Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings / 2026
Red Flag Warnings in Minnesota, April 2026
20 red flag warnings in April 2026. 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 April 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 20
- Busiest day
- April 20, 20265 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 1:52 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Pipestone, Rock | 29 hr |
| Apr 15, 12:28 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 32 hr |
| Apr 15, 1:20 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 31 hr |
| Apr 16, 1:28 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Redwood and 6 more | 19 hr |
| Apr 16, 10:34 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DLH | Cass | 9 hr |
| Apr 16, 11:43 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Grant, Hubbard, Otter Tail, Wadena, Wilkin | 8 hr |
| Apr 20, 1:21 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Faribault and 22 more | 19 hr |
| Apr 20, 1:35 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 18 hr |
| Apr 20, 1:54 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 18 hr |
| Apr 20, 2:20 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 18 hr |
| Apr 20, 3:15 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 21, 11:52 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 32 hr |
| Apr 21, 12:12 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Douglas and 28 more | 32 hr |
| Apr 21, 12:54 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 31 hr |
| Apr 22, 2:23 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Grant, Hubbard, Otter Tail, Wadena and 1 more | 18 hr |
| Apr 22, 3:08 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Pine | 17 hr |
| Apr 23, 1:54 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Redwood and 4 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 23, 2:00 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 17 hr |
| Apr 23, 2:13 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon, Pipestone | 18 hr |
| Apr 23, 2:51 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen and 8 more | 16 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Pipestone County5
- Rock County4
- Lincoln County4
- Lyon County4
- Big Stone County4
- Traverse County4
- Chippewa County4
- Douglas County4
- Kandiyohi County4
- Lac qui Parle County4
- Pope County4
- Redwood County4
- Renville County4
- Stevens County4
- Swift County4
- Yellow Medicine County4
- Grant County4
- Otter Tail County4
- Wilkin County4
- Murray County3
- Nobles County3
- Stearns County3
- Todd County3
- Cass County3
- Hubbard County3
- Wadena County3
- Becker County3
- Benton County2
- Blue Earth County2
- Brown County2
- Faribault County2
- Kanabec County2
- McLeod County2
- Martin County2
- Meeker County2
- Mille Lacs County2
- Morrison County2
- Nicollet County2
- Sherburne County2
- Sibley County2
33 more counties
- Watonwan County2
- Wright County2
- Cottonwood County2
- Jackson County2
- Beltrami County2
- Clay County2
- Clearwater County2
- Kittson County2
- Mahnomen County2
- Marshall County2
- Norman County2
- Pennington County2
- Polk County2
- Red Lake County2
- Roseau County2
- Aitkin County2
- Crow Wing County2
- Itasca County2
- Pine County2
- Isanti County1
- Lake of the Woods County1
- Carlton County1
- Cook County1
- Koochiching County1
- Lake County1
- Saint Louis County1
- Carver County1
- Freeborn County1
- Le Sueur County1
- Rice County1
- Scott County1
- Steele County1
- Waseca County1
Nearby
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.