Red Flag Warnings in North Dakota
396 red flag warnings since 1986. 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 since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 396
- Busiest year
- 201258 red flag warnings
- Average year
- 19over 21 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Slope County233
- Bowman County231
- Billings County228
- Golden Valley County225
- Stark County215
- Adams County212
- Hettinger County212
- McKenzie County193
- Dunn County191
- Sioux County174
- Grant County172
- Morton County152
- Williams County140
- Mercer County139
- Oliver County138
- Emmons County132
- Divide County128
- Burleigh County126
- McLean County124
- Mountrail County112
- Burke County100
- Sheridan County99
- Ward County98
- Kidder County96
- McIntosh County95
- Logan County93
- Renville County87
- McHenry County81
- Stutsman County79
- Dickey County76
- Wells County76
- LaMoure County75
- Bottineau County72
- Barnes County70
- Foster County70
- Sargent County69
- Pierce County68
- Ransom County67
- Richland County67
- Walsh County67
The latest red flag warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 1:15 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Grant and 8 more | 32 hr |
| Sep 3, 1:03 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Bowman, Golden Valley, Slope | 32 hr |
| Aug 5, 12:13 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Hettinger and 4 more | 33 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:52 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Grant and 9 more | 42 hr |
| Jul 20, 2:20 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Emmons, Grant, Morton, Sioux | 19 hr |
| May 27, 11:37 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Billings, Bowman, Divide, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Slope and 1 more | 34 hr |
| May 26, 2:16 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Billings, Bowman, Divide, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Slope and 1 more | 32 hr |
| May 26, 1:27 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Billings, Bowman, Divide, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Slope and 1 more | 21 hr |
| May 13, 2:22 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more | 55 hr |
| May 13, 2:02 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 30 more | 55 hr |
| May 12, 1:28 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Divide, Dunn and 15 more | 33 hr |
| May 11, 2:01 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Bottineau, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Foster, Kidder and 12 more | 31 hr |
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. Rebuilt daily.