Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings
Red Flag Warnings in Minnesota, 2015
44 red flag warnings in 2015. 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 2015. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 44
- Busiest month
- April32 red flag warnings
- Busiest day
- April 15, 20156 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 12, 3:44 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | 15 hr | |
| Mar 12, 4:17 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Martin, Redwood, Watonwan and 1 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 14, 2:47 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | 28 hr | |
| Mar 15, 3:27 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Le Sueur, Martin and 6 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 30, 4:03 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | 16 hr | |
| Mar 30, 4:22 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Brown, Martin, Redwood, Watonwan, Yellow Medicine | 15 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:21 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | 30 hr | |
| Apr 1, 3:38 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Le Sueur and 8 more | 15 hr |
| Apr 1, 4:26 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 15 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:07 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | 28 hr | |
| Apr 1, 3:27 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 27 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:50 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Douglas and 24 more | 19 hr |
| Apr 2, 4:05 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Hubbard, Otter Tail, Wadena and 1 more | 15 hr |
| Apr 2, 4:30 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 3 more | 15 hr |
| Apr 2, 10:39 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 26 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 11, 2:13 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Redwood, Stevens and 2 more | 18 hr |
| Apr 11, 2:52 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 17 hr |
| Apr 11, 3:19 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | 17 hr | |
| Apr 11, 3:27 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen and 8 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 13, 2:17 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Benton, Chippewa, Douglas, Kanabec, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle and 11 more | 18 hr |
| Apr 13, 3:18 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 17 hr |
| Apr 13, 3:37 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 13, 3:37 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | 16 hr | |
| Apr 13, 4:59 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 15 hr |
| Apr 14, 2:40 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Redwood, Stevens, Swift, Yellow Medicine | 17 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:31 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 17 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:31 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Clay, Grant, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Otter Tail and 2 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:33 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | 16 hr | |
| Apr 15, 3:15 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:51 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 16 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:57 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 15, 4:16 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 15, 4:36 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 15 hr |
| Apr 15, 10:09 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | 9 hr | |
| Apr 17, 6:48 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DLH | Koochiching, Saint Louis | 13 hr |
| Apr 17, 6:53 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington and 3 more | 13 hr |
| Apr 22, 4:29 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Douglas, Faribault and 22 more | 15 hr |
| Apr 22, 1:50 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | 5 hr | |
| Apr 29, 2:59 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk and 3 more | 28 hr |
| May 2, 4:22 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson and 11 more | 16 hr |
| May 2, 4:46 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DLH | Cass, Itasca, Koochiching | 15 hr |
| May 5, 4:45 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk and 3 more | 14 hr |
| Oct 15, 3:45 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | 15 hr | |
| Oct 15, 4:04 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Lac qui Parle, Martin and 4 more | 15 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Redwood County12
- Yellow Medicine County12
- Brown County9
- Martin County9
- Watonwan County9
- Blue Earth County8
- Faribault County8
- Lac qui Parle County8
- Clay County8
- Wilkin County8
- Kittson County8
- Marshall County8
- Polk County8
- Chippewa County7
- Stevens County7
- Swift County7
- Norman County7
- Pennington County7
- Red Lake County7
- Roseau County7
- Le Sueur County6
- Nicollet County6
- Douglas County6
- Pope County6
- Otter Tail County6
- Freeborn County5
- Waseca County5
- Big Stone County5
- Traverse County5
- Kandiyohi County5
- Meeker County5
- Renville County5
- Stearns County5
- Becker County5
- Grant County5
- Clearwater County5
- Steele County4
- Benton County4
- Carver County4
- Kanabec County4
39 more counties
- McLeod County4
- Mille Lacs County4
- Morrison County4
- Sibley County4
- Todd County4
- Wright County4
- Hubbard County4
- Wadena County4
- Cass County4
- Itasca County4
- Saint Louis County4
- Mahnomen County4
- Beltrami County4
- Lake of the Woods County4
- Koochiching County4
- Rice County3
- Isanti County3
- Sherburne County3
- Aitkin County3
- Carlton County3
- Cook County3
- Crow Wing County3
- Lake County3
- Pine County3
- Goodhue County2
- Dodge County2
- Fillmore County2
- Houston County2
- Mower County2
- Olmsted County2
- Wabasha County2
- Winona County2
- Anoka County2
- Chisago County2
- Scott County2
- Dakota County1
- Hennepin County1
- Ramsey County1
- Washington 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.