Alert archive / Washington / Red Flag Warnings / 2023
Red Flag Warnings in Washington, August 2023
14 red flag warnings in August 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 August 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 14
- Busiest day
- August 16, 20234 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, Pacific Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 5:23 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PDT | Kittitas, Yakima | 16 hr |
| Aug 2, 8:17 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Grant | 14 hr |
| Aug 11, 2:27 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PQR | 4 days | |
| Aug 12, 1:51 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Lewis, Mason and 6 more | 4 days |
| Aug 16, 5:38 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | Douglas, Okanogan | 9 hr |
| Aug 16, 1:34 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PDT | Benton, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 55 hr |
| Aug 16, 2:12 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry and 8 more | 31 hr |
| Aug 16, 2:12 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry and 8 more | 55 hr |
| Aug 18, 9:20 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PQR | 60 hr | |
| Aug 18, 1:38 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Lewis, Mason and 5 more | 57 hr |
| Aug 18, 1:56 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | Douglas, Okanogan | 29 hr |
| Aug 23, 1:57 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | SEW | King, Lewis, Pierce, Skamania | 51 hr |
| Aug 23, 2:58 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PQR | 42 hr | |
| Aug 29, 5:52 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Garfield and 4 more | 12 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Douglas County6
- Chelan County4
- Grant County4
- Okanogan County4
- King County3
- Lewis County3
- Pierce County3
- Skamania County3
- Adams County3
- Asotin County3
- Columbia County3
- Garfield County3
- Lincoln County3
- Spokane County3
- Whitman County3
- Kittitas County2
- Yakima County2
- Clallam County2
- Grays Harbor County2
- Jefferson County2
- Mason County2
- Skagit County2
- Snohomish County2
- Whatcom County2
- Ferry County2
- Pend Oreille County2
- Stevens County2
- Thurston County1
- Benton County1
- Franklin County1
- Klickitat County1
- Walla Walla County1
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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.