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Red Flag Warnings in Washington, 2026

48 red flag warnings in 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Red Flag Warnings
48
Busiest month
July23 red flag warnings
Busiest day
July 6, 20263 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 15, 10:01 AM PDTRed Flag WarningPDTBenton, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima37 hr
Jun 15, 10:02 AM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXAdams, Asotin, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry and 6 more37 hr
Jun 16, 10:10 AM PDTRed Flag WarningPDTKittitas, Yakima35 hr
Jun 19, 10:55 AM PDTRed Flag WarningPDTBenton, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima33 hr
Jun 19, 11:38 AM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXAdams, Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Okanogan35 hr
Jun 24, 11:00 AM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXAdams, Asotin, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry and 6 more34 hr
Jun 24, 11:00 AM PDTRed Flag WarningPDTBenton, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima34 hr
Jul 3, 8:46 AM PDTRed Flag WarningPDTKittitas, Yakima37 hr
Jul 3, 10:27 AM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXAdams, Asotin, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry and 3 more35 hr
Jul 6, 10:52 AM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXAdams, Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Okanogan35 hr
Jul 6, 10:52 AM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXAdams, Asotin, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry and 8 more59 hr
Jul 6, 10:53 AM PDTRed Flag WarningPDTBenton, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima35 hr
Jul 8, 11:41 AM PDTRed Flag WarningPDTKittitas, Yakima8 hr
Jul 10, 11:03 AM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXAdams, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Okanogan36 hr
Jul 15, 11:46 AM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXAdams, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Lincoln and 5 more47 hr
Jul 15, 12:10 PM PDTRed Flag WarningPDTBenton, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima22 hr
Jul 15, 12:14 PM PDTRed Flag WarningSEWClallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Lewis, Mason and 5 more32 hr
Jul 15, 9:10 PM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXAsotin, Columbia, Garfield32 hr
Jul 16, 8:50 PM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXDouglas, Grant, Okanogan24 hr
Jul 17, 10:23 AM PDTRed Flag WarningPDTKittitas, Yakima36 hr
Jul 17, 9:08 PM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXAdams, Asotin, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry, Garfield and 5 more24 hr
Jul 22, 3:48 AM PDTRed Flag WarningSEWClallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Lewis, Mason and 3 more42 hr
Jul 22, 1:23 PM PDTRed Flag WarningPDTAsotin, Columbia, Garfield, Walla Walla32 hr
Jul 22, 2:12 PM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXAsotin, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry, Garfield and 2 more34 hr
Jul 23, 9:18 AM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXChelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Okanogan38 hr
Jul 23, 11:59 AM PDTRed Flag WarningPDTBenton, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima56 hr
Jul 24, 8:27 AM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXAdams, Asotin, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry and 8 more38 hr
Jul 28, 1:40 PM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXChelan, Douglas7 hr
Jul 31, 8:16 AM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXAdams, Asotin, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry and 8 more39 hr
Jul 31, 10:03 AM PDTRed Flag WarningPDTAsotin, Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Garfield, Kittitas and 3 more37 hr
Aug 3, 7:53 AM PDTRed Flag WarningPQRClark, Skamania39 hr
Aug 6, 10:36 AM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXAdams, Asotin, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry and 8 more67 hr
Aug 6, 11:46 AM PDTRed Flag WarningPDTBenton, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima58 hr
Aug 11, 11:02 AM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXChelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Okanogan, Pend Oreille and 2 more45 hr
Aug 12, 12:08 PM PDTRed Flag WarningSEWClallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Mason, Skagit and 2 more11 hr
Aug 12, 1:34 PM PDTRed Flag WarningPDTKittitas, Yakima53 hr
Aug 13, 3:11 AM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXChelan, Okanogan19 hr
Aug 13, 3:38 AM PDTRed Flag WarningSEWClallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Lewis, Mason and 5 more17 hr
Aug 13, 9:06 PM PDTRed Flag WarningPDTKittitas, Yakima24 hr
Aug 14, 2:25 AM PDTRed Flag WarningSEWClallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Lewis, Mason and 5 more19 hr
Aug 14, 11:51 AM PDTRed Flag WarningPDTAsotin, Columbia, Garfield, Walla Walla33 hr
Aug 14, 7:52 PM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXAsotin, Columbia, Garfield25 hr
Aug 17, 2:32 PM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXAsotin, Columbia, Garfield31 hr
Aug 21, 10:55 AM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXAdams, Asotin, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry and 8 more44 hr
Aug 21, 11:57 AM PDTRed Flag WarningPDTAsotin, Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Garfield, Kittitas and 3 more34 hr
Aug 21, 1:02 PM PDTRed Flag WarningSEWClallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Lewis, Mason and 5 more31 hr
Aug 22, 3:43 AM PDTRed Flag WarningSEWKing, Lewis, Pierce, Skamania11 hr
Aug 26, 1:30 PM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXDouglas, Grant, Okanogan31 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 6, 20263red flag warnings
  2. July 15, 20263red flag warnings
  3. July 22, 20263red flag warnings
  4. August 14, 20263red flag warnings
  5. August 21, 20263red flag warnings
  6. June 15, 20262red flag warnings
  7. June 19, 20262red flag warnings
  8. June 24, 20262red flag warnings
  9. July 3, 20262red flag warnings
  10. July 17, 20262red flag warnings
  11. July 23, 20262red flag warnings
  12. July 31, 20262red 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.