Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings
Red Flag Warnings in Minnesota, 2024
44 red flag warnings in 2024. 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 44
- Busiest month
- October18 red flag warnings
- Busiest day
- October 16, 20246 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 3, 8:39 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Winona | 9 hr |
| Mar 3, 9:15 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Martin, Steele, Waseca and 1 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 6, 3:23 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 15 hr |
| Mar 6, 3:24 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 6, 3:26 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Le Sueur and 11 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 11, 2:37 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 16, 2:42 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota, Faribault and 25 more | 17 hr |
| Mar 16, 2:47 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 17 hr |
| Mar 16, 3:04 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 6, 2:03 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 6, 2:40 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Faribault, Freeborn and 19 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 6, 2:51 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 16 hr |
| Apr 6, 2:58 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 7 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 13, 1:54 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Martin, Redwood and 2 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 13, 4:10 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 15 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:12 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake and 1 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:56 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Brown, Martin, Redwood, Watonwan, Yellow Medicine | 16 hr |
| Apr 15, 4:29 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 16, 8:43 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DLH | Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, Saint Louis | 12 hr |
| Apr 22, 4:20 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Polk, Wilkin | 16 hr |
| Apr 25, 12:45 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 29, 2:57 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 29 hr |
| Sep 29, 3:28 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 29 hr |
| Sep 30, 3:15 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 6 more | 18 hr |
| Sep 30, 3:30 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Meeker, Morrison and 8 more | 17 hr |
| Sep 30, 3:40 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca | 17 hr |
| Oct 1, 3:10 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 40 hr |
| Oct 2, 9:34 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Lac qui Parle, Martin and 5 more | 9 hr |
| Oct 2, 9:38 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 9 hr |
| Oct 2, 2:31 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted | 4 hr |
| Oct 4, 3:38 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 40 hr |
| Oct 4, 2:26 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Mahnomen, Norman, Otter Tail and 4 more | 31 hr |
| Oct 4, 2:41 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 5, 3:54 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Redwood, Stevens, Swift, Yellow Medicine | 16 hr |
| Oct 15, 2:00 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 29 hr |
| Oct 15, 2:01 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Mahnomen, Norman, Otter Tail and 1 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 15, 2:37 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 28 hr |
| Oct 16, 2:18 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Martin and 7 more | 17 hr |
| Oct 16, 12:44 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 30 hr |
| Oct 16, 2:06 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 16, 2:45 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 28 hr |
| Oct 16, 2:50 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 28 hr |
| Oct 16, 3:40 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 27 hr |
| Oct 17, 1:47 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Koochiching and 2 more | 17 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lincoln County11
- Lyon County11
- Murray County11
- Nobles County11
- Pipestone County11
- Rock County11
- Cottonwood County10
- Jackson County10
- Redwood County10
- Yellow Medicine County10
- Martin County9
- Watonwan County9
- Big Stone County8
- Traverse County8
- Brown County8
- Lac qui Parle County8
- Norman County8
- Blue Earth County7
- Chippewa County7
- Stevens County7
- Swift County7
- Clay County7
- Polk County7
- Wilkin County7
- Faribault County6
- Freeborn County6
- Kandiyohi County6
- Pope County6
- Renville County6
- Becker County6
- Grant County6
- Mahnomen County6
- Otter Tail County6
- Steele County5
- Waseca County5
- Kittson County5
- Marshall County5
- Pennington County5
- Red Lake County5
- Le Sueur County4
47 more counties
- McLeod County4
- Nicollet County4
- Sibley County4
- Meeker County4
- Stearns County4
- Douglas County4
- Wadena County4
- Dodge County3
- Fillmore County3
- Mower County3
- Olmsted County3
- Todd County3
- Roseau County3
- Itasca County3
- Beltrami County3
- Clearwater County3
- Hubbard County3
- Houston County2
- Winona County2
- Carver County2
- Dakota County2
- Goodhue County2
- Hennepin County2
- Ramsey County2
- Rice County2
- Scott County2
- Wright County2
- Koochiching County2
- Saint Louis County2
- Lake of the Woods County2
- Morrison County2
- Aitkin County2
- Cass County2
- Crow Wing County2
- Cook County1
- Lake County1
- Wabasha County1
- Anoka County1
- Benton County1
- Chisago County1
- Isanti County1
- Kanabec County1
- Mille Lacs County1
- Sherburne County1
- Washington County1
- Carlton County1
- Pine 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.