Alert archive / North Dakota / Foster County

Weather alerts in Foster County, North Dakota, 2019

135 weather alerts in 2019, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Foster County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2019. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 135
Warnings: 24
Watches: 24
Advisories: 58
Busiest month: January19 alerts
Busiest day: June 29, 20196 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

Foster County, 2019

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
Tornado warnings	0			0
Severe thunderstorm warnings	5	2	60%	2	100%	12 min
Flash flood warnings	1	1	0%	0

Each office's whole area, 2019

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
NWS Bismarck, ND: tornado warnings	15	5	67%	6	83%	3 min
NWS Bismarck, ND: severe thunderstorm warnings	241	156	35%	269	90%	18 min
NWS Bismarck, ND: flash flood warnings	7	4	43%	6	100%	146 min

An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.

Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.

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	Lasted
Jan 5, 9:11 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	BIS	12 hr
Jan 6, 3:13 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	BIS	8 hr
Jan 7, 2:35 PM CST	Wind Advisory	BIS	27 hr
Jan 13, 9:34 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	BIS	9 hr
Jan 17, 3:19 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	BIS	33 hr
Jan 18, 3:06 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	BIS	20 hr
Jan 19, 3:02 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	BIS	21 hr
Jan 21, 10:26 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	BIS	7 hr
Jan 22, 5:29 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	BIS	23 hr
Jan 23, 4:00 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	BIS	21 hr
Jan 23, 3:27 PM CST	Blizzard Warning	BIS	10 hr
Jan 23, 3:27 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	BIS	45 hr
Jan 25, 8:03 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	BIS	8 hr
Jan 26, 3:46 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	BIS	24 hr
Jan 27, 3:41 AM CST	Blizzard Warning	BIS	24 hr
Jan 27, 3:41 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	BIS	14 hr
Jan 27, 8:22 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	BIS	10 hr
Jan 28, 3:50 AM CST	Wind Chill Warning	BIS	3 days
Jan 28, 2:21 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	BIS	26 hr
Feb 1, 2:48 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	BIS	24 hr
Feb 2, 4:06 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	BIS	56 hr
Feb 4, 11:49 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	BIS	24 hr
Feb 5, 3:02 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	BIS	12 hr
Feb 6, 3:29 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	BIS	38 hr
Feb 6, 11:37 PM CST	Wind Chill Warning	BIS	36 hr
Feb 8, 3:57 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	BIS	56 hr
Feb 10, 9:45 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	BIS	32 hr
Feb 13, 2:16 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	BIS	46 hr
Feb 14, 3:56 PM CST	Wind Chill Warning	BIS	20 hr
Feb 18, 1:49 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	BIS	20 hr
Feb 23, 3:55 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	BIS	38 hr
Feb 24, 2:44 PM CST	Wind Chill Warning	BIS	21 hr
Feb 25, 3:46 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	BIS	17 hr
Feb 26, 2:20 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	BIS	21 hr
Mar 1, 2:27 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	BIS	30 hr
Mar 1, 9:07 PM CST	Wind Chill Warning	BIS	60 hr
Mar 3, 2:47 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	BIS	30 hr
Mar 4, 3:59 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	BIS	17 hr
Mar 7, 3:38 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	BIS	24 hr
Mar 8, 3:46 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	BIS	43 hr
Mar 8, 3:46 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	BIS	41 hr
Mar 9, 8:24 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	BIS	2 hr
Mar 11, 1:37 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BIS	9 hr
Mar 12, 3:22 AM CDT	Winter Storm Watch	BIS	24 hr
Mar 12, 3:06 PM CDT	Blizzard Warning	BIS	49 hr
Mar 13, 6:26 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	6 hr
Mar 14, 11:13 AM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	BIS	8 hr
Mar 16, 3:32 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BIS	7 hr
Mar 19, 4:47 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BIS	8 hr
Mar 26, 6:56 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BIS	16 hr
Apr 5, 6:49 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BIS	6 hr
Apr 5, 9:39 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BIS	36 hr
Apr 10, 4:09 AM CDT	Winter Storm Watch	BIS	11 hr
Apr 10, 3:24 PM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	BIS	46 hr
Apr 18, 3:01 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BIS	7 hr
Apr 24, 3:23 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	BIS	12 hr
Apr 25, 3:16 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	16 hr
Apr 25, 3:22 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	BIS	17 hr
May 15, 3:23 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	97 min
May 15, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
May 15, 6:08 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
May 15, 8:05 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	115 min
May 19, 3:40 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	BIS	29 hr
Jun 7, 3:40 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	15 hr
Jun 7, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jun 7, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	46 min
Jun 13, 6:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	27 min
Jun 13, 6:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	44 min
Jun 13, 6:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	22 min
Jun 15, 2:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	40 min
Jun 28, 3:36 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	BIS	27 hr
Jun 29, 6:14 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 29, 6:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 29, 9:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	34 min
Jun 29, 9:17 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	118 min
Jun 29, 9:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	43 min
Jun 29, 6:08 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 29, 9:39 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	96 min
Jul 2, 3:11 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	94 min
Jul 3, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jul 3, 8:28 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	92 min
Jul 8, 1:27 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 8, 1:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jul 8, 3:40 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	65 min
Jul 8, 5:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	40 min
Jul 8, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	41 min
Jul 8, 5:50 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	115 min
Jul 11, 7:25 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 17, 2:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	40 min
Jul 17, 2:39 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	3 hr
Jul 28, 2:45 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 4, 11:02 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	88 min
Aug 4, 11:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Aug 5, 3:08 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	97 min
Aug 6, 2:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Aug 25, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr
Aug 25, 6:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	45 min
Sep 2, 1:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Sep 2, 2:47 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	88 min
Sep 2, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	21 min
Sep 2, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	61 min
Sep 20, 1:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Sep 20, 6:50 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	85 min
Sep 20, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Sep 20, 9:27 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Sep 21, 12:19 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	9 hr
Sep 21, 8:50 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	BIS	24 hr
Sep 24, 5:16 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Sep 30, 2:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Oct 3, 2:06 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	BIS	11 hr
Oct 4, 1:55 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	28 hr
Oct 8, 4:23 AM CDT	Winter Storm Watch	BIS	59 hr
Oct 9, 3:17 AM CDT	Winter Storm Warning	BIS	4 days
Oct 10, 3:30 PM CDT	Blizzard Warning	BIS	49 hr
Oct 12, 3:41 PM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	BIS	3 hr
Oct 21, 3:03 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	21 hr
Nov 14, 7:51 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	BIS	19 hr
Nov 15, 5:42 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	BIS	5 hr
Nov 27, 3:45 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	BIS	35 hr
Nov 28, 2:44 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	BIS	63 hr
Nov 28, 3:55 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	BIS	54 hr
Dec 1, 8:42 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	BIS	6 hr
Dec 6, 9:59 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	BIS	11 hr
Dec 7, 2:47 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	BIS	36 hr
Dec 8, 6:48 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	6 hr
Dec 9, 1:45 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	BIS	22 hr
Dec 10, 2:45 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	BIS	21 hr
Dec 13, 2:46 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	BIS	20 hr
Dec 14, 2:52 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	BIS	10 hr
Dec 24, 5:41 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	BIS	21 hr
Dec 25, 2:23 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	BIS	11 hr
Dec 26, 3:30 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	BIS	24 hr
Dec 27, 3:16 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	BIS	61 hr
Dec 29, 8:19 AM CST	Blizzard Warning	BIS	28 hr
Dec 30, 3:53 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	BIS	14 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	5
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	12
Tornado Watch	1
Mesoscale Discussion	21
Special Weather Statement	8
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	1
Flash Flood Warning	1
Areal Flood Advisory	1
Winter
Blizzard Warning	5
Winter Storm Warning	5
Winter Storm Watch	10
Winter Weather Advisory	19
Heat
Heat Advisory	1
Cold
Freeze Warning	1
Wind Chill Warning	5
Frost Advisory	1
Wind Chill Advisory	17
Wind and dust
Wind Advisory	5
Fire
Red Flag Warning	1
Fire Weather Watch	1
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	14

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record Forecast The radar archive 2018 2020

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.