Alert archive / North Dakota / 2023
Weather alerts in North Dakota, May 2023
127 weather alerts in May 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 May 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 127
- Warnings
- 34
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 8
- Busiest day
- May 10, 202322 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 1, 8:59 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Richland | 23 hr |
| May 9, 4:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Williams | 20 min |
| May 9, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Logan | 17 min |
| May 9, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Logan | 28 min |
| May 9, 5:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Mercer | 36 min |
| May 9, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Mercer, Morton, Oliver | 46 min |
| May 9, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Mercer, Morton, Oliver | 39 min |
| May 9, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton, Oliver | 65 min |
| May 9, 7:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | McLean | 25 min |
| May 9, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Morton, Oliver | 66 min |
| May 9, 8:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Burleigh, Morton | 2 hr |
| May 9, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh | 31 min |
| May 9, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh | 34 min |
| May 9, 9:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Ransom | 36 min |
| May 9, 9:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Burleigh | 35 min |
| May 9, 10:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Ransom | 27 min |
| May 9, 11:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Kidder | 48 min |
| May 9, 11:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Kidder, Stutsman | 56 min |
| May 9, 11:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Burleigh | 33 min |
| May 9, 11:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Dickey | 36 min |
| May 10, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Kidder, Stutsman | 43 min |
| May 10, 12:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Sargent | 35 min |
| May 10, 12:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Richland | 33 min |
| May 10, 1:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Richland | 31 min |
| May 10, 3:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Cass | 30 min |
| May 10, 9:13 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Cass | 7 days |
| May 10, 9:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Cass | 25 hr |
| May 10, 9:33 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Cass | 21 days |
| May 10, 9:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Richland | 3 days |
| May 10, 6:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Pierce | 33 min |
| May 10, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Ramsey | 43 min |
| May 10, 7:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Pierce | 24 min |
| May 10, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Benson | 42 min |
| May 10, 7:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Benson | 36 min |
| May 10, 7:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Pierce | 32 min |
| May 10, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Pembina | 45 min |
| May 10, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Benson, Ramsey | 44 min |
| May 10, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cavalier | 32 min |
| May 10, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Benson, Ramsey | 46 min |
| May 10, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Ramsey | 49 min |
| May 10, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cavalier, Ramsey | 23 min |
| May 10, 9:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Ramsey | 40 min |
| May 10, 9:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Wells | 31 min |
| May 10, 10:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Cavalier | 37 min |
| May 10, 10:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Pierce | 30 min |
| May 10, 11:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Pierce | 2 hr |
| May 12, 3:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Ward | 6 hr |
| May 12, 5:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Steele | 47 min |
| May 12, 6:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Barnes, Cass | 49 min |
| May 15, 9:03 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Cass, Richland | 28 hr |
| May 18, 2:39 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 16 more | 18 hr |
| May 23, 2:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Cass | 48 min |
| May 23, 4:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Steele | 41 min |
| May 23, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Griggs, Steele | 39 min |
| May 23, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Steele, Traill | 40 min |
| May 23, 5:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Steele | 40 min |
| May 23, 6:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Griggs | 43 min |
| May 23, 6:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Kidder | 36 min |
| May 23, 6:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Steele | 44 min |
| May 23, 6:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Sioux | 26 min |
| May 23, 6:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Foster | 26 min |
| May 23, 6:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Griggs | 49 min |
| May 23, 6:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Grant | 27 min |
| May 23, 7:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Griggs | 30 min |
| May 23, 7:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Grant | 26 min |
| May 23, 7:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Foster | 35 min |
| May 23, 7:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Grant | 33 min |
| May 23, 8:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Stutsman | 30 min |
| May 23, 8:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Stutsman | 3 hr |
| May 23, 8:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Stutsman | 30 min |
| May 23, 9:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Kidder | 29 min |
| May 23, 9:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Burleigh, Kidder | 29 min |
| May 23, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Kidder | 35 min |
| May 23, 10:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Adams | 35 min |
| May 23, 10:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Morton | 29 min |
| May 23, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams | 25 min |
| May 25, 5:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | McKenzie | 27 min |
| May 25, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings, Golden Valley, Slope | 30 min |
| May 25, 6:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | McKenzie | 37 min |
| May 25, 6:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Golden Valley | 34 min |
| May 25, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Williams | 40 min |
| May 25, 7:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | McKenzie | 36 min |
| May 25, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie | 40 min |
| May 25, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Williams | 47 min |
| May 25, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie, Williams | 47 min |
| May 25, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Divide, Williams | 29 min |
| May 26, 3:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Mountrail | 27 min |
| May 26, 3:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Mountrail | 24 min |
| May 26, 4:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Ward | 23 min |
| May 26, 4:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Golden Valley | 29 min |
| May 26, 4:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | McKenzie | 25 min |
| May 26, 4:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Billings | 37 min |
| May 26, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Dunn | 29 min |
| May 26, 5:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Ward | 27 min |
| May 26, 5:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Ward | 34 min |
| May 26, 5:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | McKenzie | 31 min |
| May 26, 6:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Dunn | 3 hr |
| May 26, 6:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | McKenzie | 31 min |
| May 26, 7:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Ward | 30 min |
| May 26, 8:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Billings | 31 min |
| May 26, 8:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Billings, Dunn, McKenzie | 6 hr |
| May 27, 3:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Mercer | 27 min |
| May 27, 4:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Oliver | 28 min |
| May 27, 6:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Billings, Dunn, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Stark, Williams | 96 min |
| May 27, 7:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Golden Valley | 31 min |
| May 27, 7:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Dunn | 35 min |
| May 27, 7:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Dunn | 26 min |
| May 27, 8:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Golden Valley | 38 min |
| May 27, 8:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Dunn | 32 min |
| May 27, 8:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | McKenzie | 38 min |
| May 27, 8:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Dunn | 32 min |
| May 27, 8:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Golden Valley | 44 min |
| May 27, 9:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Dunn | 64 min |
| May 27, 10:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Dunn | 4 hr |
| May 28, 2:55 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Cass, Grand Forks, Pembina, Richland, Steele, Traill and 1 more | 18 hr |
| May 28, 5:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Sheridan | 31 min |
| May 28, 6:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | McHenry | 25 min |
| May 29, 3:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Nelson | 31 min |
| May 29, 4:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Cavalier | 34 min |
| May 29, 4:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Mountrail, Renville | 35 min |
| May 29, 5:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Grand Forks | 30 min |
| May 29, 5:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Pierce | 26 min |
| May 29, 5:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Mountrail | 36 min |
| May 29, 7:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Benson | 30 min |
| May 29, 9:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Cass | 29 min |
| May 29, 10:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Richland | 32 min |
| May 31, 2:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Richland | 94 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 | 26 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 2 |
| Special Weather Statement | 83 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
| River Flood Warning | 6 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 7 |
| Cold | |
| Frost Advisory | 1 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 1 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- McKenzie County12
- Dunn County11
- Cass County9
- Richland County8
- Burleigh County8
- Golden Valley County8
- Williams County7
- Kidder County7
- Steele County7
- Morton County6
- Oliver County6
- Pierce County6
- Ramsey County6
- Billings County6
- Mercer County5
- Stutsman County5
- Benson County5
- Ward County5
- Mountrail County5
- Cavalier County4
- Grant County4
- Griggs County4
- Adams County3
- Logan County2
- Ransom County2
- Pembina County2
- Divide County2
- McHenry County2
- Renville County2
- Sheridan County2
- Slope County2
- Stark County2
- Traill County2
- Foster County2
- Grand Forks County2
- McLean County1
- Dickey County1
- Sargent County1
- Wells County1
- Barnes County1
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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.