Red Flag Warnings in Oklahoma
1,043 red flag warnings since 1986. 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 since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 1,043
- Busiest year
- 2011110 red flag warnings
- Average year
- 50over 21 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cimarron County417
- Texas County351
- Harmon County316
- Beckham County315
- Roger Mills County312
- Ellis County309
- Greer County298
- Harper County298
- Jackson County298
- Woodward County295
- Woods County259
- Dewey County253
- Washita County253
- Custer County251
- Beaver County250
- Kiowa County250
- Tillman County241
- Major County219
- Comanche County194
- Alfalfa County192
- Cotton County176
- Blaine County173
- Caddo County172
- Pawnee County150
- Garfield County142
- Kingfisher County142
- Canadian County137
- Grant County132
- Noble County130
- Kay County127
- Grady County121
- Logan County121
- Creek County120
- Washington County119
- Stephens County118
- Oklahoma County114
- Jefferson County113
- Payne County112
- Nowata County110
- Tulsa County110
34 more counties
- Cleveland County100
- McClain County100
- Okfuskee County100
- Lincoln County99
- Rogers County98
- Okmulgee County94
- Craig County91
- Garvin County85
- Wagoner County82
- Pottawatomie County81
- Mayes County80
- Ottawa County75
- Carter County74
- Murray County71
- Love County68
- McIntosh County68
- Muskogee County68
- Delaware County62
- Seminole County61
- Pittsburg County60
- Pontotoc County56
- Cherokee County55
- Haskell County50
- Hughes County47
- Adair County46
- Latimer County46
- Johnston County38
- Marshall County37
- Pushmataha County36
- Coal County35
- Choctaw County32
- Atoka County27
- Bryan County27
- McCurtain County9
The latest red flag warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 2:29 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | OUN | Beckham, Caddo, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton and 17 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 13, 1:13 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | AMA | Beaver | 19 hr |
| Aug 13, 12:03 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | OUN | Beckham, Ellis, Harmon, Harper, Roger Mills, Woods and 1 more | 21 hr |
| Aug 9, 1:17 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Beckham, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Harper and 5 more | 20 hr |
| May 18, 1:24 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | OUN | Beckham, Ellis, Greer, Harmon, Harper, Roger Mills | 20 hr |
| May 17, 10:56 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | AMA | Beaver, Cimarron, Texas | 37 hr |
| May 16, 12:43 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | OUN | Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills, Woods, Woodward | 32 hr |
| May 16, 11:30 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | AMA | Beaver, Cimarron, Texas | 34 hr |
| May 16, 12:21 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | AMA | Beaver, Cimarron, Texas | 22 hr |
| May 15, 2:23 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | OUN | Beckham, Ellis, Greer, Harmon, Harper, Jackson and 4 more | 31 hr |
| May 14, 11:44 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | AMA | Beaver, Cimarron, Texas | 21 hr |
| May 14, 12:56 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | OUN | Beckham, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Greer, Harmon and 8 more | 32 hr |
Nearby
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.