Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings
Red Flag Warnings in Minnesota, 2012
59 red flag warnings in 2012. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of red flag warnings reaches back to 2005.
Red Flag Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 59
- Busiest month
- April18 red flag warnings
- Busiest day
- April 8, 20126 red flag warnings
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 3:47 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | FSD | 26 hr | |
| Mar 10, 4:34 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Martin, Redwood and 3 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 10, 5:06 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 13 hr |
| Apr 6, 4:26 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | 15 hr | |
| Apr 6, 4:37 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 15 hr |
| Apr 6, 4:37 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Martin and 7 more | 15 hr |
| Apr 6, 5:00 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 15 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:23 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | 16 hr | |
| Apr 7, 3:32 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 16 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:35 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 16 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:38 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Martin and 7 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 8, 2:47 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Hubbard, Otter Tail, Wadena and 1 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:07 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | 17 hr | |
| Apr 8, 3:50 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 16 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:57 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 8, 4:16 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Pine | 16 hr |
| Apr 8, 4:23 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:31 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 16 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:36 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | 16 hr | |
| Apr 9, 3:38 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted | 16 hr |
| Apr 9, 4:00 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Faribault, Freeborn, Lac qui Parle and 8 more | 16 hr |
| May 12, 12:52 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall and 5 more | 8 hr |
| May 13, 4:27 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson, Lake of the Woods and 8 more | 15 hr |
| May 13, 5:02 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 14 hr |
| May 14, 4:04 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington and 3 more | 16 hr |
| May 18, 1:08 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Hubbard, Otter Tail, Wadena and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 29, 3:12 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | 29 hr | |
| Aug 29, 3:28 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 29 hr |
| Aug 29, 3:40 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Le Sueur and 7 more | 28 hr |
| Sep 9, 11:11 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 34 hr |
| Sep 9, 11:30 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | 58 hr | |
| Sep 9, 12:05 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 57 hr |
| Sep 10, 3:20 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 17 hr |
| Sep 10, 2:40 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted | 30 hr |
| Sep 10, 2:56 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 28 hr |
| Sep 11, 4:18 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman and 5 more | 15 hr |
| Sep 12, 4:18 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DLH | Itasca, Koochiching, Saint Louis | 15 hr |
| Sep 12, 4:44 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson and 8 more | 14 hr |
| Sep 15, 2:55 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Faribault, Lac qui Parle, Martin and 6 more | 16 hr |
| Sep 15, 3:56 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | 16 hr | |
| Sep 19, 4:11 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | 16 hr | |
| Sep 30, 3:03 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 1, 3:35 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 15 hr |
| Oct 1, 3:41 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Faribault, Kandiyohi and 15 more | 15 hr |
| Oct 1, 3:55 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 15 hr |
| Oct 1, 4:15 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | 15 hr | |
| Oct 1, 6:58 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Benton, Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle and 12 more | 24 hr |
| Oct 1, 7:05 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 24 hr |
| Oct 1, 7:13 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 24 hr |
| Oct 2, 3:35 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DLH | Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Koochiching | 15 hr |
| Oct 2, 4:21 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | 15 hr | |
| Oct 3, 3:41 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | 15 hr | |
| Oct 3, 4:26 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Brown, Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Martin, Redwood and 4 more | 15 hr |
| Oct 8, 3:14 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | 16 hr | |
| Oct 8, 3:34 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Dakota, Faribault, Freeborn and 16 more | 15 hr |
| Oct 8, 3:48 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 15 hr |
| Oct 12, 2:49 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Martin and 7 more | 17 hr |
| Oct 12, 3:13 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | 16 hr | |
| Oct 12, 4:24 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 15 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Brown County13
- Martin County13
- Redwood County13
- Watonwan County13
- Becker County11
- Renville County11
- Clay County10
- Kittson County10
- Marshall County10
- Pennington County10
- Polk County10
- Red Lake County10
- Roseau County10
- Chippewa County10
- Lac qui Parle County10
- Yellow Medicine County10
- Beltrami County9
- Clearwater County9
- Hubbard County9
- Lake of the Woods County9
- Mahnomen County9
- Norman County9
- Big Stone County9
- Traverse County9
- Blue Earth County8
- Faribault County8
- Wilkin County8
- Kandiyohi County8
- Swift County8
- Grant County7
- Otter Tail County7
- Wadena County7
- Douglas County7
- Pope County7
- Stevens County7
- Nicollet County7
- Freeborn County6
- Steele County6
- Waseca County6
- Dodge County6
39 more counties
- Fillmore County6
- Mower County6
- Olmsted County6
- Sibley County5
- Houston County4
- Wabasha County4
- Winona County4
- Goodhue County4
- Le Sueur County4
- McLeod County4
- Meeker County4
- Rice County4
- Stearns County4
- Todd County4
- Cass County3
- Crow Wing County3
- Benton County3
- Carver County3
- Dakota County3
- Hennepin County3
- Morrison County3
- Ramsey County3
- Scott County3
- Washington County3
- Itasca County3
- Koochiching County3
- Aitkin County2
- Pine County2
- Anoka County2
- Chisago County2
- Isanti County2
- Kanabec County2
- Mille Lacs County2
- Sherburne County2
- Wright County2
- Saint Louis County2
- Carlton County1
- Cook County1
- Lake County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.