Alert archive / Red Flag Warnings

Red Flag Warnings in the United States, 2019

525 red flag warnings in 2019. 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.

AKMEVTNHWAIDMTNDMNILWIMINYRIMAORNVWYSDIAINOHPANJCTCAUTCONEMOKYWVVAMDDEAZNMKSARTNNCSCDCOKLAMSALGAHITXFLPR
Red Flag Warnings
525
Busiest month
October103 red flag warnings
Busiest day
October 8, 201913 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.

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. October 8, 201913red flag warnings
  2. August 27, 201912red flag warnings
  3. April 10, 201911red flag warnings
  4. October 16, 20199red flag warnings
  5. October 28, 20198red flag warnings
  6. April 9, 20198red flag warnings
  7. July 10, 20198red flag warnings
  8. August 8, 20198red flag warnings
  9. October 19, 20197red flag warnings
  10. April 3, 20197red flag warnings
  11. August 7, 20197red flag warnings
  12. April 8, 20196red flag warnings
  13. April 25, 20196red flag warnings
  14. July 18, 20196red flag warnings
  15. August 17, 20196red flag warnings

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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.