Weather alerts in North Dakota, May 2011

110 weather alerts in May 2011, 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 May 2011. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 110
Warnings: 51
Watches: 13
Advisories: 42
Busiest day: May 31, 201120 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
May 1, 3:50 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	Bottineau, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Foster, Grant and 13 more	15 hr
May 1, 9:38 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FGF	Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Griggs, Nelson, Ramsey and 2 more	9 hr
May 1, 9:41 AM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Pierce, Rolette	3 hr
May 2, 12:08 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	BIS	Dickey	35 hr
May 4, 3:52 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Williams	16 hr
May 4, 2:25 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FGF	Benson, Nelson, Ramsey, Towner	21 days
May 5, 12:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FGF	Benson, Nelson, Ramsey, Towner	7 days
May 6, 10:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Renville	81 days
May 8, 5:06 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Emmons, Sioux	54 min
May 8, 6:13 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Burleigh, Emmons, Grant, Morton, Sioux	6 hr
May 8, 8:47 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Emmons, Grant, Morton, Sioux	58 min
May 9, 12:42 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FGF	Cass, Richland	6 hr
May 9, 3:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FGF	Barnes	8 hr
May 9, 1:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Burleigh, McLean, Mercer, Oliver	3 hr
May 9, 2:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Burleigh, Kidder, Sheridan, Stutsman, Wells	4 hr
May 9, 8:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	BIS	Burke, Divide, McKenzie, Mountrail, Williams	4 days
May 9, 10:15 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Grant and 4 more	15 hr
May 10, 12:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Ransom, Sargent	44 min
May 10, 12:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Ransom, Sargent	61 min
May 10, 1:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Sioux	62 min
May 10, 1:56 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Barnes, Burleigh, Cass, Emmons, Foster and 15 more	94 min
May 10, 2:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Cass	48 min
May 10, 2:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Cass	62 min
May 10, 2:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Kidder	44 min
May 10, 2:58 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	Burke, Divide, McKenzie, Mountrail, Williams	14 hr
May 10, 3:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder, Logan	47 min
May 10, 3:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Kidder, Stutsman, Wells	54 min
May 10, 11:10 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Williams	33 hr
May 10, 12:34 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Ward	68 days
May 10, 2:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Bottineau, Renville, Ward	3 hr
May 10, 2:05 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	McKenzie, Williams	105 days
May 10, 2:23 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	BIS		6 days
May 10, 4:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Renville	67 hr
May 11, 9:40 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Ward	26 hr
May 11, 10:18 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	BIS	Ward	50 hr
May 13, 8:55 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Burleigh, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Oliver	11 days
May 13, 3:24 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	BIS	Burke, Divide, McKenzie, Mountrail, Williams	12 hr
May 14, 3:09 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 22 more	18 hr
May 14, 9:59 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	BIS	Billings, Bottineau, Burke, Divide, Dunn, Golden Valley and 12 more	11 hr
May 15, 2:23 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	FGF	Barnes, Cass, Grand Forks, Griggs, Pembina, Ransom and 5 more	17 hr
May 15, 3:21 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	BIS	Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Foster, Grant, Kidder and 5 more	13 hr
May 15, 3:21 PM CDT	High Wind Watch	BIS	Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Slope	13 hr
May 15, 3:21 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	Adams, Burke, Burleigh, Divide, Dunn, Emmons and 9 more	30 hr
May 16, 3:58 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Hettinger, Slope and 1 more	17 hr
May 16, 4:46 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	BIS	Billings, Bowman, Divide, Dunn, Golden Valley, McKenzie and 3 more	16 hr
May 16, 3:36 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	BIS	Bottineau, Foster, McHenry, Pierce, Rolette, Stutsman and 1 more	13 hr
May 17, 3:46 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	FGF	Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Griggs, Nelson, Ramsey and 2 more	16 hr
May 17, 4:39 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	BIS	Bottineau, Foster, McHenry, Pierce, Rolette, Wells	15 hr
May 18, 2:34 PM CDT	Flood Watch	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 26 more	3 days
May 20, 10:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Hettinger and 2 more	48 hr
May 20, 10:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Grant, Sioux	48 hr
May 20, 11:10 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Ward	27 hr
May 20, 12:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	BIS	Burke, Divide, McKenzie, Mountrail, Renville, Ward and 1 more	3 days
May 21, 12:52 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Dickey, Emmons, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh and 1 more	27 hr
May 21, 3:54 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Foster, Sheridan, Wells	24 hr
May 21, 10:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Dunn	33 hr
May 21, 10:21 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Billings, Golden Valley	10 days
May 21, 10:44 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	BIS	Mercer, Oliver	27 hr
May 21, 10:44 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	BIS	Mercer	11 hr
May 21, 9:07 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Mercer	42 hr
May 21, 9:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FGF	Sargent	14 hr
May 21, 11:03 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	McHenry	6 hr
May 22, 10:57 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Bowman, Slope	64 hr
May 22, 2:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Grant, Morton, Stark	24 hr
May 22, 9:09 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Pembina	13 hr
May 24, 10:27 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Richland	33 hr
May 24, 11:39 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Oliver and 1 more	20 days
May 24, 2:46 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	FGF	Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson and 4 more	17 hr
May 24, 2:48 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	BIS	Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Divide, Dunn, Foster and 12 more	17 hr
May 25, 6:26 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Bowman, Slope	27 hr
May 25, 2:39 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Cass, Eddy, Griggs, Steele and 1 more	17 hr
May 25, 2:39 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	FGF	Cavalier, Grand Forks, Nelson, Pembina, Ramsey, Towner and 1 more	17 hr
May 25, 3:35 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	BIS	Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Foster, Kidder, McHenry and 9 more	12 hr
May 26, 4:34 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bowman, Divide, Dunn, Golden Valley and 5 more	17 hr
May 27, 4:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Barnes	50 min
May 27, 5:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Barnes, Cass	44 min
May 27, 5:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Barnes, Cass	24 min
May 28, 10:29 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	Adams, Bowman, Grant, Hettinger, Slope	9 hr
May 28, 1:14 PM CDT	Flood Watch	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Divide and 11 more	3 days
May 29, 2:53 PM CDT	High Wind Watch	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh, Dickey and 22 more	23 hr
May 29, 8:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Williams	4 days
May 30, 4:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Ransom, Richland, Sargent	5 hr
May 30, 1:57 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 26 more	29 hr
May 30, 2:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Ward	3 hr
May 30, 3:09 PM CDT	High Wind Watch	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Eddy, Griggs, Nelson, Ramsey and 3 more	13 hr
May 30, 3:52 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Cass, Ransom, Richland, Sargent, Traill	7 hr
May 30, 4:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Ward	3 hr
May 30, 4:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Renville	6 hr
May 30, 4:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	McLean, Mercer	84 min
May 30, 6:17 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cass, Ransom, Richland, Sargent	118 min
May 30, 7:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Ward	3 hr
May 30, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Ransom, Richland, Sargent	63 min
May 30, 8:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Ransom, Sargent	24 min
May 30, 8:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Richland	26 min
May 30, 8:43 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Cass, Grand Forks, Ransom, Richland, Traill	5 hr
May 30, 8:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Cass	43 min
May 30, 8:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Grand Forks	47 min
May 30, 9:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Grand Forks, Traill	39 min
May 30, 9:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Traill	38 min
May 30, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Grand Forks	65 min
May 30, 9:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Traill	27 min
May 30, 10:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FGF	Grand Forks, Traill	8 hr
May 31, 3:44 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more	19 hr
May 31, 5:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	McLean, Mountrail, Ward	7 hr
May 31, 7:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	BIS	Ward	51 hr
May 31, 10:23 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Pierce, Rolette	48 hr
May 31, 10:49 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Ward	3 days
May 31, 12:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Bottineau, Burke, McHenry, McLean, Mercer, Mountrail and 2 more	45 hr
May 31, 6:12 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Griggs, Nelson and 4 more	3 hr
May 31, 6:52 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	Bottineau, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Foster, Grant and 13 more	3 hr

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	13
Tornado Warning	7
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	1
Tornado Watch	3
Mesoscale Discussion	4
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	5
Flash Flood Warning	2
River Flood Warning	16
Flood Watch	2
River Flood Watch	3
Areal Flood Advisory	24
River Flood Advisory	1
Winter
Winter Weather Advisory	1
Cold
Freeze Warning	2
Frost Advisory	8
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	3
High Wind Watch	3
Wind Advisory	8
Fire
Red Flag Warning	3
Fire Weather Watch	1

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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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.