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 El Paso Tx/Santa TeresaWarningAugust 1, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Dona Ana and Luna, NM
Expired 7:45 p.m. MDT, August 1, 2026
NWS TucsonWarningAugust 1, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Cochise and Graham, AZ
Expired 7:45 p.m. PDT, August 1, 2026
NWS ColumbiaWarningAugust 1, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Sumter, SC
Expired 9:45 p.m. EDT, August 1, 2026
NWS El Paso Tx/Santa TeresaWarningAugust 1, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Otero, NM
Expired 10:30 p.m. MDT, August 1, 2026
NWS ChicagoWarningAugust 1, 2026
Flood Warning: Benton, IN
Expired 9:30 p.m. EDT, August 1, 2026
NWS IndianapolisWarningAugust 1, 2026
Flood Warning: Tippecanoe and Warren, IN
Expired 9:30 p.m. EDT, August 1, 2026
NWS IndianapolisWarningAugust 1, 2026
Flood Warning: Hancock, Henry, Marion and 2 more, IN
Expired 10:00 p.m. EDT, August 1, 2026
NWS El Paso Tx/Santa TeresaWarningAugust 1, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Dona Ana, NM
Expired 8:00 p.m. MDT, August 1, 2026
NWS IndianapolisWarningAugust 1, 2026
Flood Warning: Bartholomew, Decatur, Rush and 1 more, IN
Expired 9:00 p.m. EDT, August 1, 2026
NWS El Paso Tx/Santa TeresaWarningAugust 1, 2026
Dust Storm Warning: Grant and Hidalgo, NM
Expired 7:30 p.m. MDT, August 1, 2026
NWS CharlestonWarningAugust 1, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Jenkins and Screven, GA
Expired 6:30 p.m. EDT, August 1, 2026
NWS ChicagoWarningAugust 1, 2026
Flood Warning: Cook, Will and Lake, IL and IN
Expired 11:45 p.m. CDT, August 1, 2026
NWS IndianapolisWarningAugust 1, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Shelby, IN
Expired 8:45 p.m. EDT, August 1, 2026
NWS ColumbiaWarningAugust 1, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Calhoun, Orangeburg and Richland, SC
Expired 6:15 p.m. EDT, August 1, 2026
NWS IndianapolisWarningAugust 1, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Marion, IN
Expired 8:30 p.m. EDT, August 1, 2026
NWS TucsonWarningAugust 1, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Graham and Greenlee, AZ
Expired 6:15 p.m. PDT, August 1, 2026
NWS TucsonWarningAugust 1, 2026
Dust Storm Warning: Cochise, AZ
Expired 7:15 p.m. PDT, August 1, 2026
NWS El Paso Tx/Santa TeresaWarningAugust 1, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Otero, NM
Expired 7:15 p.m. MDT, August 1, 2026
NWS MiamiWarningAugust 1, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Biscayne Bay, Coastal waters from Deerfield Beach to Ocean Reef FL out 20 NM and Waters from Deerfield Beach to Ocean Reef FL from 20 to 60 NM excluding the territorial waters
Expired 6:15 p.m. EDT, August 1, 2026
NWS IndianapolisWarningAugust 1, 2026
Flood Warning: Bartholomew, Decatur, Johnson and 1 more, IN
Expired 8:15 p.m. EDT, August 1, 2026
NWS AlbuquerqueWarningAugust 1, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Harding and Union, NM
Expired 5:30 p.m. MDT, August 1, 2026
NWS AlbuquerqueWarningAugust 1, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Socorro and Torrance, NM
Expired 5:30 p.m. MDT, August 1, 2026
NWS AlbuquerqueWarningAugust 1, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Quay, NM
Expired 5:30 p.m. MDT, August 1, 2026
NWS Tampa Bay RuskinWarningAugust 1, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Tampa Bay waters and Coastal waters from Englewood to Tarpon Springs FL out 20 NM
Expired 5:45 p.m. EDT, August 1, 2026
NWS El Paso Tx/Santa TeresaWarningAugust 1, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Grant, Hidalgo and Luna, NM
Expired 5:30 p.m. MDT, August 1, 2026
NWS ChicagoWarningAugust 1, 2026
Flood Warning: Cook and Lake, IL and IN
Expired 7:00 a.m. CDT, August 2, 2026
NWS IndianapolisWarningAugust 1, 2026
Flood Warning: Hendricks, IN
Expired 8:00 p.m. EDT, August 1, 2026
NWS ColumbiaWarningAugust 1, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell and 1 more, SC
Expired 5:30 p.m. EDT, August 1, 2026
NWS El Paso Tx/Santa TeresaWarningAugust 1, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Grant, NM
Expired 6:30 p.m. MDT, August 1, 2026
NWS TallahasseeWarningAugust 1, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Ben Hill, Berrien, Irwin and 2 more, GA
Expired 7:45 p.m. EDT, August 1, 2026
NWS IndianapolisWarningAugust 1, 2026
Flood Warning: Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson and 1 more, IN
Expired 7:45 p.m. EDT, August 1, 2026
NWS ColumbiaWarningAugust 1, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Richland, SC
Expired 7:15 p.m. EDT, August 1, 2026
NWS El Paso Tx/Santa TeresaWarningAugust 1, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Grant, NM
Expired 4:15 p.m. MDT, August 1, 2026
NWS El Paso Tx/Santa TeresaWarningAugust 1, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: El Paso, TX
Expired 5:45 p.m. MDT, August 1, 2026
NWS MelbourneWarningAugust 1, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Volusia-Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 0-20 nm
Expired 5:15 p.m. EDT, August 1, 2026
NWS El Paso Tx/Santa TeresaWarningAugust 1, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Otero, NM
Expired 6:30 p.m. MDT, August 1, 2026
NWS ColumbiaWarningAugust 1, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Lexington and Richland, SC
Expired 6:30 p.m. EDT, August 1, 2026
NWS El Paso Tx/Santa TeresaWarningAugust 1, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Grant, NM
Expired 5:15 p.m. MDT, August 1, 2026
NWS IndianapolisWarningAugust 1, 2026
Tornado Warning: Morgan, IN
Expired 3:30 p.m. EDT, August 1, 2026
NWS ColumbiaWarningAugust 1, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Calhoun, Lexington and Orangeburg, SC
Expired 3:30 p.m. EDT, August 1, 2026
NWS BillingsWarningAugust 1, 2026
Red Flag Warning: Sioux Ranger District Custer National Forest, MT and SD
Expired 9:00 p.m. MDT, August 2, 2026
NWS ChicagoWarningAugust 1, 2026
Flood Warning: Cook, IL
Expired 9:00 a.m. CDT, August 2, 2026
NWS CharlestonWarningAugust 1, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Coastal waters from South Santee River to Edisto Beach SC out 20 NM
Expired 3:15 p.m. EDT, August 1, 2026
NWS MelbourneWarningAugust 1, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Volusia-Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 0-20 nm
Expired 4:30 p.m. EDT, August 1, 2026
NWS ColumbiaWarningAugust 1, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Columbia and Richmond, GA
Expired 5:30 p.m. EDT, August 1, 2026
NWS AlbuquerqueWarningAugust 1, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: San Miguel, NM
Expired 5:30 p.m. MDT, August 1, 2026
NWS AlbuquerqueWarningAugust 1, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Mora, NM
Expired 5:00 p.m. MDT, August 1, 2026
NWS LincolnWarningAugust 1, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Vermilion, IL
Expired 4:45 p.m. CDT, August 1, 2026
NWS RivertonWarningAugust 1, 2026
Red Flag Warning: Lincoln and Uinta Counties/Lower Elevations, Upper Green River Basin/Rock Springs BLM, Sweetwater County/Rock Springs BLM/Flaming Gorge NRA and 1 more, WY
Expired 9:00 p.m. MDT, August 3, 2026
NWS RivertonWarningAugust 1, 2026
Red Flag Warning: North Bighorn Basin/Worland BLM, Cody Foothills, South Bighorn Basin/Worland BLM and 2 more, MT and WY
Expired 9:00 p.m. MDT, August 2, 2026
NWS FairbanksWarningAugust 1, 2026
High Wind Warning: Eastern Alaska Range North of Trims Camp, AK
Expired 4:00 a.m. AKDT, August 5, 2026
NWS FairbanksWarningAugust 1, 2026
High Wind Warning: Northern Denali Borough, AK
Expired 4:00 a.m. AKDT, August 5, 2026
NWS North PlatteWarningAugust 1, 2026
Red Flag Warning: Frenchman Basin, NE
Expired 11:00 p.m. CDT, August 2, 2026
NWS North PlatteWarningAugust 1, 2026
Red Flag Warning: Eastern Panhandle/Crescent Lake NWR, NE
Expired 11:00 p.m. CDT, August 2, 2026
NWS TallahasseeWarningAugust 1, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Gadsden, Jackson, Decatur and 2 more, FL and GA
Expired 3:45 p.m. EDT, August 1, 2026
NWS CheyenneWarningAugust 1, 2026
Red Flag Warning: Ferris/Seminoe/Shirley Mountains, Central and West Carbon and Southwest Carbon County, WY
Expired 9:00 p.m. MDT, August 3, 2026
NWS CheyenneWarningAugust 1, 2026
Red Flag Warning: Pine Ridge/Nebraska National Forest, Box Butte/South Sioux/Niobrara River, Lower North Platte River Basin/Scottsbluff National Monument and 1 more, NE and WY
Expired 9:00 p.m. MDT, August 2, 2026
NWS Salt Lake CityWarningAugust 1, 2026
Red Flag Warning: Wasatch Mountains, Western Ashley National Forest, Western Uintah Basin and 7 more, UT
Expired 10:00 p.m. MDT, August 2, 2026
NWS Salt Lake CityWarningAugust 1, 2026
Red Flag Warning: Color Country West Desert and Mojave Desert, UT
Expired 10:00 p.m. MDT, August 2, 2026
NWS ElkoWarningAugust 1, 2026
Red Flag Warning: Eastern Elko County, NV
Expired 11:00 p.m. PDT, August 2, 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.