Alert archive / North Dakota / McLean County

Weather alerts in McLean County, North Dakota, 2026

113 weather alerts in 2026, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

McLean County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 113
Warnings: 51
Watches: 14
Advisories: 23
Busiest month: June46 alerts
Busiest day: June 29, 202611 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

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

1 of 1 tornado warnings covering McLean County in 2026 had a tornado report inside them; 1 of 2 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 7 minutes after it went out.

McLean County, 2026

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
Tornado warnings	1	1	0%	2	50%	7 min
Severe thunderstorm warnings	39	28	28%	32	88%	25 min
Flash flood warnings	0			0

Each office's whole area, 2026

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
NWS Bismarck, ND: tornado warnings	21	4	81%	11	36%	13 min
NWS Bismarck, ND: severe thunderstorm warnings	354	164	54%	360	84%	24 min
NWS Bismarck, ND: flash flood warnings	4	0	100%	0

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

The year is still running; reports filed late and damage surveys can still change these figures.

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
Mar 12, 2:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	49 min
Apr 22, 1:09 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	33 hr
Apr 24, 11:26 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	8 hr
May 2, 4:18 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	BIS	9 hr
May 2, 1:13 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	BIS	32 hr
May 8, 2:58 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	BIS	19 hr
May 8, 1:35 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	BIS	19 hr
May 9, 11:39 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	BIS	21 hr
May 10, 1:34 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	BIS	23 hr
May 11, 12:51 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	BIS	21 hr
May 11, 2:01 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	BIS	31 hr
May 12, 1:28 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	BIS	33 hr
May 13, 1:28 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	BIS	21 hr
May 13, 1:47 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	55 hr
May 13, 2:02 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	BIS	55 hr
May 14, 12:44 PM CDT	Blowing Dust Advisory	BIS	11 hr
May 14, 2:00 PM CDT	Blowing Dust Warning	BIS	7 hr
May 18, 12:34 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	BIS	20 hr
May 19, 11:35 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	BIS	21 hr
May 23, 1:58 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BIS	8 hr
May 29, 12:23 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	9 hr
Jun 2, 11:59 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	91 min
Jun 2, 1:44 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 2, 3:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 7, 1:17 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	19 hr
Jun 7, 2:50 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	115 min
Jun 7, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch PDS	SPC	11 hr
Jun 7, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	58 min
Jun 7, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	60 min
Jun 7, 9:01 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	89 min
Jun 7, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	33 min
Jun 7, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	BIS	47 min
Jun 7, 9:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	82 min
Jun 7, 10:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	43 min
Jun 7, 10:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	BIS	63 min
Jun 7, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	77 min
Jun 9, 2:13 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Jun 9, 4:32 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jun 9, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	63 min
Jun 9, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	50 min
Jun 9, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	63 min
Jun 9, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	46 min
Jun 9, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	36 min
Jun 9, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	53 min
Jun 9, 7:18 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	117 min
Jun 16, 5:25 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 16, 7:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	39 min
Jun 27, 2:19 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 27, 8:25 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 27, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	BIS	65 min
Jun 27, 9:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	55 min
Jun 27, 9:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Jun 27, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	63 min
Jun 27, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	61 min
Jun 28, 6:43 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 28, 8:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	32 min
Jun 28, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	54 min
Jun 28, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	62 min
Jun 28, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	BIS	40 min
Jun 28, 10:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	57 min
Jun 28, 10:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	25 min
Jun 28, 11:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	24 min
Jun 29, 2:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr
Jun 29, 2:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	57 min
Jun 29, 3:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	54 min
Jun 29, 4:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	49 min
Jun 30, 2:18 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	15 hr
Jul 2, 9:17 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	118 min
Jul 5, 2:47 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	118 min
Jul 5, 3:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jul 5, 8:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	39 min
Jul 5, 9:38 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	97 min
Jul 9, 2:04 AM CDT	Extreme Heat Watch	BIS	24 hr
Jul 9, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jul 10, 2:02 AM CDT	Extreme Heat Warning	BIS	5 days
Jul 14, 12:53 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	BIS	57 hr
Jul 17, 2:36 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BIS	8 hr
Jul 18, 12:42 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	BIS	32 hr
Jul 19, 3:55 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 19, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr
Jul 19, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	43 min
Jul 24, 11:03 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	BIS	58 hr
Jul 24, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	59 min
Jul 29, 1:46 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	BIS	18 hr
Jul 29, 2:52 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	113 min
Jul 29, 4:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	31 min
Jul 29, 5:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	30 min
Jul 29, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	48 min
Aug 10, 9:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	41 min
Aug 10, 10:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	45 min
Aug 23, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	58 min
Aug 30, 5:30 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Aug 30, 12:40 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	30 hr
Aug 30, 3:49 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	116 min
Aug 30, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Aug 30, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	55 min
Sep 4, 1:53 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BIS	10 hr
Sep 6, 10:18 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	87 min
Sep 6, 11:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	28 min
Sep 6, 11:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	64 min
Sep 7, 1:11 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	30 hr
Sep 7, 3:53 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Sep 7, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr
Sep 7, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	67 min
Sep 7, 6:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	47 min
Sep 7, 7:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	56 min
Sep 13, 1:00 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	42 hr
Sep 14, 4:40 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	BIS	19 hr
Sep 17, 4:14 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BIS	9 hr
Sep 24, 1:25 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BIS	9 hr
Sep 25, 12:47 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BIS	10 hr
Sep 28, 11:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	38 min
Sep 29, 3:14 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BIS	7 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	39
Tornado Warning	1
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	8
Tornado Watch	2
Mesoscale Discussion	19
Special Weather Statement	6
Heat
Extreme Heat Warning	1
Extreme Heat Watch	1
Heat Advisory	4
Cold
Freeze Warning	2
Frost Advisory	2
Wind and dust
Blowing Dust Warning	1
High Wind Warning	1
Blowing Dust Advisory	1
Wind Advisory	9
Fire
Red Flag Warning	6
Fire Weather Watch	3
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	7

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record Forecast The radar archive 2025

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.