Alert archive / Florida / Red Flag Warnings
Red Flag Warnings in Florida, 2020
14 red flag warnings in 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 14
- Busiest month
- May10 red flag warnings
- Busiest day
- May 7, 20203 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 1:40 PM EST | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Hernando, Hillsborough, Polk | 5 hr |
| Feb 29, 4:25 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Orange, Seminole, Volusia | 15 hr |
| Mar 7, 4:24 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Polk and 1 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 7, 8:59 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange, Osceola | 9 hr |
| May 5, 2:21 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 7 more | 30 hr |
| May 5, 3:03 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 32 hr |
| May 7, 3:00 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MFL | Broward, Collier, Miami-Dade, Monroe | 17 hr |
| May 7, 3:51 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 16 hr |
| May 7, 4:45 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough, Lee and 4 more | 15 hr |
| May 11, 8:54 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 7 more | 11 hr |
| May 11, 9:38 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 10 hr |
| May 12, 3:39 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Lee, Manatee, Polk and 1 more | 14 hr |
| May 12, 3:51 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia | 15 hr |
| May 19, 3:33 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Polk | 3 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Polk County5
- Orange County4
- Hillsborough County3
- Seminole County3
- Volusia County3
- Charlotte County3
- Lee County3
- Manatee County3
- Sarasota County3
- Pinellas County2
- Lake County2
- Osceola County2
- Bay County2
- Calhoun County2
- Franklin County2
- Gadsden County2
- Gulf County2
- Holmes County2
- Jackson County2
- Jefferson County2
- Leon County2
- Wakulla County2
- Walton County2
- Washington County2
- Escambia County2
- Okaloosa County2
- Santa Rosa County2
- DeSoto County2
- Hardee County2
- Hernando County1
- Taylor County1
- Broward County1
- Collier County1
- Miami-Dade County1
- Monroe County1
- Okeechobee County1
- Highlands County1
- Madison County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.