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 Tampa Bay RuskinWarningAugust 2, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Tampa Bay waters, Coastal waters from Tarpon Springs to Suwannee River FL out 20 NM, Coastal waters from Englewood to Tarpon Springs FL out 20 NM and 1 more
Expired 12:15 p.m. EDT, August 2, 2026
NWS TallahasseeWarningAugust 2, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Bay, Calhoun, Gulf and 2 more, FL
Expired 2:15 p.m. EDT, August 2, 2026
NWS MobileWarningAugust 2, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS from 20 to 60 NM and Waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL from 20 to 60 NM
Expired 12:30 p.m. CDT, August 2, 2026
NWS MobileWarningAugust 2, 2026
Special Marine Warning: South Mobile Bay, Perdido Bay Area and Coastal waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS out 20 NM
Expired 12:30 p.m. CDT, August 2, 2026
NWS MobileWarningAugust 2, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS from 20 to 60 NM
Expired 12:15 p.m. CDT, August 2, 2026
NWS PortlandWarningAugust 2, 2026
Red Flag Warning: Southern Willamette Valley, OR
Expired 8:00 p.m. PDT, August 3, 2026
NWS TallahasseeWarningAugust 2, 2026
Special Marine Warning: St. Andrews Bay Waterways, Coastal waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Mexico Beach out 20 NM, Coastal Waters from Mexico Beach to Apalachicola out 20 NM and 4 more
Expired 11:45 a.m. EDT, August 2, 2026
NWS MobileWarningAugust 2, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL from 20 to 60 NM
Expired 11:45 a.m. CDT, August 2, 2026
NWS MobileWarningAugust 2, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Coastal waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS out 20 NM and Waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS from 20 to 60 NM
Expired 11:30 a.m. CDT, August 2, 2026
NWS Corpus ChristiWarningAugust 2, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Baffin Bay and Upper Laguna Madre, Corpus Christi and Nueces Bays, Copano, Aransas, and Redfish Bays and 3 more
Expired 11:15 a.m. CDT, August 2, 2026
NWS New OrleansWarningAugust 2, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Breton Sound, Chandeleur Sound and Coastal waters from Pascagoula Mississippi to Stake Island out 20 NM
Expired 10:30 a.m. CDT, August 2, 2026
NWS New OrleansWarningAugust 2, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Mississippi Sound, Lake Borgne, Breton Sound and 1 more
Expired 9:45 a.m. CDT, August 2, 2026
NWS TallahasseeWarningAugust 2, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Apalachee Bay or Coastal Waters From Keaton Beach to Ochlockonee River Fl out to 20 Nm, Coastal waters from Suwannee River to Keaton Beach out 20 NM and Waters from Suwannee Ri
Expired 10:15 a.m. EDT, August 2, 2026
NWS Houston/GalvestonWarningAugust 2, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Coastal waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX out 20 NM and Waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX from 20 to 60 NM
Expired 9:00 a.m. CDT, August 2, 2026
NWS New OrleansWarningAugust 2, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Assumption, LA
Expired 11:00 a.m. CDT, August 2, 2026
NWS CharlestonWarningAugust 2, 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 and Waters from South Santee River SC to Edist
Expired 9:30 a.m. EDT, August 2, 2026
NWS TallahasseeWarningAugust 2, 2026
Special Marine Warning: St. Andrews Bay Waterways, Coastal waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Mexico Beach out 20 NM, Coastal Waters from Mexico Beach to Apalachicola out 20 NM and 1 more
Expired 9:00 a.m. CDT, August 2, 2026
NWS MobileWarningAugust 2, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Pensacola Bay Area including Santa Rosa Sound, Western Choctawhatchee Bay, Eastern Choctawhatchee Bay and 2 more
Expired 9:00 a.m. CDT, August 2, 2026
NWS Lake CharlesWarningAugust 2, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Atchafalaya and East Cote Blanche Bays, Coastal waters from Intracoastal City to Cameron LA out 20 NM, Coastal waters from Lower Atchafalaya River to Intracoastal City LA out 2
Expired 8:00 a.m. CDT, August 2, 2026
NWS Lake CharlesWarningAugust 2, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Coastal waters from Intracoastal City to Cameron LA out 20 NM
Expired 6:45 a.m. CDT, August 2, 2026
NWS New OrleansWarningAugust 2, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Mississippi Sound, Chandeleur Sound and Coastal waters from Pascagoula Mississippi to Stake Island out 20 NM
Expired 6:00 a.m. CDT, August 2, 2026
NWS BlacksburgWarningAugust 2, 2026
Flood Warning: Stokes, Surry and Patrick, NC and VA
Expired 2:00 p.m. EDT, August 2, 2026
NWS BlacksburgWarningAugust 2, 2026
Flood Warning: Surry, Carroll, Floyd and 1 more, NC and VA
Expired 2:00 p.m. EDT, August 2, 2026
NWS Salt Lake CityWarningAugust 2, 2026
Red Flag Warning: San Rafael Swell, UT
Expired 10:00 p.m. MDT, August 3, 2026
NWS MorristownWarningAugust 2, 2026
Flood Warning: Fannin and Polk, GA and TN
Expired 3:15 p.m. EDT, August 2, 2026
NWS BismarckWarningAugust 2, 2026
Red Flag Warning: Slope and Bowman, ND
Expired 9:00 p.m. CDT, August 3, 2026
NWS BismarckWarningAugust 2, 2026
Red Flag Warning: Williams, McKenzie, Dunn and 5 more, ND
Expired 8:00 p.m. CDT, August 2, 2026
NWS Peachtree CityWarningAugust 2, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Lumpkin, Towns, Union and 1 more, GA
Expired 7:30 a.m. EDT, August 2, 2026
NWS IndianapolisWarningAugust 2, 2026
Flood Warning: Putnam, IN
Expired 3:00 a.m. EDT, August 2, 2026
NWS BlacksburgWarningAugust 2, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Surry, NC
Expired 8:30 a.m. EDT, August 2, 2026
NWS Peachtree CityWarningAugust 2, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Lumpkin and Union, GA
Expired 6:00 a.m. EDT, August 2, 2026
NWS MorristownWarningAugust 1, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Cherokee and Polk, NC and TN
Expired 2:45 a.m. EDT, August 2, 2026
NWS ChicagoWarningAugust 1, 2026
Flood Warning: Cook, Will and Lake, IL and IN
Expired 11:00 a.m. CDT, August 2, 2026
NWS BlacksburgWarningAugust 1, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Stokes, Surry and Patrick, NC and VA
Expired 5:30 a.m. EDT, August 2, 2026
NWS Peachtree CityWarningAugust 1, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Fannin, Lumpkin and Union, GA
Expired 5:30 a.m. EDT, August 2, 2026
NWS ChicagoWarningAugust 1, 2026
Flood Warning: DuPage and Will, IL
Expired 12:00 p.m. CDT, August 2, 2026
NWS Peachtree CityWarningAugust 1, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Catoosa and Whitfield, GA
Expired 4:30 a.m. EDT, August 2, 2026
NWS BlacksburgWarningAugust 1, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Surry, Carroll, Floyd and 3 more, NC and VA
Expired 4:30 a.m. EDT, August 2, 2026
NWS WilmingtonWarningAugust 1, 2026
Tornado Warning: Miami, OH
Expired 10:30 p.m. EDT, August 1, 2026
NWS Midland/OdessaWarningAugust 1, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Eddy and Lea, NM
Expired 10:45 p.m. MDT, August 1, 2026
NWS JacksonWarningAugust 1, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Bath, Fleming, Montgomery and 1 more, KY
Expired 10:30 p.m. EDT, August 1, 2026
NWS WilmingtonWarningAugust 1, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Greene, Miami and Montgomery, OH
Expired 1:00 a.m. EDT, August 2, 2026
NWS IndianapolisWarningAugust 1, 2026
Flood Warning: Hendricks, Monroe, Morgan and 2 more, IN
Expired 5:00 a.m. EDT, August 2, 2026
NWS Salt Lake CityWarningAugust 1, 2026
Extreme Heat Warning: Lower Washington County, Zion National Park, South Central Utah and 3 more, UT
Expired 9:00 p.m. MDT, August 2, 2026
NWS Salt Lake CityWarningAugust 1, 2026
Extreme Heat Warning: Tooele and Rush Valleys, Northern Wasatch Front, Salt Lake Valley and 1 more, UT
Expired 9:00 p.m. MDT, August 2, 2026
NWS Midland/OdessaWarningAugust 1, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Eddy, NM
Expired 9:45 p.m. MDT, August 1, 2026
NWS BlacksburgWarningAugust 1, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Stokes, Surry, Yadkin and 1 more, NC and VA
Expired 2:45 a.m. EDT, August 2, 2026
NWS El Paso Tx/Santa TeresaWarningAugust 1, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Dona Ana, NM
Expired 11:45 p.m. MDT, August 1, 2026
NWS IndianapolisWarningAugust 1, 2026
Flood Warning: Shelby, IN
Expired 5:00 a.m. EDT, August 2, 2026
NWS IndianapolisWarningAugust 1, 2026
Flood Warning: Marion, IN
Expired 5:00 a.m. EDT, August 2, 2026
NWS WilmingtonWarningAugust 1, 2026
Tornado Warning: Darke and Preble, OH
Expired 8:30 p.m. EDT, August 1, 2026
NWS WilmingtonWarningAugust 1, 2026
Tornado Warning: Switzerland, Boone, Gallatin and 2 more, IN and KY
Expired 8:30 p.m. EDT, August 1, 2026
NWS HuntsvilleWarningAugust 1, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: DeKalb and Jackson, AL
Expired 8:15 p.m. CDT, August 1, 2026
NWS IndianapolisWarningAugust 1, 2026
Flood Warning: Delaware County, Madison and Randolph, IN
Expired 11:00 p.m. EDT, August 1, 2026
NWS TucsonWarningAugust 1, 2026
Dust Storm Warning: Cochise, AZ
Expired 9:15 p.m. PDT, August 1, 2026
NWS Peachtree CityWarningAugust 1, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Emanuel, GA
Expired 11:00 p.m. EDT, August 1, 2026
NWS WilmingtonWarningAugust 1, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Franklin, Union, Wayne and 3 more, IN and OH
Expired 10:30 p.m. EDT, August 1, 2026
NWS El Paso Tx/Santa TeresaWarningAugust 1, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Dona Ana, Otero and Sierra, NM
Expired 8:15 p.m. MDT, August 1, 2026
NWS IndianapolisWarningAugust 1, 2026
Flood Warning: Henry, IN
Expired 10:30 p.m. EDT, August 1, 2026
NWS WilmingtonWarningAugust 1, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Fayette, Franklin, Union and 1 more, IN
Expired 10:00 p.m. EDT, August 1, 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.