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Red Flag Warnings in Washington, 2022

29 red flag warnings in 2022. 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 2022. Tap one for its archive.

Red Flag Warnings
29
Busiest month
September12 red flag warnings
Busiest day
July 13, 20222 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
Jul 13, 3:03 AM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXChelan, Douglas17 hr
Jul 13, 3:12 AM PDTRed Flag WarningPDTKittitas, Yakima17 hr
Jul 15, 3:11 AM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXChelan, Douglas, Grant, Okanogan17 hr
Jul 15, 3:21 AM PDTRed Flag WarningPDTBenton, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima17 hr
Jul 30, 2:41 PM PDTRed Flag WarningPDTBenton, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima4 days
Jul 31, 3:00 PM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXAdams, Asotin, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry and 8 more3 days
Aug 6, 6:18 AM PDTRed Flag WarningPQR33 hr
Aug 9, 2:17 PM PDTRed Flag WarningSEWClallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Skagit, Snohomish and 1 more36 hr
Aug 10, 2:50 AM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXChelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Okanogan31 hr
Aug 12, 10:58 AM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXAdams, Asotin, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry and 8 more14 hr
Aug 16, 3:00 PM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXChelan39 hr
Aug 16, 3:01 PM PDTRed Flag WarningSEWKing, Lewis, Pierce, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish and 1 more46 hr
Aug 21, 2:24 PM PDTRed Flag WarningPDTAsotin, Columbia, Garfield, Walla Walla24 hr
Aug 21, 2:35 PM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXAsotin, Columbia, Garfield24 hr
Aug 30, 2:47 PM PDTRed Flag WarningPDTBenton, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima29 hr
Sep 1, 1:57 PM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXAdams, Asotin, Columbia, Douglas, Garfield, Grant and 5 more55 hr
Sep 2, 8:35 AM PDTRed Flag WarningSEWKing, Lewis, Pierce, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish and 1 more14 hr
Sep 5, 2:23 PM PDTRed Flag WarningSEWKing, Lewis, Pierce, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish and 1 more33 hr
Sep 5, 2:24 PM PDTRed Flag WarningPDTAsotin, Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Garfield, Kittitas and 3 more56 hr
Sep 6, 3:08 AM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXAdams, Asotin, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry and 8 more51 hr
Sep 6, 3:21 AM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXAdams, Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan and 2 more5 days
Sep 7, 2:40 PM PDTRed Flag WarningSEWClallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Lewis and 7 more4 days
Sep 7, 3:02 PM PDTRed Flag WarningPQR3 days
Sep 8, 1:57 PM PDTRed Flag WarningPDTBenton, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima57 hr
Sep 20, 3:00 AM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXDouglas, Okanogan16 hr
Sep 20, 11:25 AM PDTRed Flag WarningSEWKing, Lewis, Pierce, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish and 1 more9 hr
Sep 25, 2:31 PM PDTRed Flag WarningSEWKing, Lewis, Pierce, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish and 1 more28 hr
Oct 14, 10:02 AM PDTRed Flag WarningPQR56 hr
Oct 14, 11:47 AM PDTRed Flag WarningSEWKing, Lewis, Pierce, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish and 1 more53 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. July 13, 20222red flag warnings
  2. July 15, 20222red flag warnings
  3. August 16, 20222red flag warnings
  4. August 21, 20222red flag warnings
  5. September 5, 20222red flag warnings
  6. September 6, 20222red flag warnings
  7. September 7, 20222red flag warnings
  8. September 20, 20222red flag warnings
  9. October 14, 20222red flag warnings
  10. July 30, 20221red flag warnings
  11. July 31, 20221red flag warnings
  12. August 6, 20221red 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.