Red Flag Warnings in Washington
639 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
- 639
- Busiest year
- 201548 red flag warnings
- Average year
- 30over 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.
- Skamania County103
- King County77
- Pierce County72
- Lewis County71
- Douglas County71
- Chelan County62
- Grant County60
- Okanogan County60
- Skagit County57
- Snohomish County57
- Whatcom County57
- Yakima County57
- Asotin County56
- Garfield County56
- Cowlitz County55
- Columbia County55
- Grays Harbor County50
- Adams County48
- Jefferson County46
- Mason County46
- Clallam County45
- Kittitas County43
- Klickitat County43
- Walla Walla County42
- Spokane County39
- Benton County37
- Franklin County37
- Lincoln County37
- Whitman County37
- Ferry County36
- Clark County34
- Stevens County29
- Thurston County28
- Pend Oreille County24
- Kitsap County20
- Island County8
- San Juan County8
The latest red flag warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 1:30 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | Douglas, Grant, Okanogan | 31 hr |
| Aug 22, 3:43 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | SEW | King, Lewis, Pierce, Skamania | 11 hr |
| Aug 21, 1:02 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Lewis, Mason and 5 more | 31 hr |
| Aug 21, 11:57 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PDT | Asotin, Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Garfield, Kittitas and 3 more | 34 hr |
| Aug 21, 10:55 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry and 8 more | 44 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:32 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | Asotin, Columbia, Garfield | 31 hr |
| Aug 14, 7:52 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | Asotin, Columbia, Garfield | 25 hr |
| Aug 14, 11:51 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PDT | Asotin, Columbia, Garfield, Walla Walla | 33 hr |
| Aug 14, 2:25 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Lewis, Mason and 5 more | 19 hr |
| Aug 13, 9:06 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PDT | Kittitas, Yakima | 24 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:38 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Lewis, Mason and 5 more | 17 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:11 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | Chelan, Okanogan | 19 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.