Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings / 2026
Red Flag Warnings in Texas, May 2026
17 red flag warnings in May 2026. 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 in May 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 17
- Busiest day
- May 16, 20266 red flag warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 1:00 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | OUN | Hardeman | 33 hr |
| May 13, 2:00 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hansford, Hemphill, Lipscomb and 3 more | 31 hr |
| May 14, 12:56 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | OUN | Foard, Hardeman, Wilbarger | 32 hr |
| May 14, 11:44 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 21 hr |
| May 14, 11:49 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 16 more | 21 hr |
| May 15, 2:23 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | OUN | Hardeman | 31 hr |
| May 15, 10:32 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 16 more | 22 hr |
| May 16, 12:21 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 22 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, 11:45 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | Culberson, Dawson, Gaines | 33 hr |
| May 16, 12:08 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Dickens and 14 more | 33 hr |
| May 16, 12:14 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | El Paso | 60 hr |
| May 17, 10:56 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 37 hr |
| May 17, 11:07 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 16 more | 35 hr |
| May 17, 1:03 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | El Paso | 32 hr |
| May 17, 1:45 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | Andrews, Culberson, Dawson, Gaines, Loving, Winkler | 31 hr |
| May 18, 1:24 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | OUN | Foard, Hardeman | 20 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Collingsworth County5
- Donley County5
- Gray County5
- Hansford County5
- Hemphill County5
- Lipscomb County5
- Ochiltree County5
- Roberts County5
- Wheeler County5
- Hardeman County4
- Armstrong County4
- Carson County4
- Dallam County4
- Deaf Smith County4
- Hartley County4
- Hutchinson County4
- Moore County4
- Oldham County4
- Potter County4
- Randall County4
- Sherman County4
- Bailey County4
- Briscoe County4
- Castro County4
- Cochran County4
- Crosby County4
- Dickens County4
- Floyd County4
- Garza County4
- Hale County4
- Hall County4
- Hockley County4
- Kent County4
- Lamb County4
- Lubbock County4
- Lynn County4
- Motley County4
- Parmer County4
- Swisher County4
- Terry County4
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.