Alert archive / Washington / Red Flag Warnings / 2026
Red Flag Warnings in Washington, August 2026
18 red flag warnings in August 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 August 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 18
- Busiest day
- August 14, 20263 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 3, 7:53 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PQR | Clark, Skamania | 39 hr |
| Aug 6, 10:36 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry and 8 more | 67 hr |
| Aug 6, 11:46 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PDT | Benton, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 58 hr |
| Aug 11, 11:02 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Okanogan, Pend Oreille and 2 more | 45 hr |
| Aug 12, 12:08 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Mason, Skagit and 2 more | 11 hr |
| Aug 12, 1:34 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PDT | Kittitas, Yakima | 53 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:11 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | Chelan, Okanogan | 19 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:38 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Lewis, Mason and 5 more | 17 hr |
| Aug 13, 9:06 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PDT | Kittitas, Yakima | 24 hr |
| Aug 14, 2:25 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Lewis, Mason and 5 more | 19 hr |
| Aug 14, 11:51 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PDT | Asotin, Columbia, Garfield, Walla Walla | 33 hr |
| Aug 14, 7:52 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | Asotin, Columbia, Garfield | 25 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:32 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | Asotin, Columbia, Garfield | 31 hr |
| Aug 21, 10:55 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry and 8 more | 44 hr |
| Aug 21, 11:57 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PDT | Asotin, Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Garfield, Kittitas and 3 more | 34 hr |
| Aug 21, 1:02 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Lewis, Mason and 5 more | 31 hr |
| Aug 22, 3:43 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | SEW | King, Lewis, Pierce, Skamania | 11 hr |
| Aug 26, 1:30 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | Douglas, Grant, Okanogan | 31 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Asotin County6
- Columbia County6
- Garfield County6
- Skamania County5
- Okanogan County5
- King County5
- Chelan County4
- Douglas County4
- Grant County4
- Kittitas County4
- Yakima County4
- Clallam County4
- Grays Harbor County4
- Jefferson County4
- Mason County4
- Skagit County4
- Snohomish County4
- Whatcom County4
- Lewis County4
- Pierce County4
- Ferry County3
- Pend Oreille County3
- Spokane County3
- Stevens County3
- Walla Walla County3
- Adams County2
- Lincoln County2
- Whitman County2
- Benton County2
- Franklin County2
- Klickitat County2
- Clark County1
Nearby
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.