Weather alerts in North Dakota, May 2022

155 weather alerts in May 2022, 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 2022. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 155
Warnings: 54
Watches: 12
Advisories: 16
Busiest day: May 12, 202235 alerts

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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 2, 4:03 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	LaMoure	47 hr
May 4, 10:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	McHenry	17 days
May 5, 9:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	McHenry	13 days
May 6, 5:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Mountrail	34 min
May 6, 5:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Mountrail	29 min
May 6, 8:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Pierce	36 min
May 7, 3:46 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more	15 hr
May 7, 2:33 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Emmons, Grant, Kidder and 14 more	117 min
May 7, 3:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Mercer	30 min
May 7, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, Mercer, Stark	35 min
May 7, 4:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Ward	32 min
May 7, 6:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Bottineau	36 min
May 7, 7:00 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more	3 hr
May 8, 12:38 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	FGF	Grand Forks, Walsh	2 hr
May 8, 10:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Barnes	48 hr
May 8, 10:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Cass, Ransom	7 days
May 8, 2:51 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	Adams, Bowman, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Grant and 7 more	30 hr
May 8, 2:55 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cass, Dickey, Ransom, Richland, Sargent	2 hr
May 8, 3:04 PM CDT	Flood Watch	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 8 more	22 hr
May 8, 3:22 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	FGF	Barnes, Cass, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Pembina and 6 more	31 hr
May 8, 6:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Stutsman	32 min
May 8, 6:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Dunn	30 min
May 8, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Stutsman	40 min
May 8, 7:13 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barnes, LaMoure, Ransom, Stutsman	92 min
May 8, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Stutsman	33 min
May 8, 7:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Barnes	44 min
May 8, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Stutsman	23 min
May 8, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Barnes	35 min
May 8, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Barnes	50 min
May 8, 9:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Barnes	43 min
May 8, 10:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Burleigh	36 min
May 8, 11:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Eddy	31 min
May 8, 11:51 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barnes, Eddy, Foster, Griggs, Kidder, LaMoure and 6 more	114 min
May 9, 12:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Wells	37 min
May 9, 12:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Foster	23 min
May 9, 12:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Stutsman	30 min
May 9, 1:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Foster	24 min
May 9, 2:54 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FGF	Eddy	6 hr
May 9, 5:12 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Richland	63 min
May 9, 7:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Richland, Sargent	38 min
May 9, 7:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Richland	40 min
May 9, 8:12 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FGF	Richland	3 hr
May 9, 8:19 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FGF	Cass	3 hr
May 9, 10:58 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Richland	8 days
May 9, 3:42 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Richland	8 days
May 10, 9:05 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Bottineau	24 days
May 11, 10:33 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Barnes	8 days
May 11, 6:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Wells	28 min
May 11, 7:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FGF	Richland	6 hr
May 11, 7:20 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barnes, Cass, Foster, Grand Forks, Griggs, Kidder and 8 more	115 min
May 11, 8:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Walsh	29 min
May 12, 2:00 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Dickey, Emmons, McIntosh, Sioux	3 hr
May 12, 4:22 AM CDT	Flood Watch	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more	20 hr
May 12, 4:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Emmons, Sioux	39 min
May 12, 6:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Dickey, LaMoure	28 min
May 12, 8:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Richland	48 min
May 12, 9:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Benson, Eddy, Griggs, Nelson, Ramsey	25 min
May 12, 9:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FGF	Eddy, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson	6 days
May 12, 10:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Cavalier, Pembina, Ramsey, Walsh	66 min
May 12, 1:11 PM CDT	High Wind Watch	BIS	Billings, Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Dickey, Divide and 22 more	7 hr
May 12, 1:11 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 26 more	34 hr
May 12, 1:29 PM CDT	High Wind Watch	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Griggs, Nelson and 3 more	13 hr
May 12, 3:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Slope	29 min
May 12, 3:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Dunn	26 min
May 12, 3:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Bowman	37 min
May 12, 4:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Mercer	32 min
May 12, 4:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Ward	36 min
May 12, 5:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Mercer	27 min
May 12, 5:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Griggs	51 min
May 12, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Mercer, Oliver	49 min
May 12, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Steele	52 min
May 12, 5:23 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Dickey, Ransom, Richland, Sargent	2 hr
May 12, 5:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Ward	27 min
May 12, 5:35 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Barnes, Cass, Dickey, Griggs, LaMoure, Logan and 7 more	6 hr
May 12, 5:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Ward	34 min
May 12, 5:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McLean	32 min
May 12, 6:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Grand Forks	47 min
May 12, 6:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Ward	33 min
May 12, 6:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Logan	27 min
May 12, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Dickey	63 min
May 12, 6:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FGF	Ransom, Richland, Sargent	58 min
May 12, 6:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Grand Forks	50 min
May 12, 6:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McHenry	33 min
May 12, 7:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	LaMoure	56 min
May 12, 7:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Richland	23 min
May 12, 7:12 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Ransom, Richland, Sargent	2 hr
May 12, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Kidder, Stutsman, Wells	47 min
May 12, 7:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Logan	25 min
May 12, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FGF	Cass, Richland, Traill	58 min
May 12, 10:12 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Walsh	14 hr
May 12, 10:12 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Traill	59 hr
May 13, 2:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Mountrail, Renville, Ward	37 min
May 13, 2:30 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 10 more	18 hr
May 13, 2:30 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FGF	Cass, Ransom, Richland, Sargent	18 hr
May 13, 8:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Stark	33 min
May 13, 8:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Grant	32 min
May 14, 2:34 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	Bottineau, Burke, Divide, Foster, McHenry, Mountrail and 6 more	16 hr
May 14, 2:49 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FGF	Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Griggs, Nelson, Ramsey and 2 more	15 hr
May 15, 2:36 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FGF	Cavalier, Grand Forks, Nelson, Pembina, Ramsey, Steele and 2 more	16 hr
May 17, 6:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Bottineau	29 min
May 17, 7:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Bottineau	50 min
May 17, 7:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Bottineau	28 min
May 17, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Bottineau	50 min
May 17, 9:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Benson	30 min
May 17, 9:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Pierce	61 min
May 17, 10:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Benson	30 min
May 17, 11:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Benson	45 min
May 18, 2:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Grand Forks, Traill	43 min
May 19, 2:45 PM CDT	Freeze Watch	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 24 more	12 hr
May 19, 3:10 PM CDT	Freeze Watch	FGF	Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Nelson, Ramsey, Towner and 1 more	12 hr
May 20, 2:53 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	BIS	Dickey, LaMoure	30 hr
May 20, 2:53 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 24 more	30 hr
May 20, 3:11 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	FGF	Barnes, Cass, Grand Forks, Griggs, Pembina, Ransom and 4 more	30 hr
May 20, 3:11 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	FGF	Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Nelson, Ramsey, Towner and 1 more	30 hr
May 21, 2:10 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	BIS	Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Dickey, Divide, Foster and 12 more	19 hr
May 21, 2:10 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Emmons, Golden Valley and 8 more	19 hr
May 21, 2:25 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more	17 hr
May 22, 1:41 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Rolette	68 hr
May 23, 3:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Sioux	34 min
May 23, 3:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Burleigh	32 min
May 23, 3:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Burleigh	37 min
May 23, 6:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Sheridan	37 min
May 27, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Bowman, Slope	26 min
May 27, 5:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Bowman, Slope	30 min
May 27, 5:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Adams, Bowman, Grant, Hettinger, Sioux, Slope	5 hr
May 27, 6:46 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Bowman, Emmons, Grant, Hettinger, Sioux and 1 more	119 min
May 28, 2:46 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bowman, Slope	119 min
May 28, 7:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Bowman	44 min
May 29, 1:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Sargent	33 min
May 29, 1:41 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Sargent	94 min
May 29, 3:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Richland	36 min
May 29, 3:14 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Richland	91 min
May 29, 3:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Cass, Cavalier, Grand Forks, Nelson, Pembina, Ramsey and 4 more	6 hr
May 29, 5:43 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Richland, Traill	2 hr
May 29, 6:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Nelson	38 min
May 29, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Grand Forks, Walsh	67 min
May 29, 8:31 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cavalier, Grand Forks, Pembina, Ramsey, Walsh	89 min
May 29, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Grand Forks	58 min
May 29, 9:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Grand Forks, Walsh	59 min
May 29, 10:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Grand Forks	44 min
May 29, 10:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Grand Forks	31 min
May 30, 2:03 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cass, Dickey, Ransom, Richland, Sargent	117 min
May 30, 2:35 AM CDT	Flood Watch	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more	25 hr
May 30, 2:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Barnes, Cass, Grand Forks, Ransom, Richland, Sargent and 2 more	5 hr
May 30, 3:34 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 26 more	39 hr
May 30, 10:30 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Cass	5 days
May 30, 10:39 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Walsh	7 days
May 30, 10:41 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Richland	11 hr
May 30, 10:46 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Richland	10 days
May 30, 12:33 PM CDT	Flood Watch	BIS	Dickey, Foster, LaMoure, Stutsman	11 hr
May 30, 7:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Richland	40 min
May 30, 8:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Richland	35 min
May 30, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Cass, Richland	47 min
May 30, 9:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Cass	38 min
May 31, 1:05 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more	18 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	26
Tornado Warning	3
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	3
Tornado Watch	1
Mesoscale Discussion	16
Special Weather Statement	57
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	1
Flash Flood Warning	2
River Flood Warning	16
Flood Watch	4
Areal Flood Advisory	2
Cold
Freeze Warning	3
Freeze Watch	2
Frost Advisory	4
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	3
High Wind Watch	2
Wind Advisory	10

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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.