United StatesAugust 2026
National Weather Service warnings and watches: August 2026
AreaZine recorded 4,574 warnings and watches from NWS in August 2026. Nationally the NWS issued 6,626 warnings in August 2026, 64% above the average of 4,040 for August in 2008-2025, and 9,563 warnings, watches and advisories in all (IEM VTEC archive).
Which warnings did the NWS issue most in August 2026?
| Product | August 2026 | An average August, 2008-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 4,511 | 2,556 |
| Flood Advisory | 1,791 | 1,741 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1,241 | 755 |
| Heat Advisory | 465 | 184 |
| Flood Warning | 404 | 351 |
| Tornado Warning | 226 | 195 |
| Flood Watch | 138 | 49 |
| Red Flag Warning | 109 | 106 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 100 | 52 |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 95 | 69 |
Source: Iowa Environmental Mesonet archive of NWS watches, warnings and advisories (VTEC). A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.
Every notice, August 2026
NWS LincolnWarningAugust 13, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Knox, Marshall, Peoria and 2 more, IL
Expired 3:00 a.m. CDT, August 14, 2026
NWS WichitaWarningAugust 13, 2026
Extreme Heat Warning: Russell, Lincoln, Barton and 23 more, KS
Expired 7:00 p.m. CDT, August 14, 2026
NWS TulsaWarningAugust 13, 2026
Extreme Heat Warning: Washington, Nowata, Craig and 13 more, OK
Expired 8:00 p.m. CDT, August 14, 2026
NWS MorristownWarningAugust 13, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Lee, Russell, Scott and 3 more, VA
Expired 10:45 p.m. EDT, August 13, 2026
NWS TopekaWarningAugust 13, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Dickinson, Geary, Morris and 2 more, KS
Expired 10:30 p.m. CDT, August 13, 2026
NWS Dodge CityWarningAugust 13, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Trego, KS
Expired 10:45 p.m. CDT, August 13, 2026
NWS MorristownWarningAugust 13, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Wise, VA
Expired 12:45 a.m. EDT, August 14, 2026
NWS JacksonWarningAugust 13, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Knott, KY
Expired 11:30 p.m. EDT, August 13, 2026
NWS Midland/OdessaWarningAugust 13, 2026
Flood Warning: Dawson and Gaines, TX
Expired 12:30 a.m. CDT, August 14, 2026
NWS JacksonvilleWarningAugust 13, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Waters from Fernandina Beach to St. Augustine FL from 20 to 60 NM and Waters from St. Augustine to Flagler Beach FL from 20 to 60 NM
Expired 11:30 p.m. EDT, August 13, 2026
NWS JacksonvilleWarningAugust 13, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Coastal waters from St. Augustine to Flagler Beach FL out 20 NM
Expired 11:30 p.m. EDT, August 13, 2026
NWS JacksonWarningAugust 13, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Floyd, Knott and Perry, KY
Expired 12:30 a.m. EDT, August 14, 2026
NWS DenverWarningAugust 13, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Weld, CO
Expired 12:15 a.m. MDT, August 14, 2026
NWS PendletonWarningAugust 13, 2026
Red Flag Warning: East Washington South Central Cascade Mountains, WA
Expired 9:00 p.m. PDT, August 14, 2026
NWS CheyenneWarningAugust 13, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Kimball, NE
Expired 9:45 p.m. MDT, August 13, 2026
NWS CheyenneWarningAugust 13, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Kimball and Laramie, NE and WY
Expired 11:00 p.m. MDT, August 13, 2026
NWS Dodge CityWarningAugust 13, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Lane, Ness and Trego, KS
Expired 9:30 p.m. CDT, August 13, 2026
NWS JacksonWarningAugust 13, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Breathitt, Floyd, Knott and 1 more, KY
Expired 11:30 p.m. EDT, August 13, 2026
NWS JacksonvilleWarningAugust 13, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Coastal waters from Fernandina Beach to St. Augustine FL out 20 NM
Expired 10:30 p.m. EDT, August 13, 2026
NWS JacksonWarningAugust 13, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Bath and Fleming, KY
Expired 11:30 p.m. EDT, August 13, 2026
NWS JacksonWarningAugust 13, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Breathitt, Floyd, Magoffin and 1 more, KY
Expired 11:00 p.m. EDT, August 13, 2026
NWS DenverWarningAugust 13, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Weld, CO
Expired 8:30 p.m. MDT, August 13, 2026
NWS Midland/OdessaWarningAugust 13, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Pecos, TX
Expired 9:00 p.m. CDT, August 13, 2026
NWS WichitaWarningAugust 13, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Barton and Russell, KS
Expired 8:30 p.m. CDT, August 13, 2026
NWS GoodlandWarningAugust 13, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Greeley and 2 more, CO and KS
Expired 9:00 p.m. MDT, August 13, 2026
NWS CheyenneWarningAugust 13, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Kimball, NE
Expired 8:45 p.m. MDT, August 13, 2026
NWS JacksonWarningAugust 13, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Powell, KY
Expired 9:00 p.m. EDT, August 13, 2026
NWS CharlestonWarningAugust 13, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Charleston Harbor and Coastal waters from South Santee River to Edisto Beach SC out 20 NM
Expired 9:45 p.m. EDT, August 13, 2026
NWS JacksonWarningAugust 13, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Breathitt, Estill, Lee and 2 more, KY
Expired 9:30 p.m. EDT, August 13, 2026
NWS CheyenneWarningAugust 13, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Kimball and Laramie, NE and WY
Expired 10:45 p.m. MDT, August 13, 2026
NWS Midland/OdessaWarningAugust 13, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Brewster and Pecos, TX
Expired 10:30 p.m. CDT, August 13, 2026
NWS CharlestonWarningAugust 13, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Dorchester, SC
Expired 10:30 p.m. EDT, August 13, 2026
NWS WilmingtonWarningAugust 13, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Grant, Owen and Pendleton, KY
Expired 10:15 p.m. EDT, August 13, 2026
NWS DenverWarningAugust 13, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Lincoln, CO
Expired 7:30 p.m. MDT, August 13, 2026
NWS JacksonvilleWarningAugust 13, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Nassau, Charlton and Ware, FL and GA
Expired 7:30 p.m. EDT, August 13, 2026
NWS GoodlandWarningAugust 13, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Cheyenne, Greeley, Wallace and 1 more, CO and KS
Expired 8:00 p.m. MDT, August 13, 2026
NWS WilmingtonWarningAugust 13, 2026
Flood Warning: Fayette, Franklin and Union, IN
Expired 1:00 a.m. EDT, August 14, 2026
NWS AmarilloWarningAugust 13, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Donley, TX
Expired 7:45 p.m. CDT, August 13, 2026
NWS WichitaWarningAugust 13, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Barton, KS
Expired 7:15 p.m. CDT, August 13, 2026
NWS ColumbiaWarningAugust 13, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Richland, SC
Expired 7:30 p.m. EDT, August 13, 2026
NWS CharlestonWarningAugust 13, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Coastal waters from Savannah GA to Altamaha Sound GA out 20 nm, including Grays Reef National Marine Sanctuary and Waters from Savannah GA to Altamaha Sound GA extending from 2
Expired 8:45 p.m. EDT, August 13, 2026
NWS SpokaneWarningAugust 13, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Chelan, WA
Expired 9:45 p.m. PDT, August 13, 2026
NWS Boston/NortonWarningAugust 13, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Rhode Island Sound and Narragansett Bay
Expired 7:45 p.m. EDT, August 13, 2026
NWS TallahasseeWarningAugust 13, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Clay, Quitman, Randolph and 1 more, GA
Expired 7:45 p.m. EDT, August 13, 2026
NWS GoodlandWarningAugust 13, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Cheyenne, CO
Expired 7:45 p.m. MDT, August 13, 2026
NWS CharlestonWarningAugust 13, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Beaufort, Charleston and Colleton, SC
Expired 7:30 p.m. EDT, August 13, 2026
NWS Salt Lake CityWarningAugust 13, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Tooele, UT
Expired 9:15 p.m. MDT, August 13, 2026
NWS MorristownWarningAugust 13, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Cocke, TN
Expired 9:00 p.m. EDT, August 13, 2026
NWS IndianapolisWarningAugust 13, 2026
Flood Warning: Brown, Jackson, Jennings and 2 more, IN
Expired 9:15 p.m. EDT, August 13, 2026
NWS MorristownWarningAugust 13, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Cocke, Hamblen and Jefferson, TN
Expired 9:00 p.m. EDT, August 13, 2026
NWS WichitaWarningAugust 13, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Reno, KS
Expired 6:30 p.m. CDT, August 13, 2026
NWS ColumbiaWarningAugust 13, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Bamberg, Barnwell and Orangeburg, SC
Expired 6:45 p.m. EDT, August 13, 2026
NWS Salt Lake CityWarningAugust 13, 2026
Tornado Warning: Tooele, UT
Expired 6:30 p.m. MDT, August 13, 2026
NWS IndianapolisWarningAugust 13, 2026
Flood Warning: Greene, Monroe and Owen, IN
Expired 2:47 p.m. EDT, August 20, 2026
NWS IndianapolisWarningAugust 13, 2026
Flood Warning: Daviess, Greene and Knox, IN
Expired 6:00 p.m. EDT, August 21, 2026
NWS CharlestonWarningAugust 13, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Coastal waters from South Santee River to Edisto Beach SC out 20 NM, Coastal waters from Edisto Beach SC to Savannah GA out 20 NM, Coastal waters from Savannah GA to Altamaha S
Expired 7:45 p.m. EDT, August 13, 2026
NWS AmarilloWarningAugust 13, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Donley and Gray, TX
Expired 6:30 p.m. CDT, August 13, 2026
NWS CharlestonWarningAugust 13, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Bryan, Chatham, Liberty and 3 more, GA and SC
Expired 6:45 p.m. EDT, August 13, 2026
NWS MiamiWarningAugust 13, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Coastal waters from Chokoloskee to Bonita Beach FL out 20 NM and Coastal waters from East Cape Sable to Chokoloskee FL out 20 NM
Expired 6:15 p.m. EDT, August 13, 2026
NWS PuebloWarningAugust 13, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Bent, Kiowa and Prowers, CO
Expired 6:15 p.m. MDT, August 13, 2026
Source: National Weather Service alerts (api.weather.gov).
Earlier notices kept from August 2026
14 earlier notices in AreaZine's record; the latest first below. Every one, oldest first: August 1, 2026 to August 31, 2026.
- Local Area Emergency Issued for Minden, Nebraska Kearney County, Nebraska NOAA
- Level 2 Set Alert Issued for Owyhee County Near Silver City Owyhee County, Idaho NOAA
- Level 3 Go Now Evacuation for Owyhee County Owyhee County, Idaho NOAA
- Level 3 Go Now Evacuation Order Issued for Triangle in Owyhee County Owyhee County, Idaho NOAA
- Level 3 Go Now Alert Issued for Owyhee County Owyhee County, Idaho NOAA
- Evacuation Immediate for Summit County, Utah Summit County, Utah NOAA
- Civil Emergency Message for Owyhee County Owyhee County, Idaho NOAA
- Level 3 Go Now Civil Emergency Message for Owyhee County Owyhee County, Idaho NOAA
- Level 2 Set Alert Issued for Owyhee County Owyhee County, Idaho NOAA
- Level 3 Go Now Civil Emergency Alert for Owyhee County Owyhee County, Idaho NOAA
- Endangered Missing Person Alert for Bingham County Bingham County, Idaho NOAA
- Evacuation Immediate for Jackson County Indian Creek Fire Jackson County NOAA
- Fire Warning Issued for Spokane, WA Spokane, WA NOAA
- Particularly Dangerous Situation Red Flag Warning for Spokane County, WA Spokane County, WA NOAA
Notices AreaZine published before its record of the live feed began. AreaZine no longer holds each agency's full record for them, so each line shows what AreaZine recorded and links the agency where it gave a link.