High Wind Watches in North Dakota
95 high wind 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 high wind watches reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 95
- Busiest year
- 201110 high wind watches
- Average year
- 5over 19 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 County62
- Adams County61
- Hettinger County61
- Slope County61
- Billings County59
- Golden Valley County59
- Stark County58
- Grant County53
- Dunn County49
- McKenzie County49
- Mercer County48
- Oliver County46
- Mountrail County43
- Renville County43
- Williams County43
- Burleigh County43
- Logan County43
- Burke County42
- Emmons County42
- Kidder County42
- McIntosh County42
- Divide County41
- Dickey County38
- LaMoure County38
- Sheridan County38
- Stutsman County37
- Wells County37
- McHenry County36
- Foster County36
- Bottineau County35
- Pierce County34
- Rolette County34
- Griggs County23
- Barnes County22
- Eddy County21
- Benson County20
- Nelson County20
- Ramsey County19
- Ransom County19
- Sargent County19
The latest high wind watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 1:39 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | BIS | Burke, Divide, McKenzie, Mountrail, Renville, Ward and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 10, 1:34 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 26 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 14, 1:50 AM CST | High Wind Watch | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 26 more | 25 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.