River Flood Watches in North Dakota
117 river flood 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 river flood watches reaches back to 2005.
River Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- River Flood Watches
- 117
- Busiest year
- 201336 river flood watches
- Average year
- 8over 14 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.
- Grand Forks County21
- Cass County20
- Richland County19
- Walsh County18
- Pembina County8
- Mercer County7
- Williams County6
- McKenzie County5
- Traill County4
- Bottineau County4
- McHenry County4
- Oliver County4
- Foster County3
- Stutsman County3
- Burleigh County2
- Ransom County2
- Dickey County1
- LaMoure County1
- Cavalier County1
- Dunn County1
- Renville County1
The latest river flood watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 1:05 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | FGF | Grand Forks | 46 hr |
| Apr 11, 1:04 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | FGF | Grand Forks, Walsh | 22 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.