Red Flag Warning Issued for Northeast Montana
This alert is no longer in effect.
NOAA issued it on May 17, 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 Glasgow has issued a Red Flag Warning for Northeast Montana from 11 AM to 8 PM MDT Monday due to gusty winds and low humidity.
Read this weather record in 30 seconds
- Record type
- Red Flag Warning
- Affected area
- Northeast Montana
- Issued
- May 17, 2026
- Issuing authority
- NWS Glasgow MT
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 Northeast Montana.
Alert Details
A Red Flag Warning has been issued by the National Weather Service in Glasgow MT. The alert is in effect from 11 AM to 8 PM MDT Monday, May 11, 2026.
Affected Areas
Northeast Montana, including Fort Peck Reservation and Daniels/Roosevelt/Sheridan Counties; Dawson/McCone/Prairie/Richland/Wibaux Counties; Northern Valley and Northern Phillips Counties; The Little Rockies; The Lower Missouri River Breaks including the Charles M Russell National Wildlife Refuge; and Southern Petroleum and Southern Garfield Counties.
What You Should Do
Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in these areas of this Red Flag Warning. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
Expected Conditions
Northwest winds of 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph and humidity as low as 15 percent are expected. Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly, particularly in grassland areas.
Timeline
The warning takes effect at 11 AM MDT Monday and remains in effect until 8 PM MDT Monday.
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 (1,007 characters here).
Similar severity timing
Same severity (high) notices issued closest in time to May 17, 2026.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about this NWS weather alert.