Weather alerts in North Dakota, May 2025

74 weather alerts in May 2025, 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 2025. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 74
Warnings: 19
Watches: 10
Advisories: 18
Busiest day: May 12, 202517 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, 1:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Burke, McKenzie, Williams	37 min
May 3, 2:19 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 28 more	24 hr
May 3, 2:22 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks, Griggs and 6 more	24 hr
May 4, 1:56 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 28 more	19 hr
May 4, 2:06 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks, Griggs and 7 more	19 hr
May 5, 2:48 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	FGF	Barnes, Cass, Cavalier, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson and 8 more	18 hr
May 5, 10:09 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	Burke, Divide, McKenzie, Mountrail, Williams	9 hr
May 5, 2:16 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Grant, Morton, Sioux	89 min
May 5, 2:55 PM CDT	Dust Storm Advisory	BIS	McKenzie, Williams	2 hr
May 5, 4:53 PM CDT	Dust Storm Advisory	BIS	Billings, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Williams	112 min
May 5, 8:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Adams, Sioux	64 min
May 7, 3:11 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	BIS	Bottineau, Burke, Divide, Dunn, McHenry, McKenzie and 11 more	11 hr
May 8, 2:11 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	BIS	Bottineau, Burke, Divide, Dunn, McHenry, McKenzie and 12 more	19 hr
May 8, 2:53 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more	47 hr
May 8, 8:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Ward	35 min
May 9, 1:59 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Divide and 22 more	31 hr
May 10, 2:35 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	FGF	Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks, Nelson, Pembina and 3 more	18 hr
May 10, 1:18 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Foster, Grant, Kidder and 12 more	56 hr
May 10, 1:47 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more	24 hr
May 10, 1:47 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more	55 hr
May 10, 5:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McHenry	23 min
May 11, 3:05 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FGF	Barnes, Cass, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Ransom and 5 more	18 hr
May 11, 4:57 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Billings, Bowman, Burke, Divide, Dunn, Golden Valley and 5 more	2 hr
May 11, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Grant and 8 more	7 hr
May 11, 7:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Bottineau	43 min
May 11, 8:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Rolette	39 min
May 11, 8:23 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Hettinger and 3 more	97 min
May 11, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Adams, Grant, Hettinger	50 min
May 11, 9:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Sioux	44 min
May 11, 10:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McKenzie	52 min
May 11, 10:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Billings	51 min
May 11, 10:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Grant	42 min
May 11, 10:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Grant	53 min
May 11, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Morton	61 min
May 11, 10:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Williams	54 min
May 11, 11:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Dunn	56 min
May 11, 11:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Burleigh, Morton	60 min
May 11, 11:48 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Burke, Burleigh, Dunn, McHenry, McKenzie, McLean and 8 more	57 min
May 12, 1:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Burleigh	32 min
May 12, 2:55 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FGF	Barnes, Cass, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Pembina and 6 more	17 hr
May 12, 2:46 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more	12 hr
May 13, 2:00 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	BIS	Dickey, Foster, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh and 2 more	18 hr
May 13, 2:56 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FGF	Cass, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Pembina, Steele and 2 more	16 hr
May 13, 3:13 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more	18 hr
May 13, 3:18 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	FGF	Cass, Grand Forks, Pembina, Ransom, Richland, Sargent and 3 more	12 hr
May 14, 7:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Rolette	31 min
May 14, 1:32 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 26 more	53 hr
May 14, 2:00 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Emmons, Sioux	2 hr
May 15, 1:35 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more	35 hr
May 15, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Grand Forks, Steele, Traill	42 min
May 15, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Pembina	62 min
May 15, 6:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Pembina	39 min
May 16, 3:10 AM CDT	Freeze Watch	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Divide and 11 more	11 hr
May 16, 3:20 AM CDT	Freeze Watch	FGF	Cavalier, Towner	11 hr
May 16, 4:34 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	BIS	Bowman	14 hr
May 16, 2:04 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	BIS	Burleigh, Grant, McHenry, Oliver, Pierce, Sheridan	20 hr
May 16, 2:04 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Divide and 11 more	20 hr
May 16, 2:30 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	FGF	Benson, Cavalier, Pembina, Ramsey, Towner, Walsh	20 hr
May 16, 4:49 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Morton, Sioux	17 hr
May 17, 1:56 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more	18 hr
May 17, 2:12 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	BIS	Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Dickey, Divide, Emmons and 16 more	19 hr
May 18, 2:22 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Hettinger, Slope and 1 more	16 hr
May 19, 2:25 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan and 2 more	16 hr
May 19, 3:11 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FGF	Barnes, Cass, Ransom, Richland, Sargent	19 hr
May 21, 10:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Cass	5 days
May 21, 1:57 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	BIS	Billings, Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Divide, Emmons and 10 more	19 hr
May 21, 1:57 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	BIS	Adams, Bowman, Dunn, Grant, Hettinger, Mercer and 3 more	19 hr
May 21, 2:06 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	FGF	Benson, Cavalier, Ramsey, Towner	19 hr
May 25, 5:41 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BIS	Adams, Billings, Dunn, Grant, Hettinger, Stark	3 hr
May 30, 5:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Williams	32 min
May 30, 6:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McKenzie	28 min
May 30, 6:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Williams	28 min
May 30, 7:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Dunn	25 min
May 30, 8:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Stark	24 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	4
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	1
Mesoscale Discussion	5
Special Weather Statement	22
Flooding
River Flood Warning	2
Cold
Freeze Warning	2
Freeze Watch	2
Frost Advisory	6
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	1
Dust Storm Advisory	2
Wind Advisory	9
Fire
Red Flag Warning	10
Fire Weather Watch	7
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	1

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.