Alert archive / North Dakota / 1997
Weather alerts in North Dakota, August 1997
82 weather alerts in August 1997, 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 in August 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 82
- Warnings
- 74
- Watches
- 8
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- August 3, 199718 alerts
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Dickey, Emmons, Kidder, LaMoure and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dickey | 28 min |
| Aug 2, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Sargent | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Sargent | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Richland | 50 min |
| Aug 2, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Barnes | 33 min |
| Aug 2, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Barnes | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cavalier | 33 min |
| Aug 2, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Barnes | 31 min |
| Aug 2, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cass | 36 min |
| Aug 2, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Walsh | 29 min |
| Aug 2, 8:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Walsh | 26 min |
| Aug 2, 9:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Nelson | 52 min |
| Aug 2, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Ransom and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Griggs | 33 min |
| Aug 2, 9:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Foster | 66 min |
| Aug 2, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Steele | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Traill | 25 min |
| Aug 2, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grand Forks | 33 min |
| Aug 3, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grand Forks | 47 min |
| Aug 3, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grand Forks | 31 min |
| Aug 3, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Towner | 41 min |
| Aug 3, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grand Forks | 25 min |
| Aug 3, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Richland | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Richland | 28 min |
| Aug 4, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Divide | 69 min |
| Aug 4, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Williams | 62 min |
| Aug 4, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Williams | 62 min |
| Aug 5, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Pembina | 36 min |
| Aug 5, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Pembina | 31 min |
| Aug 5, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Dickey, Eddy and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 5, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Walsh | 38 min |
| Aug 5, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grand Forks | 27 min |
| Aug 5, 4:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Sheridan | 41 min |
| Aug 5, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grand Forks | 32 min |
| Aug 5, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Traill | 33 min |
| Aug 5, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burleigh, McLean | 33 min |
| Aug 5, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Morton | 33 min |
| Aug 5, 6:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Cass | 29 min |
| Aug 5, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 45 min |
| Aug 5, 7:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Cass | 42 min |
| Aug 5, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Ransom, Richland | 34 min |
| Aug 5, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Richland | 35 min |
| Aug 5, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Richland | 16 min |
| Aug 8, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Billings, Burke, Divide, Dunn, McKenzie, McLean and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 8, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Billings, Burke, Divide, Dunn, McKenzie, McLean and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 9, 1:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Barnes | 29 min |
| Aug 14, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Wells | 49 min |
| Aug 19, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Bowman | 41 min |
| Aug 19, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant | 63 min |
| Aug 27, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Divide | 65 min |
| Aug 27, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Burke, Divide, Dunn, McKenzie, Mountrail, Renville and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 27, 4:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Williams | 27 min |
| Aug 27, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Divide | 65 min |
| Aug 27, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burke | 69 min |
| Aug 27, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Williams | 59 min |
| Aug 27, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burke, Renville, Ward | 45 min |
| Aug 27, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Mountrail | 45 min |
| Aug 27, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Williams | 68 min |
| Aug 27, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Williams | 55 min |
| Aug 27, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie | 56 min |
| Aug 28, 2:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bowman, Slope | 61 min |
| Aug 29, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Burke, Divide, McKenzie, Williams | 5 hr |
| Aug 29, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Kidder | 65 min |
| Aug 29, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Logan | 44 min |
| Aug 29, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dickey | 53 min |
| Aug 29, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dickey | 27 min |
| Aug 31, 12:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Barnes, Griggs | 31 min |
| Aug 31, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Barnes | 30 min |
| Aug 31, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Bottineau, Burleigh, Cass, Cavalier and 26 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 31, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 55 min |
| Aug 31, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Kidder | 62 min |
| Aug 31, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 39 min |
| Aug 31, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 63 min |
| Aug 31, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Foster | 47 min |
| Aug 31, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Griggs | 28 min |
| Aug 31, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 35 min |
| Aug 31, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 32 min |
| Aug 31, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Kidder, Stutsman | 51 min |
| Aug 31, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Barnes | 36 min |
| Aug 31, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 17 min |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 59 |
| Tornado Warning | 15 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 6 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Barnes County11
- Stutsman County11
- Grand Forks County11
- Richland County10
- Williams County10
- Cass County7
- Divide County7
- Dickey County6
- Kidder County6
- Griggs County6
- Burke County6
- Ransom County5
- Sargent County5
- Walsh County5
- Traill County5
- McKenzie County5
- Logan County4
- Nelson County4
- Steele County4
- Foster County4
- Pembina County4
- Mountrail County4
- Renville County4
- LaMoure County3
- McIntosh County3
- Cavalier County3
- Towner County3
- Wells County3
- Burleigh County3
- McLean County3
- Dunn County3
- Ward County3
- Emmons County2
- Benson County2
- Eddy County2
- Ramsey County2
- Sheridan County2
- Billings County2
- Mercer County2
- Oliver County2
Nearby
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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.