Alert archive / Red Flag Warnings

Red Flag Warnings in the United States, 2024

1,014 red flag warnings in 2024. 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.

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Red Flag Warnings
1,014
Busiest month
October157 red flag warnings
Busiest day
October 15, 202421 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.

7 more states

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. October 15, 202421red flag warnings
  2. October 16, 202420red flag warnings
  3. February 25, 202420red flag warnings
  4. April 5, 202419red flag warnings
  5. February 26, 202418red flag warnings
  6. October 4, 202417red flag warnings
  7. October 3, 202416red flag warnings
  8. March 1, 202414red flag warnings
  9. March 3, 202414red flag warnings
  10. September 1, 202414red flag warnings
  11. July 24, 202413red flag warnings
  12. October 1, 202412red flag warnings
  13. July 13, 202412red flag warnings
  14. September 29, 202412red flag warnings
  15. October 27, 202411red 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.