Weather alerts in North Dakota, 2018
1,462 weather alerts in 2018, 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 1,462
- Warnings
- 483
- Watches
- 65
- Advisories
- 224
- Busiest month
- June409 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 29, 201865 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
1,462 alerts are too many to list on one page. Narrow it to a product above, to a month in the chart, or to a county.
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 | 370 |
| Tornado Warning | 40 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 27 |
| Tornado Watch | 7 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 117 |
| Special Weather Statement | 573 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 7 |
| River Flood Warning | 19 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 2 |
| River Flood Watch | 9 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 26 |
| Winter | |
| Blizzard Warning | 6 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 19 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 14 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 55 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 3 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 4 |
| Wind Chill Warning | 7 |
| Freeze Watch | 2 |
| Frost Advisory | 9 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 44 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 2 |
| Wind Advisory | 24 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 9 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 4 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 63 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cass County174
- Grant County172
- Dunn County168
- Mercer County167
- Stark County166
- Hettinger County165
- Stutsman County163
- Adams County161
- Barnes County156
- Burleigh County156
- Logan County147
- Oliver County146
- Kidder County145
- McKenzie County145
- Mountrail County145
- Richland County144
- Grand Forks County143
- Slope County139
- Bowman County138
- McIntosh County137
- Williams County137
- Ramsey County136
- Emmons County136
- Ransom County134
- Steele County132
- Sargent County130
- Billings County130
- LaMoure County129
- Dickey County128
- Sheridan County127
- Morton County127
- Walsh County125
- Burke County125
- McHenry County124
- Renville County123
- Benson County121
- Towner County121
- Traill County121
- Pierce County121
- Nelson County119
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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.