Alert archive / Red Flag Warnings

Red Flag Warnings in the United States, 2026

1,172 red flag warnings in 2026. Each alert counts once, however many counties it covered. The last few weeks are still filling in as offices finish their follow-ups. 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
1,172
Busiest month
March222 red flag warnings
Busiest day
March 27, 202637 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. March 27, 202637red flag warnings
  2. February 18, 202623red flag warnings
  3. April 22, 202619red flag warnings
  4. May 15, 202619red flag warnings
  5. March 11, 202618red flag warnings
  6. April 12, 202618red flag warnings
  7. April 20, 202618red flag warnings
  8. March 20, 202617red flag warnings
  9. May 16, 202616red flag warnings
  10. April 21, 202615red flag warnings
  11. May 13, 202615red flag warnings
  12. March 26, 202614red flag warnings
  13. April 16, 202614red flag warnings
  14. February 16, 202613red flag warnings
  15. April 15, 202613red 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.