Weather alerts in North Dakota
31,434 weather alerts since 1986, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 31,434
- Warnings
- 16,455
- Watches
- 1,999
- Advisories
- 4,519
- Busiest year
- 20201,579 alerts
- Average year
- 767over 41 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cass County3,850
- Burleigh County3,676
- Stutsman County3,604
- Grant County3,602
- Emmons County3,491
- Hettinger County3,479
- Richland County3,479
- Adams County3,420
- Grand Forks County3,398
- Stark County3,398
- Barnes County3,397
- Dunn County3,384
- Kidder County3,377
- McKenzie County3,316
- Mercer County3,309
- Logan County3,308
- LaMoure County3,300
- Walsh County3,273
- Dickey County3,253
- Oliver County3,245
- Ransom County3,222
- McIntosh County3,207
- Slope County3,176
- Bowman County3,174
- Traill County3,160
- McHenry County3,142
- Mountrail County3,121
- Steele County3,109
- Wells County3,096
- Billings County3,086
- Sargent County3,075
- Nelson County3,059
- Ramsey County3,039
- Griggs County3,011
- Benson County3,010
- Sheridan County3,006
- Williams County2,982
- Foster County2,933
- Golden Valley County2,922
- Eddy County2,850
The latest warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 4:40 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Divide, Dunn and 11 more | 19 hr |
| Sep 9, 1:15 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Grant and 8 more | 32 hr |
| Sep 7, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Sheridan | 28 min |
| Sep 7, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, McLean, Pierce, Sheridan, Wells | 56 min |
| Sep 7, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McLean | 47 min |
| Sep 7, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, McLean, Sheridan, Ward | 67 min |
| Sep 6, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn, McKenzie | 22 min |
| Sep 6, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Dunn, McKenzie | 33 min |
| Sep 6, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McKenzie | 40 min |
| Sep 6, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie | 61 min |
| Sep 6, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Walsh | 64 min |
| Sep 6, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie, Williams | 43 min |
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. Rebuilt daily.