North Dakota: QUIET No active NWS alerts returned by weather.gov at generation time. Continue routine monitoring for fast-changing heat, storms, rainfall, and local impacts.
American Red Cross · North Central
Weather.gov checked at 10:15 AM CST, November 8, 2026.
North Central Situational Awareness
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2 North Central geographies have active NWS alerts; highest current level is Warning in IA.
HighestWarningIA
Active Areas2 / 9IA, IN
NWS Alerts4IA
TropicsQuietNHC official outlook
Risk Overview
| Product | Status | Conditions |
|---|---|---|
| Excessive Rainfall | Advisory | Flooding or heavy-rain related NWS alerts are active in IA. Use WPC ERO for the official day-by-day rainfall risk. |
| Active Fires & Potential | Advisory | 6 wildfires 10+ acres in North Central, 3 not fully contained (largest uncontained: Ridge, 496 acres, 85% contained, MI). NIFC 7-day fire potential outlook cached for reference. |
| Extreme Heat | Quiet | No North Central heat-specific NWS alerts returned at generation time. Continue heat monitoring through local NWS offices. |
| SPC | Quiet | SPC Day 1 Convective Outlook shows no categorical risk area over North Central states today. Open SPC for the latest thunderstorm and severe outlook. |
| PowerOutage.us | Quiet | Open live dashboard for current outage counts. |
SPC Convective Outlook — North Central Lookahead
Day 1 · TodayQuietNo categorical risk area over North Central states.
Day 2 · TomorrowQuietNo categorical risk area over North Central states.
Day 3QuietNo categorical risk area over North Central states.
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.
North Central Alert Map
Mapped Alert Summary
| Area | Level | Active Alerts | Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | Quiet | 0 | None returned |
| South Dakota | Quiet | 0 | None returned |
| Nebraska | Quiet | 0 | None returned |
| Minnesota | Quiet | 0 | None returned |
| Iowa | Warning | 2 | Flood Warning |
| Wisconsin | Quiet | 0 | None returned |
| Illinois | Quiet | 0 | None returned |
| Indiana | Advisory | 2 | Frost Advisory |
| Michigan | Quiet | 0 | None returned |
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Fire
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Severe
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Infrastructure
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Watch Items
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5-Day Outlook For November 8, 2026
State-by-State Threats
South Dakota: QUIET No active NWS alerts returned by weather.gov at generation time. Continue routine monitoring for fast-changing heat, storms, rainfall, and local impacts.
Nebraska: QUIET No active NWS alerts returned by weather.gov at generation time. Continue routine monitoring for fast-changing heat, storms, rainfall, and local impacts.
Minnesota: QUIET No active NWS alerts returned by weather.gov at generation time. Continue routine monitoring for fast-changing heat, storms, rainfall, and local impacts.
Iowa: WARNING Flood Warning currently returned by weather.gov. Monitor local NWS updates for timing and affected counties.
Active Alerts:
- WARNING: Flood Warning
- WARNING: Flood Warning
Wisconsin: QUIET No active NWS alerts returned by weather.gov at generation time. Continue routine monitoring for fast-changing heat, storms, rainfall, and local impacts.
Illinois: QUIET No active NWS alerts returned by weather.gov at generation time. Continue routine monitoring for fast-changing heat, storms, rainfall, and local impacts.
Indiana: ADVISORY Frost Advisory currently returned by weather.gov. Monitor local NWS updates for timing and affected counties.
Active Alerts:
- ADVISORY: Frost Advisory
- ADVISORY: Frost Advisory
Michigan: QUIET No active NWS alerts returned by weather.gov at generation time. Continue routine monitoring for fast-changing heat, storms, rainfall, and local impacts.
Wildfires
Wildfires 10+ acres in North Central states from the National Interagency Fire Center (WFIGS), largest first. On the map, marker size is acreage and the legend identifies containment; color-vision mode also changes marker shapes. Fire potential is in the Risk Overview.
MI
Craig Lake 1
Baraga County, MI
606 acres · 100% contained
MI
Ridge
Marquette County, MI
496 acres · 85% contained
MN
Stewart Trail
Lake County, MN
375 acres · 100% contained
MI
Black River
Gogebic County, MI
362 acres · 100% contained
WI
Redhouse
Ashland County, WI
22 acres · Containment not listed
WI
Tower
Lincoln County, WI
11 acres · Containment not listed
State & Territory Emergency Management
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.
NDNorth Dakota Department of Emergency ServicesSDSouth Dakota Office of Emergency ManagementNENebraska Emergency Management AgencyMNMinnesota Homeland Security & Emergency ManagementIAIowa Homeland Security & Emergency ManagementWIWisconsin Emergency ManagementILIllinois Emergency Management AgencyINIndiana Department of Homeland SecurityMIMichigan Emergency Management & Homeland Security Division
North Central Active Operations
Public aggregate snapshot of current North Central DROs, shelters, damage assessment, and cases. The scheduled Red Cross Notebook refreshes this alongside the report.
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