Alert archive / North Dakota / Red Flag Warnings / 2026
Red Flag Warnings in North Dakota, May 2026
15 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
- 15
- Busiest day
- May 11, 20264 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 2, 1:13 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Billings, Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Divide, Dunn and 19 more | 32 hr |
| May 2, 1:26 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 8 more | 32 hr |
| May 8, 2:58 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh, Dickey and 25 more | 19 hr |
| May 8, 3:20 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Barnes, Cass, Eddy, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson and 7 more | 17 hr |
| May 9, 2:56 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Burke, Divide, Mountrail, Renville, Ward, Williams | 18 hr |
| May 11, 12:51 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 30 more | 21 hr |
| May 11, 10:56 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more | 11 hr |
| May 11, 1:55 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more | 31 hr |
| May 11, 2:01 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Bottineau, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Foster, Kidder and 12 more | 31 hr |
| May 12, 1:28 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Divide, Dunn and 15 more | 33 hr |
| May 13, 2:02 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 30 more | 55 hr |
| May 13, 2:22 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more | 55 hr |
| May 26, 1:27 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Billings, Bowman, Divide, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Slope and 1 more | 21 hr |
| May 26, 2:16 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Billings, Bowman, Divide, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Slope and 1 more | 32 hr |
| May 27, 11:37 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Billings, Bowman, Divide, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Slope and 1 more | 34 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Divide County9
- Williams County9
- Billings County8
- Golden Valley County8
- McKenzie County8
- Ward County7
- Bowman County7
- Slope County7
- Burke County6
- McLean County6
- Mountrail County6
- Renville County6
- Burleigh County5
- Dunn County5
- Foster County5
- Kidder County5
- Mercer County5
- Morton County5
- Oliver County5
- Sheridan County5
- Stark County5
- Stutsman County5
- Wells County5
- Barnes County5
- Cass County5
- Eddy County5
- Grand Forks County5
- Griggs County5
- Nelson County5
- Pembina County5
- Steele County5
- Traill County5
- Walsh County5
- Bottineau County4
- McHenry County4
- Pierce County4
- Rolette County4
- Benson County4
- Cavalier County4
- Ramsey County4
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.