Tornado Warnings in North Dakota
1,738 tornado warnings 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 tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.
Tornado Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 1,738
- Busiest year
- 2010148 tornado warnings
- Average year
- 42over 41 years on file
Over time
By year
Before October 2007 these were issued for whole counties, and a storm crossing three counties was often three warnings; since then one polygon follows the storm. The count changed with the practice, not only with 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 County114
- Cass County110
- Morton County109
- Walsh County89
- Richland County85
- McLean County82
- Burleigh County80
- Ward County74
- Nelson County74
- Stutsman County73
- Barnes County72
- Emmons County66
- Steele County65
- Traill County64
- Ramsey County62
- Benson County59
- Oliver County56
- McHenry County55
- LaMoure County54
- Ransom County54
- Grant County54
- Pembina County53
- Cavalier County52
- Stark County52
- Mercer County51
- Sioux County50
- Dunn County49
- Kidder County48
- Griggs County47
- Sheridan County47
- Mountrail County46
- McIntosh County45
- Logan County44
- Hettinger County43
- McKenzie County40
- Wells County40
- Renville County40
- Dickey County39
- Eddy County37
- Sargent County37
The latest tornado warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Sheridan | 28 min |
| Sep 7, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McLean | 47 min |
| Sep 6, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Dunn, McKenzie | 33 min |
| Sep 6, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McKenzie | 40 min |
| Jul 16, 10:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Foster, Wells | 31 min |
| Jul 16, 10:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Eddy | 39 min |
| Jul 16, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Foster, Wells | 47 min |
| Jul 16, 9:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Wells | 28 min |
| Jul 16, 9:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Benson | 33 min |
| Jul 16, 8:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Benson | 40 min |
| Jul 16, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Benson | 50 min |
| Jul 9, 8:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Kidder, Sheridan, Wells | 39 min |
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. Rebuilt daily.