Red Flag Warnings in Wisconsin
81 red flag warnings since 1986. 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 since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 81
- Busiest year
- 200713 red flag warnings
- Average year
- 6over 14 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Bayfield County15
- Burnett County15
- Adams County14
- Douglas County14
- Jackson County14
- Juneau County14
- Monroe County14
- Sawyer County14
- Washburn County14
- Wood County14
- Portage County13
- Florence County12
- Marinette County12
- Waushara County12
- Ashland County11
- Forest County11
- Polk County11
- Saint Croix County11
- Vilas County11
- Waupaca County11
- La Crosse County11
- Langlade County10
- Lincoln County10
- Oneida County10
- Green Lake County10
- Marquette County10
- Trempealeau County10
- Barron County9
- Clark County9
- Dunn County9
- Oconto County9
- Pierce County9
- Rusk County9
- Eau Claire County8
- Iron County8
- Marathon County8
- Pepin County8
- Vernon County8
- Chippewa County7
- Menominee County7
32 more counties
- Price County7
- Buffalo County7
- Columbia County6
- Crawford County6
- Dane County6
- Grant County6
- Iowa County6
- Lafayette County6
- Richland County6
- Sauk County6
- Shawano County5
- Taylor County5
- Green County5
- Outagamie County4
- Winnebago County4
- Dodge County4
- Jefferson County4
- Rock County4
- Walworth County4
- Fond du Lac County3
- Kenosha County3
- Milwaukee County3
- Ozaukee County3
- Racine County3
- Sheboygan County3
- Washington County3
- Waukesha County3
- Calumet County2
- Brown County1
- Door County1
- Kewaunee County1
- Manitowoc County1
The latest red flag warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 11:39 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Barron, Polk, Rusk | 33 hr |
| May 14, 11:38 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GRB | Vilas | 33 hr |
| May 14, 11:25 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DLH | Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron, Sawyer and 1 more | 34 hr |
| Apr 22, 3:08 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DLH | Burnett, Washburn | 17 hr |
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.