Alert archive / Minnesota / Red Flag Warnings / 2026
Red Flag Warnings in Minnesota, May 2026
22 red flag warnings in May 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 May 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 22
- Busiest day
- May 11, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 3:20 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 5 more | 17 hr |
| May 8, 7:31 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Benton, Chippewa, Douglas, Kanabec, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle and 8 more | 12 hr |
| May 8, 7:40 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DLH | Cass, Crow Wing | 12 hr |
| May 8, 7:59 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 12 hr |
| May 9, 1:40 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Pine, Saint Louis | 5 hr |
| May 11, 10:56 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Clay, Grant, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Otter Tail and 2 more | 11 hr |
| May 11, 1:55 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Clay, Grant, Marshall, Norman, Otter Tail, Polk and 1 more | 31 hr |
| May 11, 2:37 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 30 hr |
| May 11, 2:59 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Faribault, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle and 12 more | 30 hr |
| May 11, 3:07 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 30 hr |
| May 13, 1:54 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 30 hr |
| May 13, 2:22 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 55 hr |
| May 13, 2:22 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Benton, Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Kanabec, Kandiyohi and 14 more | 31 hr |
| May 13, 2:27 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 32 hr |
| May 14, 10:10 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Koochiching and 2 more | 7 hr |
| May 14, 11:25 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 34 hr |
| May 14, 11:39 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Benton, Chippewa, Chisago, Douglas, Isanti, Kanabec and 16 more | 33 hr |
| May 14, 1:57 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon | 28 hr |
| May 14, 10:33 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 22 hr |
| May 16, 9:54 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Pine, Saint Louis | 11 hr |
| May 16, 10:00 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail, Wadena, Wilkin | 11 hr |
| May 16, 10:04 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Benton, Douglas, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Todd | 11 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Grant County5
- Otter Tail County5
- Wilkin County5
- Cass County5
- Crow Wing County5
- Clay County4
- Marshall County4
- Norman County4
- Polk County4
- Benton County4
- Chippewa County4
- Douglas County4
- Kanabec County4
- Kandiyohi County4
- Lac qui Parle County4
- Mille Lacs County4
- Morrison County4
- Pope County4
- Stevens County4
- Swift County4
- Todd County4
- Big Stone County4
- Traverse County4
- Aitkin County4
- Carlton County4
- Pine County4
- Saint Louis County4
- Kittson County3
- Wadena County3
- Stearns County3
- Meeker County3
- Redwood County3
- Renville County3
- Yellow Medicine County3
- Lincoln County3
- Lyon County3
- Becker County2
- Mahnomen County2
- Sherburne County2
- Brown County2
27 more counties
- McLeod County2
- Martin County2
- Watonwan County2
- Cottonwood County2
- Jackson County2
- Murray County2
- Nobles County2
- Pipestone County2
- Rock County2
- Itasca County2
- Koochiching County2
- Blue Earth County1
- Faribault County1
- Nicollet County1
- Sibley County1
- Beltrami County1
- Clearwater County1
- Hubbard County1
- Lake of the Woods County1
- Pennington County1
- Red Lake County1
- Roseau County1
- Cook County1
- Lake County1
- Chisago County1
- Isanti County1
- Wright 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.