Weather alerts in North Dakota, May 2024

128 weather alerts in May 2024, 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 128
Warnings: 40
Watches: 13
Advisories: 17
Busiest day: May 17, 202433 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
May 4, 2:19 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh, Divide and 15 more	55 hr
May 5, 2:09 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	Bottineau, Dickey, Foster, LaMoure, McHenry, Pierce and 5 more	31 hr
May 5, 2:19 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more	32 hr
May 6, 11:07 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Bowman	113 min
May 6, 12:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Adams, Bowman, Grant, Hettinger, Sioux, Slope	8 hr
May 6, 3:51 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Bowman	114 min
May 6, 6:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Adams	36 min
May 6, 7:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Hettinger	29 min
May 7, 3:01 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	Adams, Bowman	18 hr
May 11, 4:56 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benson, Bottineau, Burke, Cavalier, Eddy, Foster and 15 more	3 hr
May 12, 2:07 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	FGF	Cavalier, Pembina, Towner, Walsh	18 hr
May 13, 6:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Divide	24 min
May 13, 6:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Williams	33 min
May 16, 6:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Burleigh	39 min
May 16, 6:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Eddy	26 min
May 16, 7:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Griggs	30 min
May 16, 8:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Griggs	32 min
May 16, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Barnes, Griggs, Steele	61 min
May 16, 9:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Barnes, Cass, Steele	39 min
May 16, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Cass	50 min
May 17, 2:02 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Dunn, Golden Valley and 11 more	118 min
May 17, 2:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 24 more	7 hr
May 17, 2:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Burke	36 min
May 17, 3:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie, Williams	53 min
May 17, 3:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Morton, Oliver	28 min
May 17, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Hettinger	50 min
May 17, 4:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Oliver	28 min
May 17, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie, Mountrail, Williams	50 min
May 17, 4:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McHenry, Pierce, Sheridan, Wells	27 min
May 17, 4:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Bowman	35 min
May 17, 4:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Burleigh, Morton	36 min
May 17, 4:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Pierce, Rolette	43 min
May 17, 4:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Wells	27 min
May 17, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie, Mountrail	36 min
May 17, 5:04 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Barnes, Benson, Burleigh, Cavalier, Eddy and 27 more	116 min
May 17, 5:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Morton	31 min
May 17, 5:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Benson, Eddy, Ramsey	25 min
May 17, 5:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Adams	35 min
May 17, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Hettinger	59 min
May 17, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Dickey, Eddy and 16 more	6 hr
May 17, 5:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Morton	29 min
May 17, 5:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Eddy, Ramsey	44 min
May 17, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Benson, Eddy, Griggs, Nelson, Ramsey, Walsh	46 min
May 17, 6:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Emmons	25 min
May 17, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Grant, Morton, Sioux	64 min
May 17, 6:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Divide	33 min
May 17, 6:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Stutsman	36 min
May 17, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Grand Forks, Nelson	51 min
May 17, 7:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Barnes, Griggs	29 min
May 17, 7:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Emmons	33 min
May 17, 7:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Grand Forks	27 min
May 17, 7:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Grand Forks	46 min
May 17, 8:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Emmons	30 min
May 17, 8:07 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barnes, Cass, Dickey, LaMoure, McIntosh, Ransom and 2 more	113 min
May 17, 8:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Kidder, Logan, McIntosh	29 min
May 17, 8:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McIntosh	44 min
May 17, 9:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	LaMoure	30 min
May 17, 10:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Dickey, LaMoure	27 min
May 17, 11:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Dickey, LaMoure	28 min
May 17, 11:37 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cass, Ransom, Richland, Sargent, Traill	83 min
May 18, 2:16 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 8 more	17 hr
May 18, 2:20 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	Billings, Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Divide, Dunn and 16 more	17 hr
May 18, 2:49 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	FGF	Benson, Cavalier, Pembina, Ramsey, Towner	4 hr
May 19, 1:09 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Emmons, Sioux	2 hr
May 19, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Sioux	38 min
May 19, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Emmons, McIntosh, Sioux	4 hr
May 19, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Morton, Sioux	45 min
May 19, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, Sioux	47 min
May 19, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, Morton, Sioux	47 min
May 19, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, Logan, McIntosh	34 min
May 19, 9:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Kidder	34 min
May 19, 10:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Foster	48 min
May 21, 2:55 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FGF	Cass, Ransom, Richland, Sargent	19 hr
May 21, 9:57 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	FGF	Richland	30 hr
May 21, 9:57 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	FGF	Richland	23 hr
May 21, 11:13 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Cass	20 days
May 21, 1:35 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Divide, Dunn and 11 more	19 hr
May 23, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Adams, Dickey, Emmons, Grant, Hettinger, LaMoure and 6 more	8 hr
May 23, 3:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dickey	55 min
May 23, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, Logan, McIntosh	47 min
May 23, 5:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Ransom, Sargent	22 min
May 23, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Ransom, Sargent	43 min
May 23, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons	51 min
May 23, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, Logan, McIntosh	48 min
May 23, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, Logan, McIntosh	53 min
May 23, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Logan, Stutsman	31 min
May 23, 6:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Hettinger	54 min
May 23, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, Stutsman	48 min
May 23, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Grant, Hettinger, Sioux	60 min
May 23, 9:06 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	FGF	Cass	37 hr
May 23, 9:13 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	FGF	Richland	12 hr
May 24, 3:20 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	Adams, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Grant, Hettinger and 5 more	17 hr
May 24, 10:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Richland	3 days
May 24, 2:40 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	BIS	Adams, Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Dickey, Divide and 21 more	17 hr
May 24, 2:41 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	FGF	Barnes, Cass, Ransom, Richland, Sargent	7 hr
May 24, 2:48 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks, Griggs and 7 more	16 hr
May 24, 2:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Cass, Richland	26 min
May 24, 3:11 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Traill	94 min
May 24, 8:46 PM CDT	Flood Watch	FGF	Richland	14 hr
May 24, 8:47 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Pierce, Renville, Rolette	11 hr
May 24, 8:47 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	FGF	Grand Forks	13 hr
May 24, 8:47 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	FGF	Grand Forks, Walsh	13 hr
May 25, 10:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Cass	9 hr
May 25, 10:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Richland	47 hr
May 25, 10:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Grand Forks	3 days
May 25, 10:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Grand Forks, Walsh	21 days
May 25, 1:35 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	FGF	Benson, Cavalier, Pembina, Ramsey, Towner, Walsh	17 hr
May 25, 9:36 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	BIS	Bottineau, Pierce, Renville, Rolette	10 hr
May 26, 3:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Emmons	23 min
May 27, 2:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Sheridan	39 min
May 27, 3:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Eddy	26 min
May 27, 4:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Burleigh	26 min
May 27, 5:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Barnes	37 min
May 28, 12:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Dickey	62 min
May 28, 1:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Dickey	25 min
May 29, 11:58 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh, Divide and 13 more	8 hr
May 29, 1:25 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Slope	2 hr
May 29, 3:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Adams, Billings, Bowman, Divide, Dunn, Golden Valley and 5 more	7 hr
May 29, 5:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bowman, Golden Valley, Slope	54 min
May 29, 5:36 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Billings, Bowman, Divide, Dunn, Golden Valley and 4 more	84 min
May 29, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Golden Valley	63 min
May 29, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie	44 min
May 29, 7:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Divide	36 min
May 29, 8:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Williams	51 min
May 29, 9:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Divide	44 min
May 29, 9:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McLean	32 min
May 29, 10:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Sioux	42 min
May 30, 9:17 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Hettinger, Slope and 1 more	11 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	31
Tornado Warning	1
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	6
Mesoscale Discussion	11
Special Weather Statement	47
Flooding
River Flood Warning	6
Flood Watch	1
River Flood Watch	6
Cold
Freeze Warning	1
Frost Advisory	7
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	1
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.