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Red Flag Warnings in North Dakota, 2026

26 red flag warnings in 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Red Flag Warnings
26
Busiest month
May15 red flag warnings
Busiest day
May 11, 20264 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 3:44 AM CDTRed Flag WarningBISAdams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Hettinger and 3 more16 hr
Mar 27, 12:09 PM CDTRed Flag WarningFGFRichland, Sargent31 hr
Apr 22, 2:23 AM CDTRed Flag WarningFGFRansom, Richland, Sargent18 hr
Apr 22, 3:15 AM CDTRed Flag WarningBISAdams, Billings, Bowman, Dickey, Divide, Dunn and 15 more21 hr
Apr 23, 2:51 AM CDTRed Flag WarningFGFBarnes, Cass, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Pembina and 6 more16 hr
Apr 23, 3:02 AM CDTRed Flag WarningBISDickey, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, Stutsman16 hr
May 2, 1:13 PM CDTRed Flag WarningBISBillings, Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Divide, Dunn and 19 more32 hr
May 2, 1:26 PM CDTRed Flag WarningFGFBarnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 8 more32 hr
May 8, 2:58 AM CDTRed Flag WarningBISAdams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh, Dickey and 25 more19 hr
May 8, 3:20 AM CDTRed Flag WarningFGFBarnes, Cass, Eddy, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson and 7 more17 hr
May 9, 2:56 AM CDTRed Flag WarningBISBurke, Divide, Mountrail, Renville, Ward, Williams18 hr
May 11, 12:51 AM CDTRed Flag WarningBISAdams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 30 more21 hr
May 11, 10:56 AM CDTRed Flag WarningFGFBarnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more11 hr
May 11, 1:55 PM CDTRed Flag WarningFGFBarnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more31 hr
May 11, 2:01 PM CDTRed Flag WarningBISBottineau, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Foster, Kidder and 12 more31 hr
May 12, 1:28 PM CDTRed Flag WarningBISAdams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Divide, Dunn and 15 more33 hr
May 13, 2:02 PM CDTRed Flag WarningBISAdams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 30 more55 hr
May 13, 2:22 PM CDTRed Flag WarningFGFBarnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more55 hr
May 26, 1:27 AM CDTRed Flag WarningBISBillings, Bowman, Divide, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Slope and 1 more21 hr
May 26, 2:16 PM CDTRed Flag WarningBISBillings, Bowman, Divide, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Slope and 1 more32 hr
May 27, 11:37 AM CDTRed Flag WarningBISBillings, Bowman, Divide, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Slope and 1 more34 hr
Jul 20, 2:20 AM CDTRed Flag WarningBISEmmons, Grant, Morton, Sioux19 hr
Aug 2, 2:52 AM CDTRed Flag WarningBISAdams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Grant and 9 more42 hr
Aug 5, 12:13 PM CDTRed Flag WarningBISAdams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Hettinger and 4 more33 hr
Sep 3, 1:03 PM CDTRed Flag WarningBISBowman, Golden Valley, Slope32 hr
Sep 9, 1:15 PM CDTRed Flag WarningBISAdams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Grant and 8 more32 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

13 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. May 11, 20264red flag warnings
  2. April 22, 20262red flag warnings
  3. April 23, 20262red flag warnings
  4. May 2, 20262red flag warnings
  5. May 8, 20262red flag warnings
  6. May 13, 20262red flag warnings
  7. May 26, 20262red flag warnings
  8. March 12, 20261red flag warnings
  9. March 27, 20261red flag warnings
  10. May 9, 20261red flag warnings
  11. May 12, 20261red flag warnings
  12. May 27, 20261red flag warnings

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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.