Alert archive / North Dakota / 2023
Weather alerts in North Dakota, August 2023
135 weather alerts in August 2023, 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 135
- Warnings
- 57
- Watches
- 6
- Advisories
- 12
- Busiest day
- August 1, 202330 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benson, Eddy, Foster, Kidder, McHenry, Pierce and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 31, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau, McHenry, Pierce | 46 min |
| Jul 31, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, Pierce | 46 min |
| Jul 31, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Wells | 65 min |
| Jul 31, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, Pierce | 63 min |
| Jul 31, 8:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, McHenry, Pierce, Sheridan, Wells | 87 min |
| Jul 31, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Kidder, Wells | 49 min |
| Jul 31, 9:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Bowman | 23 min |
| Jul 31, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Bowman | 60 min |
| Jul 31, 11:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Wells | 32 min |
| Jul 31, 11:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Bowman | 35 min |
| Aug 1, 3:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Burke, Burleigh, Dunn, Golden Valley and 13 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, Cass, Eddy, Foster, Grand Forks, Griggs and 6 more | 113 min |
| Aug 1, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Sioux | 41 min |
| Aug 1, 3:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Grand Forks | 37 min |
| Aug 1, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Barnes, Billings, Bowman, Burleigh, Cass and 33 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Steele | 34 min |
| Aug 1, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Traill | 55 min |
| Aug 1, 4:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Griggs, Steele, Traill | 46 min |
| Aug 1, 4:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Williams | 28 min |
| Aug 1, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie, Mountrail, Williams | 42 min |
| Aug 1, 5:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Williams | 36 min |
| Aug 1, 5:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Barnes, Griggs, Steele, Traill | 41 min |
| Aug 1, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie, Mountrail, Williams | 63 min |
| Aug 1, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie, Williams | 57 min |
| Aug 1, 5:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Burleigh, Cass, Dickey, Emmons, Foster and 17 more | 91 min |
| Aug 1, 6:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Grant and 11 more | 85 min |
| Aug 1, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn, McKenzie | 68 min |
| Aug 1, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh | 42 min |
| Aug 1, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn, McLean, Mercer, Mountrail | 64 min |
| Aug 1, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn, McKenzie | 66 min |
| Aug 1, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings, Golden Valley, McKenzie | 59 min |
| Aug 1, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Mercer | 59 min |
| Aug 1, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 66 min |
| Aug 1, 7:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Billings, Burleigh, Dunn, Emmons, Grant, Hettinger and 8 more | 95 min |
| Aug 1, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings, Dunn, McKenzie, Stark | 74 min |
| Aug 1, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Oliver | 56 min |
| Aug 1, 8:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Dunn, Mercer | 6 hr |
| Aug 1, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Richland | 34 min |
| Aug 1, 8:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Foster, Kidder, Stutsman, Wells | 6 hr |
| Aug 1, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stark | 26 min |
| Aug 1, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, McLean, Morton, Oliver | 65 min |
| Aug 1, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Mercer, Morton, Oliver | 59 min |
| Aug 1, 9:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burleigh | 24 min |
| Aug 1, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Hettinger, Morton, Stark | 78 min |
| Aug 1, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Kidder | 66 min |
| Aug 1, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton, Oliver | 52 min |
| Aug 1, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons, Morton | 58 min |
| Aug 1, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton, Sioux | 56 min |
| Aug 1, 11:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Logan | 41 min |
| Aug 1, 11:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Logan | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 12:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | McIntosh | 32 min |
| Aug 3, 5:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Billings | 27 min |
| Aug 4, 3:02 AM CDT | Flood Watch | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Hettinger, Slope and 1 more | 35 hr |
| Aug 5, 7:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | Cass | 8 hr |
| Aug 8, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Stutsman | 28 min |
| Aug 8, 6:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Stutsman | 34 min |
| Aug 8, 6:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Stutsman | 30 min |
| Aug 8, 7:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Barnes | 29 min |
| Aug 9, 3:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dickey, Emmons, Golden Valley and 8 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 7:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | McIntosh | 45 min |
| Aug 10, 4:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Ransom, Sargent | 26 min |
| Aug 10, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dickey, LaMoure, Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 5 hr |
| Aug 10, 5:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Sargent | 31 min |
| Aug 10, 5:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Burke | 39 min |
| Aug 10, 5:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Dickey | 29 min |
| Aug 10, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 31 min |
| Aug 10, 5:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Renville | 50 min |
| Aug 10, 6:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Richland | 41 min |
| Aug 10, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau, Renville | 37 min |
| Aug 10, 6:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dickey, LaMoure, Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 2 hr |
| Aug 10, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Richland, Sargent | 57 min |
| Aug 10, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau, Renville | 38 min |
| Aug 10, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Renville, Ward | 35 min |
| Aug 10, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, Ward | 44 min |
| Aug 10, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, McLean, Sheridan, Ward | 30 min |
| Aug 10, 9:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Sheridan | 30 min |
| Aug 11, 5:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Traill | 45 min |
| Aug 11, 5:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Traill | 35 min |
| Aug 11, 7:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Grand Forks, Walsh | 48 min |
| Aug 11, 8:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Traill | 42 min |
| Aug 16, 3:14 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | BIS | Bottineau, Burke, Divide, Dunn, Foster, McHenry and 9 more | 18 hr |
| Aug 16, 3:32 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson and 6 more | 17 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:25 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Divide, Dunn and 11 more | 30 hr |
| Aug 21, 2:51 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | FGF | Richland | 32 hr |
| Aug 22, 5:17 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dickey, Emmons, Golden Valley and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 23, 12:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Billings | 33 min |
| Aug 23, 1:29 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Billings, Dunn, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Williams | 2 hr |
| Aug 23, 1:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Dunn, McKenzie, Williams | 27 min |
| Aug 23, 2:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | McKenzie, Williams | 26 min |
| Aug 23, 3:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bottineau, Burke, Divide, McHenry, McLean, Mountrail and 6 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bottineau, Burke, McHenry, McLean, Mountrail, Pierce and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 23, 7:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | McLean, Ward | 87 min |
| Aug 23, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, Ward | 48 min |
| Aug 23, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, McLean, Sheridan, Ward | 27 min |
| Aug 23, 9:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Sheridan, Wells | 85 min |
| Aug 23, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Sheridan | 35 min |
| Aug 24, 2:22 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BIS | Bottineau, Burke, Dickey, Foster, LaMoure, McHenry and 7 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 24, 5:51 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FGF | Barnes, Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Griggs, Nelson and 5 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 24, 1:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, Billings, Bottineau, Burleigh, Dunn, Eddy and 11 more | 115 min |
| Aug 24, 1:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Dunn | 35 min |
| Aug 24, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn, McLean, Mercer | 60 min |
| Aug 24, 2:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McHenry | 34 min |
| Aug 24, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Mercer | 20 min |
| Aug 24, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benson, Bottineau, Cavalier, Dunn, Eddy, Foster and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 24, 2:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | McHenry | 25 min |
| Aug 24, 2:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McHenry, Ward | 14 min |
| Aug 24, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Mercer | 58 min |
| Aug 24, 3:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Grant, Hettinger | 2 hr |
| Aug 24, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau, Rolette | 63 min |
| Aug 24, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, Ward | 51 min |
| Aug 24, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cavalier | 41 min |
| Aug 24, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, Pierce | 42 min |
| Aug 24, 5:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Mercer | 26 min |
| Aug 24, 5:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Morton | 37 min |
| Aug 24, 5:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, Eddy, McHenry, McLean, Mercer, Mountrail and 7 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 24, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Mercer, Morton, Oliver | 67 min |
| Aug 24, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, McLean, Morton, Oliver | 58 min |
| Aug 24, 6:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Benson | 26 min |
| Aug 24, 7:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Ramsey | 21 min |
| Aug 24, 7:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Pembina | 15 min |
| Aug 24, 8:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Ramsey | 26 min |
| Aug 26, 5:51 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FGF | Barnes, Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Griggs, Nelson and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 26, 5:53 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BIS | Bottineau, Burleigh, Emmons, Foster, Kidder, Logan and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 30, 7:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | McKenzie | 26 min |
| Aug 30, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie, Williams | 40 min |
| Aug 30, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Williams | 42 min |
| Aug 30, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie, Williams | 39 min |
| Aug 30, 9:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Stark | 25 min |
| Aug 30, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn, Stark | 39 min |
| Aug 30, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Divide, McKenzie, Williams | 53 min |
| Aug 30, 10:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Billings, Burke, Divide, Dunn, McKenzie, Mercer and 3 more | 115 min |
| Aug 30, 10:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Renville | 32 min |
| Aug 30, 10:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Dunn | 29 min |
| Aug 30, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Divide, Williams | 62 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 | 54 |
| Tornado Warning | 3 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 5 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 16 |
| Special Weather Statement | 44 |
| Flooding | |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 3 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 2 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 5 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- McHenry County22
- McLean County21
- Dunn County20
- McKenzie County20
- Mercer County20
- Williams County20
- Wells County17
- Sheridan County16
- Morton County16
- Billings County15
- Mountrail County15
- Oliver County15
- Pierce County14
- Stark County14
- Ward County14
- Burleigh County13
- Renville County12
- Bottineau County11
- Grant County11
- Benson County10
- Foster County10
- Stutsman County10
- Hettinger County10
- Traill County10
- Richland County10
- Sargent County10
- Eddy County9
- Bowman County9
- Adams County9
- Golden Valley County9
- Rolette County9
- Kidder County8
- Burke County8
- Sioux County8
- Griggs County8
- Ramsey County8
- Dickey County8
- McIntosh County8
- Grand Forks County7
- Steele County7
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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.