HAWC Search for Extreme TeV Flares from Blazars

We present a search for hour-scale extreme TeV flares from 187 blazars monitored by the HAWC observatory. HAWC is a ground-based gamma-ray survey instrument operating in the TeV energy band. With its wide field of view of $\sim$2 sr, HAWC facilitates searches for rapid variability at TeV energies. In this presentation, we describe the HAWC real-time flare monitor and report on the detection of several rapid flares in data collected over a period of more than three years. We discuss the prospects for future multiwavelength studies of extreme flares detected by the real-time flare monitor to provide clues into the mechanisms powering the blazar jets and probe the particles and fields in intergalactic space.