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Red Flag Warnings in Washington, 2016

31 red flag warnings in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.

Red Flag Warnings
31
Busiest month
August17 red flag warnings
Busiest day
August 17, 20164 red flag warnings

Over time

By month

The alerts

Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Pacific Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 1:48 PM PDTRed Flag WarningPDT31 hr
Jun 7, 2:46 PM PDTRed Flag WarningPDT25 hr
Jun 13, 9:09 AM PDTRed Flag WarningPDT11 hr
Jun 29, 8:55 AM PDTRed Flag WarningPDT11 hr
Jun 30, 2:26 AM PDTRed Flag WarningOTX19 hr
Jun 30, 8:55 AM PDTRed Flag WarningPDT12 hr
Jul 2, 1:28 PM PDTRed Flag WarningOTX32 hr
Jul 2, 1:28 PM PDTRed Flag WarningPDT56 hr
Jul 21, 2:25 PM PDTRed Flag WarningPDT18 hr
Jul 28, 3:59 PM PDTRed Flag WarningPDT53 hr
Jul 29, 3:01 PM PDTRed Flag WarningOTX30 hr
Aug 1, 2:37 PM PDTRed Flag WarningPDT29 hr
Aug 1, 2:44 PM PDTRed Flag WarningOTX29 hr
Aug 5, 9:09 AM PDTRed Flag WarningPDT51 hr
Aug 13, 8:14 AM PDTRed Flag WarningPDT38 hr
Aug 17, 1:40 PM PDTRed Flag WarningPDT55 hr
Aug 17, 2:21 PM PDTRed Flag WarningOTX33 hr
Aug 17, 2:37 PM PDTRed Flag WarningSEWClallam, Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap and 9 more3 days
Aug 17, 2:40 PM PDTRed Flag WarningPQR3 days
Aug 19, 9:01 AM PDTRed Flag WarningSEW37 hr
Aug 19, 2:35 PM PDTRed Flag WarningOTX31 hr
Aug 20, 2:19 PM PDTRed Flag WarningPDT33 hr
Aug 20, 2:22 PM PDTRed Flag WarningOTX36 hr
Aug 24, 2:39 PM PDTRed Flag WarningSEWClallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Lewis and 3 more31 hr
Aug 24, 2:46 PM PDTRed Flag WarningPQR30 hr
Aug 25, 2:41 PM PDTRed Flag WarningPQR30 hr
Aug 26, 11:32 AM PDTRed Flag WarningPDT33 hr
Aug 26, 12:09 PM PDTRed Flag WarningOTX32 hr
Sep 10, 3:06 PM PDTRed Flag WarningOTX30 hr
Sep 11, 2:49 PM PDTRed Flag WarningOTX28 hr
Sep 11, 2:55 PM PDTRed Flag WarningPDT28 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. August 17, 20164red flag warnings
  2. June 30, 20162red flag warnings
  3. July 2, 20162red flag warnings
  4. August 1, 20162red flag warnings
  5. August 19, 20162red flag warnings
  6. August 20, 20162red flag warnings
  7. August 24, 20162red flag warnings
  8. August 26, 20162red flag warnings
  9. September 11, 20162red flag warnings
  10. May 31, 20161red flag warnings
  11. June 7, 20161red flag warnings
  12. June 13, 20161red flag warnings

Nearby

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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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.