Blizzard Warnings in North Dakota
167 blizzard warnings since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of blizzard warnings reaches back to 2005.
Blizzard Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Blizzard Warnings
- 167
- Busiest year
- 202224 blizzard warnings
- Average year
- 8over 22 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Walsh County70
- Grand Forks County65
- Pembina County64
- Traill County64
- Cass County62
- Barnes County61
- Richland County60
- Steele County59
- Cavalier County58
- Sargent County55
- Griggs County55
- Ransom County54
- Nelson County54
- Towner County49
- Eddy County49
- Ramsey County49
- LaMoure County47
- Benson County47
- Foster County47
- Stutsman County47
- Dickey County46
- Wells County41
- Pierce County40
- Rolette County39
- Logan County36
- McIntosh County36
- Bottineau County35
- Sheridan County35
- Kidder County33
- McHenry County32
- Renville County30
- Emmons County29
- Burleigh County26
- Burke County26
- Dunn County26
- Grant County26
- Mountrail County26
- McKenzie County25
- Bowman County24
- Divide County24
The latest blizzard warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 10:34 AM CDT | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Cavalier, Grand Forks, Pembina, Walsh | 16 hr |
| Jan 17, 12:43 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more | 35 hr |
| Jan 16, 6:01 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Cass, Grand Forks, Pembina, Richland, Traill, Walsh | 18 hr |
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. Rebuilt daily.