Red Flag Warnings in Texas
3,678 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
- 3,678
- Busiest year
- 2011470 red flag warnings
- Average year
- 175over 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.
- Deaf Smith County482
- Oldham County481
- Hartley County457
- Dallam County454
- Potter County442
- Randall County439
- Moore County394
- Bailey County388
- Loving County383
- Sherman County381
- Lamb County377
- Parmer County375
- Armstrong County372
- Cochran County372
- Carson County370
- Castro County369
- El Paso County367
- Hockley County361
- Yoakum County352
- Hudspeth County348
- Gaines County342
- Terry County338
- Swisher County337
- Winkler County337
- Hale County336
- Hutchinson County336
- Lubbock County332
- Andrews County331
- Hansford County331
- Ward County322
- Hardeman County312
- Foard County304
- Lynn County304
- Floyd County299
- Knox County296
- Dawson County295
- Crosby County289
- Briscoe County288
- Ector County283
- Pecos County281
214 more counties
- Donley County278
- Gray County278
- Midland County276
- Wilbarger County276
- Martin County273
- Baylor County266
- Ochiltree County265
- Garza County262
- Roberts County260
- Crane County257
- Borden County247
- Collingsworth County242
- Motley County241
- Howard County239
- Wheeler County239
- Nolan County234
- Hemphill County233
- Upton County232
- Hall County231
- Dickens County230
- Fisher County230
- Lipscomb County230
- Val Verde County224
- Jones County221
- Scurry County219
- Sterling County216
- Haskell County215
- Kinney County215
- Coke County213
- Mitchell County212
- Glasscock County211
- Wichita County209
- Taylor County208
- Archer County205
- Maverick County203
- Edwards County201
- Reagan County198
- Cottle County196
- Kent County195
- Irion County194
- Childress County193
- Tom Green County191
- Uvalde County187
- King County184
- Zavala County184
- Dimmit County181
- Throckmorton County177
- Real County175
- Webb County174
- Runnels County172
- Stonewall County171
- Crockett County168
- Culberson County167
- Brooks County166
- Clay County166
- Medina County166
- Shackelford County166
- Frio County165
- Hidalgo County165
- La Salle County165
- Bandera County161
- Callahan County161
- Kerr County160
- Starr County159
- Duval County157
- Jim Wells County156
- Gillespie County154
- Jim Hogg County154
- Kleberg County152
- Nueces County152
- Kendall County149
- McMullen County149
- Llano County148
- Kenedy County145
- San Patricio County145
- Terrell County144
- Blanco County143
- Cameron County143
- Willacy County143
- Live Oak County141
- Zapata County141
- Bexar County139
- Burnet County138
- Atascosa County137
- Stephens County133
- Eastland County132
- Schleicher County132
- Reeves County132
- Concho County131
- Palo Pinto County131
- Comal County130
- Young County130
- Jack County129
- Hays County126
- Bee County125
- Brewster County125
- Jeff Davis County123
- Coleman County122
- Comanche County121
- Travis County121
- Erath County119
- Williamson County118
- Presidio County118
- Refugio County117
- Sutton County117
- Aransas County111
- Mills County111
- Guadalupe County110
- Montague County109
- Goliad County108
- Victoria County107
- Wilson County107
- Calhoun County105
- Hamilton County103
- Parker County103
- Brown County102
- Hood County102
- Wise County102
- Somervell County101
- Caldwell County96
- Lampasas County95
- McCulloch County93
- Washington County93
- Bastrop County92
- Burleson County92
- Karnes County92
- Brazos County91
- Coryell County91
- Menard County91
- Grimes County88
- Colorado County87
- Madison County87
- Austin County85
- Gonzales County85
- Bosque County84
- Bell County79
- Kimble County79
- Waller County79
- Jackson County78
- Lee County78
- Cooke County77
- DeWitt County77
- Wharton County76
- Mason County74
- San Saba County74
- Matagorda County73
- Walker County73
- Fayette County72
- Fort Bend County69
- Lavaca County69
- McLennan County69
- Tarrant County69
- Johnson County68
- Montgomery County68
- Brazoria County66
- Harris County66
- Denton County65
- Houston County65
- Hill County62
- Galveston County60
- Trinity County60
- San Jacinto County59
- Polk County57
- Chambers County55
- Liberty County54
- Falls County52
- Dallas County51
- Milam County50
- Ellis County48
- Grayson County40
- Collin County38
- Limestone County34
- Navarro County34
- Robertson County33
- Freestone County31
- Leon County31
- Rockwall County29
- Kaufman County27
- Anderson County26
- Henderson County26
- Fannin County24
- Van Zandt County24
- Hunt County23
- Hopkins County22
- Jasper County22
- Newton County22
- Delta County21
- Lamar County21
- Rains County21
- Hardin County21
- Tyler County21
- Orange County19
- Smith County15
- Jefferson County15
- Cherokee County14
- Gregg County14
- Upshur County14
- Wood County14
- Harrison County13
- Nacogdoches County13
- Panola County13
- Rusk County13
- Shelby County13
- Marion County12
- Angelina County11
- Camp County11
- Cass County11
- Franklin County11
- Morris County11
- Sabine County11
- San Augustine County11
- Titus County11
- Bowie County10
- Red River County10
The latest red flag warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 2:29 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | OUN | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 13, 1:13 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hemphill, Lipscomb and 3 more | 19 hr |
| May 18, 1:24 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | OUN | Foard, Hardeman | 20 hr |
| May 17, 1:45 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | Andrews, Culberson, Dawson, Gaines, Loving, Winkler | 31 hr |
| May 17, 1:03 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | El Paso | 32 hr |
| May 17, 11:07 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 16 more | 35 hr |
| May 17, 10:56 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 37 hr |
| May 16, 12:14 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | El Paso | 60 hr |
| May 16, 12:08 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Dickens and 14 more | 33 hr |
| May 16, 11:45 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | Culberson, Dawson, Gaines | 33 hr |
| May 16, 11:30 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 34 hr |
| May 16, 12:21 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 22 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.