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Red Flag Warnings in Washington, 2023

34 red flag warnings in 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.

Red Flag Warnings
34
Busiest month
August14 red flag warnings
Busiest day
August 16, 20234 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
Jun 5, 3:11 PM PDTRed Flag WarningSEWKing, Lewis, Pierce, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish and 1 more31 hr
Jun 12, 2:33 PM PDTRed Flag WarningPDTBenton, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima30 hr
Jun 30, 12:29 PM PDTRed Flag WarningPDTBenton, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima35 hr
Jun 30, 12:55 PM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXAdams, Asotin, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry and 8 more34 hr
Jul 2, 2:15 PM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXAdams, Douglas, Grant, Okanogan31 hr
Jul 3, 4:58 AM PDTRed Flag WarningPQR64 hr
Jul 3, 1:29 PM PDTRed Flag WarningSEWGrays Harbor, King, Lewis, Mason, Pierce, Skamania and 1 more54 hr
Jul 9, 2:48 PM PDTRed Flag WarningPDTAsotin, Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Garfield, Kittitas and 3 more29 hr
Jul 9, 3:02 PM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXAdams, Asotin, Columbia, Garfield, Grant, Lincoln and 4 more29 hr
Jul 15, 3:09 AM PDTRed Flag WarningPDTBenton, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima65 hr
Jul 15, 2:55 PM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXAdams, Asotin, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry and 8 more54 hr
Jul 22, 9:07 AM PDTRed Flag WarningPDTBenton, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima37 hr
Jul 23, 12:22 PM PDTRed Flag WarningPDTBenton, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima35 hr
Jul 23, 1:49 PM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXAdams, Asotin, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry, Garfield and 7 more33 hr
Jul 28, 12:00 PM PDTRed Flag WarningPDTBenton, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima56 hr
Jul 29, 3:39 PM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXDouglas, Okanogan4 hr
Jul 30, 3:22 AM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXAdams, Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan and 2 more18 hr
Aug 2, 5:23 AM PDTRed Flag WarningPDTKittitas, Yakima16 hr
Aug 2, 8:17 AM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXChelan, Douglas, Grant14 hr
Aug 11, 2:27 PM PDTRed Flag WarningPQR4 days
Aug 12, 1:51 PM PDTRed Flag WarningSEWClallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Lewis, Mason and 6 more4 days
Aug 16, 5:38 AM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXDouglas, Okanogan9 hr
Aug 16, 1:34 PM PDTRed Flag WarningPDTBenton, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima55 hr
Aug 16, 2:12 PM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXAdams, Asotin, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry and 8 more31 hr
Aug 16, 2:12 PM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXAdams, Asotin, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry and 8 more55 hr
Aug 18, 9:20 AM PDTRed Flag WarningPQR60 hr
Aug 18, 1:38 PM PDTRed Flag WarningSEWClallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Lewis, Mason and 5 more57 hr
Aug 18, 1:56 PM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXDouglas, Okanogan29 hr
Aug 23, 1:57 PM PDTRed Flag WarningSEWKing, Lewis, Pierce, Skamania51 hr
Aug 23, 2:58 PM PDTRed Flag WarningPQR42 hr
Aug 29, 5:52 AM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXAdams, Asotin, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Garfield and 4 more12 hr
Sep 16, 12:13 PM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXAdams, Asotin, Columbia, Douglas, Garfield, Grant and 4 more32 hr
Sep 16, 12:28 PM PDTRed Flag WarningPDTBenton, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima56 hr
Sep 17, 2:39 AM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXAdams, Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan and 2 more41 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 16, 20234red flag warnings
  2. August 18, 20233red flag warnings
  3. June 30, 20232red flag warnings
  4. July 3, 20232red flag warnings
  5. July 9, 20232red flag warnings
  6. July 15, 20232red flag warnings
  7. July 23, 20232red flag warnings
  8. August 2, 20232red flag warnings
  9. August 23, 20232red flag warnings
  10. September 16, 20232red flag warnings
  11. June 5, 20231red flag warnings
  12. June 12, 20231red 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.