Red Flag Warnings in Oregon
1,018 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
- 1,018
- Busiest year
- 201782 red flag warnings
- Average year
- 48over 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.
- Lake County365
- Klamath County359
- Harney County279
- Jackson County225
- Douglas County191
- Josephine County183
- Curry County136
- Lane County134
- Coos County91
- Wheeler County29
- Malheur County27
- Morrow County25
- Umatilla County25
- Baker County24
- Jefferson County24
- Wasco County21
- Deschutes County19
- Gilliam County19
- Sherman County19
- Crook County18
- Grant County15
- Hood River County12
- Linn County12
- Marion County9
- Union County8
- Clackamas County6
- Multnomah County6
- Wallowa County6
- Benton County5
- Polk County3
- Yamhill County3
- Washington County2
- Lincoln County1
The latest red flag warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 3:31 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | BOI | Baker, Harney, Lake, Malheur | 16 hr |
| Aug 30, 12:56 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | MFR | Klamath, Lake | 31 hr |
| Aug 26, 10:12 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | MFR | Harney, Klamath, Lake | 34 hr |
| Aug 26, 10:02 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | BOI | Harney, Lake, Malheur | 34 hr |
| Aug 25, 12:48 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | MFR | Harney, Klamath, Lake | 31 hr |
| Aug 24, 3:40 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | BOI | Harney, Lake, Malheur | 16 hr |
| Aug 23, 11:59 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | MFR | Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath | 32 hr |
| Aug 21, 4:20 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | BOI | Harney, Lake, Malheur | 31 hr |
| Aug 21, 11:57 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PDT | Crook, Deschutes, Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Jefferson and 8 more | 34 hr |
| Aug 21, 9:30 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | MFR | Harney, Klamath, Lake | 36 hr |
| Aug 20, 9:28 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | MFR | Klamath, Lake | 35 hr |
| Aug 17, 8:16 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PDT | Gilliam, Hood River, Jefferson, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla and 2 more | 38 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.