Alert archive / North Dakota / 2012
Weather alerts in North Dakota, April 2012
49 weather alerts in April 2012, 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 April 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 49
- Warnings
- 16
- Watches
- 9
- Advisories
- 23
- Busiest day
- April 6, 20127 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 3:44 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FGF | Barnes, Cass, Grand Forks, Ransom, Richland, Sargent and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:01 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | BIS | Adams, Bowman, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Grant and 9 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 2, 10:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Logan, Stutsman | 39 min |
| Apr 3, 3:55 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Divide, Dunn, Golden Valley and 5 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:50 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Divide, Dunn, Golden Valley and 5 more | 29 hr |
| Apr 6, 12:11 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | BIS | Bottineau, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Foster, Grant and 13 more | 19 hr |
| Apr 6, 4:27 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 6, 4:34 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Foster, Kidder, LaMoure and 6 more | 15 hr |
| Apr 6, 4:37 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more | 15 hr |
| Apr 6, 3:24 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FGF | Barnes, Cass, Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 12 hr |
| Apr 6, 4:01 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | BIS | Dickey, Emmons, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh and 2 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 6, 4:14 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BIS | Burke, Divide, Williams | 18 hr |
| Apr 6, 11:38 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 26 more | 21 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:02 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Adams, Bowman, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Grant and 10 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:32 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Barnes, Cass, Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 16 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:35 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:00 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FGF | Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 12 hr |
| Apr 7, 4:14 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | BIS | Adams, Bowman, Dickey, Emmons, Grant, Hettinger and 5 more | 10 hr |
| Apr 8, 2:33 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burleigh, Dickey, Dunn and 20 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 8, 2:39 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 26 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 8, 2:47 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Barnes, Cass, Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 17 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:00 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:00 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan and 4 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:00 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh, Divide and 16 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:13 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Divide, Dunn, Golden Valley and 10 more | 29 hr |
| Apr 11, 2:48 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Hettinger and 3 more | 19 hr |
| Apr 12, 2:51 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 24 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 12, 10:12 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Ramsey, Towner | 12 hr |
| Apr 14, 2:49 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | FGF | Barnes, Cass, Griggs, Ransom, Richland, Sargent and 2 more | 13 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:28 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | BIS | Dickey, Foster, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, Stutsman | 13 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:28 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | BIS | Adams, Bowman, Dickey, Emmons, Foster, Grant and 6 more | 31 hr |
| Apr 15, 4:00 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 16, 10:41 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Richland | 4 days |
| Apr 16, 10:41 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Cass | 70 hr |
| Apr 16, 10:41 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Richland | 48 hr |
| Apr 20, 6:35 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BIS | Billings, Divide, Dunn, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Williams | 3 hr |
| Apr 21, 4:21 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burleigh, Dickey, Dunn and 16 more | 15 hr |
| Apr 23, 4:08 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Divide, Dunn, Golden Valley and 5 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 24, 5:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Emmons, Grant, Hettinger, McIntosh, Mercer, Morton and 3 more | 61 min |
| Apr 25, 3:30 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | FGF | Barnes, Cass, Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 19 hr |
| Apr 25, 3:30 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | FGF | Benson, Eddy, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Steele and 1 more | 19 hr |
| Apr 25, 3:30 PM CDT | Hard Freeze Warning | FGF | Cavalier, Pembina, Ramsey, Towner, Walsh | 19 hr |
| Apr 25, 3:43 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | BIS | Burke, Dickey, Divide, Foster, Kidder, LaMoure and 4 more | 18 hr |
| Apr 25, 3:43 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | BIS | Bottineau, Foster, McHenry, Pierce, Renville, Rolette and 1 more | 18 hr |
| Apr 25, 3:43 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Divide, Dunn, Golden Valley and 5 more | 37 hr |
| Apr 26, 3:27 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | BIS | Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Foster and 15 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 26, 3:33 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | FGF | Pembina | 16 hr |
| Apr 27, 4:11 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Barnes, Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Griggs, Nelson and 3 more | 14 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:19 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh, Divide and 12 more | 31 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 | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 1 |
| Flooding | |
| River Flood Warning | 3 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 1 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Hard Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 4 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Watch | 2 |
| Wind Advisory | 16 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 9 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 7 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 2 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hettinger County18
- Adams County17
- Bowman County17
- Emmons County17
- Slope County17
- Logan County16
- McIntosh County16
- Stark County16
- Stutsman County16
- Dickey County15
- Grant County15
- LaMoure County15
- Richland County14
- Billings County14
- Dunn County14
- Golden Valley County14
- Burleigh County13
- Kidder County13
- Divide County13
- McKenzie County13
- Barnes County12
- Cass County12
- Ransom County12
- Sargent County12
- Oliver County12
- Williams County12
- Foster County12
- Mercer County11
- Wells County10
- Steele County8
- Traill County8
- Sheridan County8
- Benson County8
- Cavalier County8
- Eddy County8
- Griggs County8
- Ramsey County8
- Towner County8
- Sioux County8
- Burke County8
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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.