Alert archive / North Dakota / Red Flag Warnings
Red Flag Warnings in North Dakota, 2020
13 red flag warnings in 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 13
- Busiest month
- April4 red flag warnings
- Busiest day
- October 6, 20202 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 5:07 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Bottineau, Burke, Divide, McHenry, Mountrail, Pierce and 4 more | 15 hr |
| Apr 20, 1:09 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Adams, Billings, Burleigh, Dunn, Emmons, Golden Valley and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 21, 6:33 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Grant and 8 more | 14 hr |
| Apr 26, 4:15 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Billings, Burke, Divide, Dunn, Golden Valley, McKenzie and 2 more | 16 hr |
| May 2, 4:00 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Eddy, Grand Forks, Griggs and 7 more | 15 hr |
| May 18, 1:46 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Ramsey, Towner | 6 hr |
| Aug 31, 2:29 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 19 more | 30 hr |
| Sep 1, 2:23 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh, Divide and 21 more | 32 hr |
| Sep 4, 3:10 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Slope | 28 hr |
| Sep 25, 2:53 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burleigh, Dunn, Emmons and 10 more | 30 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:40 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more | 12 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:51 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Dickey, Divide, Dunn and 23 more | 12 hr |
| Oct 10, 3:24 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Divide, Dunn, Golden Valley and 5 more | 17 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Billings County8
- Dunn County8
- Golden Valley County8
- McKenzie County8
- Slope County7
- Divide County6
- Williams County6
- Adams County6
- Grant County6
- Hettinger County6
- Mercer County6
- Morton County6
- Oliver County6
- Sioux County6
- Stark County6
- Bowman County6
- Burke County5
- Mountrail County5
- Burleigh County5
- Renville County4
- Ward County4
- Emmons County4
- McLean County4
- Bottineau County3
- McHenry County3
- Benson County3
- Eddy County3
- Ramsey County3
- Sheridan County3
- Pierce County2
- Rolette County2
- Barnes County2
- Cass County2
- Grand Forks County2
- Griggs County2
- Nelson County2
- Ransom County2
- Richland County2
- Sargent County2
- Steele County2
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.