Alert archive / North Dakota / 2026
Weather alerts in North Dakota, September 2026
149 weather alerts in September 2026, 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 September 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 149
- Warnings
- 48
- Watches
- 4
- Advisories
- 20
- Busiest day
- September 5, 202645 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | McKenzie | 29 min |
| Sep 3, 2:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Dunn | 23 min |
| Sep 3, 2:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Divide | 44 min |
| Sep 3, 3:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Mountrail | 41 min |
| Sep 3, 3:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Divide, Williams | 36 min |
| Sep 3, 4:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Williams | 28 min |
| Sep 3, 4:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Ward | 25 min |
| Sep 3, 4:14 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Williams | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 4:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Williams | 27 min |
| Sep 3, 4:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Ward | 39 min |
| Sep 3, 4:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Ward | 40 min |
| Sep 3, 5:02 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | BIS | Bowman, Slope | 8 hr |
| Sep 3, 5:09 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Ward | 73 min |
| Sep 3, 5:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, Ward | 62 min |
| Sep 3, 5:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Mountrail | 30 min |
| Sep 3, 6:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | McHenry, Ward | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 6:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | McHenry, Ward | 40 min |
| Sep 3, 7:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry | 44 min |
| Sep 3, 7:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | McHenry | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 7:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | McHenry | 36 min |
| Sep 3, 8:03 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Ward | 110 min |
| Sep 3, 8:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Pierce | 28 min |
| Sep 3, 8:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Bottineau, McHenry, Pierce, Rolette | 51 min |
| Sep 3, 8:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | McHenry | 29 min |
| Sep 3, 9:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Bottineau, McHenry, Pierce, Rolette | 2 hr |
| Sep 3, 9:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Sheridan | 27 min |
| Sep 3, 9:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, Pierce, Sheridan, Wells | 34 min |
| Sep 3, 10:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Wells | 25 min |
| Sep 3, 10:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Wells | 28 min |
| Sep 3, 11:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Benson, Eddy, Ramsey | 54 min |
| Sep 3, 11:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Benson, Eddy, Nelson, Ramsey, Walsh | 59 min |
| Sep 3, 11:46 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Pembina and 4 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 3, 12:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Grand Forks, Griggs, Steele, Traill and 1 more | 11 hr |
| Sep 3, 12:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Steele, Traill | 62 min |
| Sep 3, 12:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Steele, Traill | 67 min |
| Sep 3, 12:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Griggs, Steele | 65 min |
| Sep 3, 1:03 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Bowman, Golden Valley, Slope | 32 hr |
| Sep 3, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Traill, Walsh | 56 min |
| Sep 3, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cass, Steele, Traill | 53 min |
| Sep 3, 2:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | Grand Forks | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Traill | 66 min |
| Sep 3, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Walsh | 35 min |
| Sep 3, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Richland | 55 min |
| Sep 4, 1:53 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BIS | Billings, Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Dickey, Divide and 26 more | 10 hr |
| Sep 4, 3:51 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FGF | Barnes, Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Griggs, Nelson and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 4, 10:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Divide | 37 min |
| Sep 4, 11:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Divide | 31 min |
| Sep 4, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Divide | 55 min |
| Sep 5, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Divide | 34 min |
| Sep 5, 12:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burke | 57 min |
| Sep 5, 12:48 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Foster, Griggs and 9 more | 117 min |
| Sep 5, 1:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Burke | 29 min |
| Sep 5, 1:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Mountrail | 23 min |
| Sep 5, 3:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Burke | 36 min |
| Sep 5, 3:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burke, Renville | 38 min |
| Sep 5, 4:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Rolette | 30 min |
| Sep 5, 4:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Towner | 55 min |
| Sep 5, 4:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Bottineau | 34 min |
| Sep 5, 4:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Rolette | 31 min |
| Sep 5, 4:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Burke, Renville | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 4:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Renville | 39 min |
| Sep 5, 5:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Rolette | 28 min |
| Sep 5, 5:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Renville | 22 min |
| Sep 5, 6:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Bottineau | 34 min |
| Sep 5, 6:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Rolette | 33 min |
| Sep 5, 7:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Towner | 44 min |
| Sep 5, 7:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Bottineau | 31 min |
| Sep 5, 8:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Rolette | 34 min |
| Sep 5, 8:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Bottineau | 31 min |
| Sep 5, 8:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Rolette | 30 min |
| Sep 5, 8:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Bottineau | 2 hr |
| Sep 5, 8:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Bottineau | 34 min |
| Sep 5, 8:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Pierce | 32 min |
| Sep 5, 9:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Walsh | 42 min |
| Sep 5, 9:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau, McHenry, Pierce, Rolette | 54 min |
| Sep 5, 9:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Rolette | 23 min |
| Sep 5, 10:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Walsh | 39 min |
| Sep 5, 10:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Rolette | 28 min |
| Sep 5, 10:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Bottineau | 27 min |
| Sep 5, 10:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Bottineau | 31 min |
| Sep 5, 11:03 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Bottineau | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 11:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Bottineau | 47 min |
| Sep 5, 11:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Bottineau | 51 min |
| Sep 5, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Sioux | 20 min |
| Sep 5, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Sioux | 45 min |
| Sep 5, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Emmons, Sioux | 18 min |
| Sep 5, 6:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Emmons | 37 min |
| Sep 5, 6:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Rolette | 47 min |
| Sep 5, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Rolette | 27 min |
| Sep 5, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Towner | 37 min |
| Sep 6, 8:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Billings | 33 min |
| Sep 6, 9:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Dunn | 37 min |
| Sep 6, 9:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn, Mercer, Stark | 57 min |
| Sep 6, 9:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn, Morton, Stark | 55 min |
| Sep 6, 10:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Dunn | 27 min |
| Sep 6, 10:18 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burleigh, Dunn, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Oliver and 2 more | 87 min |
| Sep 6, 10:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Mercer, Morton, Oliver, Stark | 58 min |
| Sep 6, 10:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Mercer | 27 min |
| Sep 6, 11:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | McLean | 28 min |
| Sep 6, 11:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Mercer | 64 min |
| Sep 6, 11:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Mercer | 40 min |
| Sep 6, 12:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Morton | 39 min |
| Sep 6, 12:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton | 49 min |
| Sep 6, 12:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Burleigh | 42 min |
| Sep 6, 12:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Burleigh, Morton | 2 hr |
| Sep 6, 1:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Bottineau | 35 min |
| Sep 6, 1:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Rolette | 40 min |
| Sep 6, 2:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Kidder | 46 min |
| Sep 6, 2:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Wells | 36 min |
| Sep 6, 2:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Stutsman | 34 min |
| Sep 6, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Steele, Traill | 49 min |
| Sep 6, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie, Mountrail | 60 min |
| Sep 6, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie, Williams | 43 min |
| Sep 6, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Walsh | 64 min |
| Sep 6, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McKenzie | 61 min |
| Sep 6, 7:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | McKenzie, Mountrail | 2 hr |
| Sep 6, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McKenzie | 40 min |
| Sep 6, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Dunn, McKenzie | 33 min |
| Sep 6, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn, McKenzie | 22 min |
| Sep 7, 2:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Williams | 39 min |
| Sep 7, 4:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Divide, Dunn, McKenzie, Williams | 40 min |
| Sep 7, 5:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Dunn | 29 min |
| Sep 7, 5:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Dunn | 27 min |
| Sep 7, 6:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Mountrail | 38 min |
| Sep 7, 7:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Ward | 46 min |
| Sep 7, 10:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Bottineau, McHenry | 33 min |
| Sep 7, 1:11 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | BIS | Billings, Bottineau, Burke, Divide, Dunn, Foster and 16 more | 30 hr |
| Sep 7, 1:13 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson and 6 more | 30 hr |
| Sep 7, 3:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, McHenry, McLean, Mercer and 7 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 7, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benson, Bottineau, Burke, McHenry, McLean, Mountrail and 8 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 7, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, McLean, Sheridan, Ward | 67 min |
| Sep 7, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McLean | 47 min |
| Sep 7, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, McLean, Pierce, Sheridan, Wells | 56 min |
| Sep 7, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Sheridan | 28 min |
| Sep 7, 7:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, Eddy, McHenry, Pierce, Ramsey, Rolette and 2 more | 116 min |
| Sep 8, 1:19 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Hettinger and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Sep 9, 1:15 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Grant and 8 more | 32 hr |
| Sep 11, 3:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Richland | 54 min |
| Sep 13, 1:00 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 30 more | 42 hr |
| Sep 13, 1:28 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Barnes, Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Griggs, Nelson and 4 more | 42 hr |
| Sep 14, 4:40 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Divide, Dunn and 11 more | 19 hr |
| Sep 17, 4:11 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FGF | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Eddy, Grand Forks, Griggs and 6 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 17, 4:14 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 30 more | 9 hr |
| Sep 23, 3:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Billings, Golden Valley, Hettinger, Slope, Stark | 117 min |
| Sep 23, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Bowman, Hettinger, Slope, Stark | 28 min |
| Sep 23, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings, Stark | 49 min |
| Sep 24, 1:25 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Divide and 16 more | 9 hr |
| Sep 24, 11:49 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FGF | Barnes, Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Griggs, Nelson and 7 more | 11 hr |
| Sep 25, 12:47 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BIS | Adams, Bottineau, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Foster and 20 more | 10 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 | 38 |
| Tornado Warning | 4 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 8 |
| Special Weather Statement | 69 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 3 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 9 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 4 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 2 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 2 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 7 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Bottineau County24
- McHenry County22
- Rolette County22
- Dunn County19
- Ward County19
- McKenzie County17
- Mountrail County15
- Pierce County15
- McLean County15
- Mercer County15
- Stark County15
- Sheridan County14
- Morton County14
- Divide County13
- Williams County13
- Wells County13
- Burke County13
- Renville County13
- Walsh County12
- Grand Forks County11
- Griggs County11
- Steele County11
- Billings County11
- Slope County10
- Traill County10
- Hettinger County10
- Oliver County10
- Bowman County9
- Benson County9
- Nelson County9
- Golden Valley County9
- Burleigh County9
- Adams County9
- Eddy County8
- Ramsey County8
- Sioux County8
- Towner County8
- Barnes County7
- Emmons County7
- Grant County7
Nearby
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.