Red Flag Warning Issued for Eastern South Dakota and Western Minnesota
This alert is no longer in effect.
NOAA issued it on May 13, 2026, 3 months ago. Warnings of this kind stay in effect for hours to a few days, so this page is a historical record of what was issued, not a current warning. For conditions where you are right now, check weather.gov (US), weather.gc.ca (Canada), the Met Office (UK), or the Bureau of Meteorology (Australia).
Areazine synthesizes this NWS weather alert directly from NOAA's official public data feed. See our methodology for full source attribution and refresh cadence.
NWS Sioux Falls has issued a Red Flag Warning for critical fire weather conditions from 10 AM to 7 PM CDT Thursday across parts of eastern South Dakota and western Minnesota.
Read this weather record in 30 seconds
- Record type
- Red Flag Warning
- Affected area
- Eastern South Dakota and Western Minnesota
- Issued
- May 13, 2026
- Issuing authority
- NWS Sioux Falls SD
Fire-weather notices describe conditions that can support rapid fire spread; they do not report that a fire is present. Check local emergency sources for any active incident.
Record status: historical. It was issued 3 months ago; use the issuing agency's live warning service for current conditions in Eastern South Dakota and Western Minnesota.
Alert Details
The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a Red Flag Warning for wind and low relative humidity. The alert is in effect from 10 AM to 7 PM CDT Thursday, May 14, 2026. A Fire Weather Watch has also been issued for Friday morning through Friday evening.
Affected Areas
In Minnesota: Lincoln, Lyon, Murray and Pipestone counties. In South Dakota: Kingsbury, Brookings, Miner, Lake and Moody counties.
What You Should Do
A Red Flag Warning means critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now or will shortly occur. Outdoor burning is not recommended. Any fire that develops will catch and spread quickly.
Expected Conditions
Winds southwest 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. Relative humidity as low as 15 percent. Warm temperatures combined with these conditions can contribute to extreme fire behavior.
Timeline
The Red Flag Warning is effective from 10 AM CDT Thursday, May 14 through 7 PM CDT Thursday, May 14. The Fire Weather Watch covers Friday morning through Friday evening.
Original source: NOAA Official Notice ↗
Related Weather Alerts
All Weather Alerts →Nationwide notices with similar length or severity timing 8
Two Areazine-derived peer sets for this NWS weather alert: nearest notices by body length and by same severity near the same agency date. Peers come from other categories so they are not the same-feed Related list above.
Similar body length
Nearest notices by article body length (1,046 characters here).
Similar severity timing
Same severity (high) notices issued closest in time to May 13, 2026.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about this NWS weather alert.