Fire Weather Watches in North Dakota
252 fire weather watches 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 fire weather watches reaches back to 2005.
Fire Weather Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Fire Weather Watches
- 252
- Busiest year
- 201245 fire weather watches
- Average year
- 12over 21 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.
- Bowman County160
- Slope County160
- Adams County148
- Hettinger County148
- Billings County146
- Golden Valley County145
- Stark County140
- McKenzie County125
- Dunn County124
- Sioux County112
- Grant County111
- Williams County97
- Morton County95
- Divide County87
- Mercer County86
- Oliver County85
- Emmons County82
- McLean County77
- Burleigh County76
- Mountrail County71
- Burke County64
- Ward County61
- Sheridan County59
- Kidder County54
- McIntosh County54
- Renville County54
- Logan County53
- McHenry County49
- Bottineau County46
- Wells County45
- Stutsman County43
- Dickey County42
- LaMoure County42
- Ransom County42
- Sargent County42
- Barnes County41
- Eddy County40
- Foster County40
- Richland County39
- Cass County38
The latest fire weather watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 1:19 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Hettinger and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Sep 3, 5:02 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | BIS | Bowman, Slope | 8 hr |
| May 25, 1:22 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | BIS | Billings, Bowman, Divide, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Slope and 1 more | 12 hr |
| May 13, 3:14 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FGF | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more | 33 hr |
| May 13, 1:28 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 30 more | 21 hr |
| May 10, 1:34 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 25 more | 23 hr |
| May 7, 3:33 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | BIS | Divide, McKenzie, Williams | 23 hr |
| May 2, 4:21 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FGF | Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Nelson, Ramsey, Towner and 1 more | 9 hr |
| May 2, 4:18 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | BIS | Billings, Bottineau, Burke, Divide, Dunn, Golden Valley and 12 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 21, 1:23 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FGF | Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 13 hr |
| Apr 21, 1:19 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dickey, Divide, Dunn and 12 more | 14 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.