8 North Central geographies have active NWS alerts; highest current level is Warning in ND.
| Product | Status | Conditions |
|---|---|---|
| Excessive Rainfall | Advisory | Flooding or heavy-rain related NWS alerts are active in IA, IL. Use WPC ERO for the official day-by-day rainfall risk. |
| Active Fires & Potential | Advisory | 7 wildfires 10+ acres in North Central, 7 not fully contained (largest uncontained: Thumb, 500 acres, 0% contained, MN). NIFC 7-day fire potential outlook cached for reference. |
| Extreme Heat | Warning | Heat-related NWS alerts are active in ND, SD, NE, MN, WI, MI. Check local NWS offices and HeatRisk for timing and severity. |
| SPC | Advisory | SPC Day 1 Convective Outlook: General Thunderstorms Risk (IN, MI). Open SPC for the categorical map and forecast discussion. |
| PowerOutage.us | Quiet | Open live dashboard for current outage counts. |
Categorical severe-thunderstorm risk from the Storm Prediction Center, limited to North Central states. The Day 1 map is shown; open SPC for the full national maps and discussion.
| Area | Level | Active Alerts | Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | Warning | 2 | Extreme Heat Warning |
| South Dakota | Warning | 6 | Extreme Heat Warning, Heat Advisory, Red Flag Warning |
| Nebraska | Warning | 3 | Heat Advisory, Red Flag Warning |
| Minnesota | Warning | 11 | Extreme Heat Warning, Fire Weather Watch, Heat Advisory, Red Flag Warning |
| Iowa | Warning | 3 | Flood Warning, Flood Watch |
| Wisconsin | Warning | 5 | Extreme Heat Warning, Heat Advisory |
| Illinois | Warning | 2 | Flood Warning |
| Indiana | Quiet | 0 | None returned |
| Michigan | Warning | 9 | Extreme Heat Warning, Extreme Heat Watch, Heat Advisory |
North Dakota: WARNING Extreme Heat Warning currently returned by weather.gov. Monitor local NWS updates for timing and affected counties.
South Dakota: WARNING Extreme Heat Warning, Heat Advisory, Red Flag Warning currently returned by weather.gov. Monitor local NWS updates for timing and affected counties.
Nebraska: WARNING Heat Advisory, Red Flag Warning currently returned by weather.gov. Monitor local NWS updates for timing and affected counties.
Minnesota: WARNING Extreme Heat Warning, Fire Weather Watch, Heat Advisory currently returned by weather.gov. Monitor local NWS updates for timing and affected counties.
Iowa: WARNING Flood Warning, Flood Watch currently returned by weather.gov. Monitor local NWS updates for timing and affected counties.
Wisconsin: WARNING Extreme Heat Warning, Heat Advisory currently returned by weather.gov. Monitor local NWS updates for timing and affected counties.
Illinois: WARNING Flood Warning currently returned by weather.gov. Monitor local NWS updates for timing and affected counties.
Indiana: QUIET No active NWS alerts returned by weather.gov at generation time. Continue routine monitoring for fast-changing heat, storms, rainfall, and local impacts.
Michigan: WARNING Extreme Heat Warning, Extreme Heat Watch, Heat Advisory currently returned by weather.gov. Monitor local NWS updates for timing and affected counties.
Wildfires 10+ acres in North Central states from the National Interagency Fire Center (WFIGS), largest first. On the map, marker size is acreage and color is containment (red = not fully contained, green = contained). Fire potential is in the Risk Overview.
St. Louis County, MN
500 acres · 0% contained
St. Louis County, MN
288 acres · Containment not listed
St. Louis County, MN
200 acres · 0% contained
St. Louis County, MN
123 acres · 0% contained
St. Louis County, MN
30 acres · Containment not listed
Sioux County, NE
30 acres · Containment not listed
St. Louis County, MN
12 acres · Containment not listed
Each North Central state and territory emergency-management agency publishes its own situation reports (SitReps) and updates. These are direct links to the official agency pages for local detail this brief does not pull automatically.