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Red Flag Warnings in Montana, 2025
17 red flag warnings in 2025. 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 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 17
- Busiest month
- August5 red flag warnings
- Busiest day
- March 9, 20252 red flag warnings
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Mountain Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 1:50 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GGW | Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips, Prairie and 3 more | 28 hr |
| Mar 9, 2:18 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | Carter, Fallon | 29 hr |
| Apr 9, 8:50 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GGW | Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Prairie, Richland and 1 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 10, 2:07 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GGW | Daniels, Dawson, McCone, Phillips, Prairie, Richland and 4 more | 30 hr |
| May 3, 1:51 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GGW | Daniels, Dawson, McCone, Prairie, Richland, Roosevelt and 3 more | 30 hr |
| May 9, 1:41 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GGW | Daniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 6 more | 31 hr |
| May 12, 2:37 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GGW | Daniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 6 more | 18 hr |
| Jun 6, 2:12 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GGW | Daniels, Phillips, Roosevelt, Sheridan, Valley | 31 hr |
| Jun 7, 2:04 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GGW | Daniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 6 more | 32 hr |
| Jul 9, 2:14 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GGW | Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips, Prairie and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Jul 11, 6:41 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GGW | Phillips, Valley | 25 hr |
| Aug 12, 12:57 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | Beaverhead, Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Jefferson, Lake and 5 more | 33 hr |
| Aug 13, 12:33 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | Beaverhead, Jefferson, Madison, Silver Bow | 32 hr |
| Aug 15, 2:34 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | Beaverhead, Jefferson, Madison, Silver Bow | 18 hr |
| Aug 19, 2:04 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | Beaverhead, Jefferson, Madison, Silver Bow | 32 hr |
| Aug 19, 7:25 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | Gallatin, Madison, Park, Sweet Grass | 27 hr |
| Nov 1, 2:14 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GGW | Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips, Valley | 39 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Valley County10
- McCone County9
- Phillips County9
- Dawson County8
- Prairie County8
- Richland County8
- Wibaux County8
- Garfield County7
- Petroleum County7
- Daniels County6
- Roosevelt County6
- Sheridan County6
- Madison County5
- Beaverhead County4
- Jefferson County4
- Silver Bow County4
- Carter County1
- Fallon County1
- Deer Lodge County1
- Flathead County1
- Granite County1
- Lake County1
- Missoula County1
- Powell County1
- Sanders County1
- Gallatin County1
- Park County1
- Sweet Grass 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.