Alert archive / Red Flag Warnings
Red Flag Warnings in the United States, 2013
885 red flag warnings in 2013. Each alert counts once, however many counties it covered. The archive of red flag warnings reaches back to 2005.
Red Flag Warnings by state
Each state shaded by its count. Tap a state for its own archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 885
- Busiest month
- March147 red flag warnings
- Busiest day
- May 14, 201313 red flag warnings
Over time
By month
By state
Every state and territory, with the alerts that covered any part of it. Each state’s page lists every one of them.
- Texas148
- New Mexico110
- Colorado98
- Florida97
- California84
- Arizona59
- Kansas53
- Idaho51
- Oregon44
- Nevada43
- Alabama43
- Alaska39
- Utah29
- Washington28
- Nebraska23
- Montana22
- Oklahoma20
- Wyoming19
- South Dakota10
- Minnesota8
- Pennsylvania8
- Connecticut8
- Virginia7
- Kentucky7
- Hawaii6
- North Dakota6
- New York6
- Iowa6
- New Jersey5
- Maryland5
- Mississippi4
- Georgia4
- South Carolina3
- West Virginia3
- District of Columbia3
- Ohio2
- New Hampshire2
- Delaware2
- Michigan1
- Massachusetts1
3 more states
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.