Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings / 2023
Red Flag Warnings in Minnesota, May 2023
16 red flag warnings in May 2023. 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 May 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 16
- Busiest day
- May 2, 20236 red flag warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 3:03 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 17 hr |
| May 1, 4:38 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DLH | Cass, Crow Wing | 15 hr |
| May 2, 2:26 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ARX | Dodge, Mower | 18 hr |
| May 2, 2:37 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 17 hr |
| May 2, 2:52 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard, Lake of the Woods and 8 more | 17 hr |
| May 2, 3:25 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 17 hr |
| May 2, 3:37 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 16 hr |
| May 2, 4:27 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Koochiching and 2 more | 16 hr |
| May 27, 1:22 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 8 hr |
| May 27, 1:29 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DLH | Cass, Itasca, Koochiching | 8 hr |
| May 27, 1:33 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift and 2 more | 7 hr |
| May 28, 2:32 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DLH | Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and 1 more | 18 hr |
| May 28, 2:37 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift and 2 more | 18 hr |
| May 28, 2:51 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 18 hr |
| May 28, 2:55 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 18 hr |
| May 29, 10:33 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DLH | Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 9 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Becker County4
- Beltrami County4
- Clearwater County4
- Grant County4
- Hubbard County4
- Lake of the Woods County4
- Mahnomen County4
- Marshall County4
- Otter Tail County4
- Pennington County4
- Polk County4
- Red Lake County4
- Roseau County4
- Wadena County4
- Cass County4
- Clay County3
- Kittson County3
- Norman County3
- Wilkin County3
- Crow Wing County3
- Chippewa County3
- Douglas County3
- Lac qui Parle County3
- Pope County3
- Stevens County3
- Swift County3
- Todd County3
- Yellow Medicine County3
- Itasca County3
- Koochiching County3
- Saint Louis County3
- Big Stone County2
- Traverse County2
- Cook County2
- Lake County2
- Dodge County1
- Mower County1
- Anoka County1
- Benton County1
- Blue Earth County1
42 more counties
- Brown County1
- Carver County1
- Chisago County1
- Dakota County1
- Faribault County1
- Freeborn County1
- Goodhue County1
- Hennepin County1
- Isanti County1
- Kanabec County1
- Kandiyohi County1
- Le Sueur County1
- McLeod County1
- Martin County1
- Meeker County1
- Mille Lacs County1
- Morrison County1
- Nicollet County1
- Ramsey County1
- Redwood County1
- Renville County1
- Rice County1
- Scott County1
- Sherburne County1
- Sibley County1
- Stearns County1
- Steele County1
- Waseca County1
- Washington County1
- Watonwan County1
- Wright County1
- Cottonwood County1
- Jackson County1
- Lincoln County1
- Lyon County1
- Murray County1
- Nobles County1
- Pipestone County1
- Rock County1
- Aitkin County1
- Carlton County1
- Pine County1
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Sources
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