Alert archive / North Dakota / Red Flag Warnings in 2026
Red Flag Warning 12, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this red flag warning at May 26, 2026, 1:16 PM MDT for 7 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at May 27, 2026, 10:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 11 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 2026, 1:16 PM MDT (19:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 27, 2026, 10:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- May 27, 2026, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
Counties Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Divide County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Slope County, ND, Williams County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 218 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at May 26, 11:57 AM MDT, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 11:57 AM MDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 11:44 AM MDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 12:27 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Billings, Bowman, Divide, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Slope and 1 more | 21 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in North Dakota, 2026Every red flag warning in 2026
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.