | JAX | Baker, Bradford, Duval, Flagler, Gilchrist, Nassau and 2 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 8, 2:42 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | MFL | Broward, Palm Beach | 16 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:14 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands and 8 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 8, 4:07 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 15 hr |
| Mar 8, 8:13 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Bay, Dixie, Gadsden, Lafayette, Leon, Wakulla and 2 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 9, 2:48 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Polk | 16 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:01 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Orange, Osceola, Seminole | 16 hr |
| Mar 13, 6:41 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Orange, Seminole | 13 hr |
| Mar 14, 2:56 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | JAX | Baker, Bradford, Duval, Flagler, Gilchrist, Nassau and 2 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:27 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 17 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:37 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Polk | 17 hr |
| Mar 14, 8:48 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Lee, Pinellas, Polk | 24 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:40 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 16 hr |
| Mar 15, 8:56 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Lee, Pinellas, Polk | 24 hr |
| Mar 16, 3:50 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Orange, Osceola, Seminole | 16 hr |
| Mar 16, 2:17 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Polk | 30 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:32 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Orange, Seminole | 16 hr |
| Mar 21, 2:58 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Okeechobee, Osceola | 16 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:42 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach | 15 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:51 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Highlands, Lee, Polk | 15 hr |
| Mar 22, 2:17 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Orange, Osceola, Seminole | 18 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:18 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Lee, Pinellas, Polk | 17 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:01 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Highlands, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Polk | 30 hr |
| Mar 23, 4:36 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole | 15 hr |
| Mar 23, 5:31 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Polk | 26 hr |
| Mar 24, 5:01 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Orange, Osceola, Seminole | 14 hr |
| Apr 16, 11:38 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Orange, Osceola, Seminole | 8 hr |
| May 8, 12:05 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Lee, Sarasota | 6 hr |
| Dec 5, 1:44 PM EST | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Charlotte County13
- Polk County13
- Orange County12
- Seminole County12
- Osceola County11
- Pinellas County10
- Lee County10
- Manatee County6
- Highlands County5
- Sarasota County4
- Okeechobee County4
- Volusia County4
- DeSoto County3
- Hillsborough County3
- Baker County3
- Bradford County3
- Duval County3
- Flagler County3
- Gilchrist County3
- Nassau County3
- Suwannee County3
- Union County3
- Lake County3
- Hardee County2
- Citrus County2
- Hernando County2
- Sumter County2
- Broward County2
- Palm Beach County2
- Levy County1
- Pasco County1
- Bay County1
- Dixie County1
- Gadsden County1
- Lafayette County1
- Leon County1
- Wakulla County1
- Walton County1
- Washington County1
- Miami-Dade 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.