Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in North Dakota, 2018
27 severe thunderstorm watches in 2018. 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 severe thunderstorm watches reaches back to 1997.
Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 27
- Busiest month
- July11 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- July 8, 20183 severe thunderstorm watches
Over time
By month
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 | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dickey, Emmons, McIntosh, Sioux | 6 hr |
| May 26, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Hettinger and 3 more | 9 hr |
| May 31, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burleigh, Dunn, Golden Valley and 15 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 1, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Hettinger, Slope and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 5, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barnes, Burleigh, Cass, Dickey, Eddy, Emmons and 17 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 7, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Divide, Dunn, Golden Valley and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 10, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 19 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 14, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Bowman, Burleigh, Emmons, Grant, Hettinger and 7 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 16, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Richland | 7 hr |
| Jun 26, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Dunn and 16 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 27, 12:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Emmons, McIntosh, Sioux | 9 hr |
| Jun 28, 1:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cass, Grand Forks, Steele, Traill | 6 hr |
| Jun 28, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Barnes, Benson, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman and 43 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 2, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Bowman, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Grant and 13 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 3, 1:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Barnes, Billings, Bowman, Burleigh, Cass and 26 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 3, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 30 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 4, 1:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 7, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Bowman, Burleigh, Dunn, Emmons, Foster and 14 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Dickey, LaMoure, Ransom, Richland and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 9, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Billings, Burke, Divide, Dunn, McKenzie, McLean and 6 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 10, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bottineau, Burke, Divide, McHenry, McKenzie, Mountrail and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benson, Bottineau, Burleigh, Cavalier, Dunn, Grant and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 21, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Hettinger and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 23, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dickey, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, Ransom, Richland and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 26, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Pembina, Steele, Traill and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 3, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 20 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Stark County16
- Hettinger County15
- Adams County14
- Bowman County14
- Dunn County13
- Slope County13
- Sioux County12
- Billings County12
- Grant County12
- Morton County12
- Burleigh County11
- Emmons County10
- McKenzie County10
- McLean County10
- Mercer County10
- Kidder County9
- Oliver County9
- Dickey County8
- McIntosh County8
- Golden Valley County8
- McHenry County8
- Sheridan County8
- LaMoure County8
- Logan County8
- Richland County8
- Renville County8
- Ward County8
- Pierce County7
- Ransom County7
- Sargent County7
- Steele County7
- Stutsman County7
- Traill County7
- Williams County7
- Bottineau County7
- Burke County7
- Mountrail County7
- Wells County6
- Cass County6
- Grand Forks County6
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.