Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in North Dakota, 2011
131 tornado warnings in 2011. 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 in 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 131
- Busiest month
- July92 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- July 17, 201132 tornado warnings
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 27, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Barnes | 50 min |
| May 27, 5:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Barnes, Cass | 44 min |
| May 27, 5:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Barnes, Cass | 24 min |
| May 30, 8:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Richland | 26 min |
| May 30, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Cass | 43 min |
| May 30, 8:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks | 47 min |
| May 30, 9:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Traill | 39 min |
| Jun 3, 2:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 32 min |
| Jun 3, 3:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Nelson | 48 min |
| Jun 3, 3:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Pembina, Walsh | 51 min |
| Jun 7, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Kidder, Logan | 23 min |
| Jun 7, 8:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | LaMoure, Stutsman | 31 min |
| Jun 12, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton | 22 min |
| Jun 12, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Morton | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 8:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Morton, Oliver | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 8:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Morton | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 9:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Morton, Oliver | 36 min |
| Jun 12, 9:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Grant | 19 min |
| Jun 13, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks | 52 min |
| Jun 13, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Steele | 34 min |
| Jun 17, 5:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | LaMoure | 23 min |
| Jun 17, 5:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Sargent | 41 min |
| Jun 17, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Ransom, Sargent | 50 min |
| Jun 17, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Barnes, Ransom | 34 min |
| Jun 17, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Sargent | 33 min |
| Jun 18, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton | 21 min |
| Jun 18, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton | 28 min |
| Jun 19, 7:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Golden Valley | 24 min |
| Jun 20, 2:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Oliver | 33 min |
| Jun 20, 2:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McLean | 29 min |
| Jun 20, 2:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Morton | 29 min |
| Jun 20, 3:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Mercer | 30 min |
| Jun 25, 4:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Mountrail | 28 min |
| Jul 4, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Pembina | 39 min |
| Jul 4, 9:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Cass, Traill | 39 min |
| Jul 4, 9:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Cass | 39 min |
| Jul 8, 2:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Golden Valley | 31 min |
| Jul 8, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Foster, Kidder, Stutsman, Wells | 30 min |
| Jul 8, 5:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton | 42 min |
| Jul 8, 5:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Dunn, Mercer | 23 min |
| Jul 8, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Dunn, Mercer | 49 min |
| Jul 8, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 31 min |
| Jul 8, 6:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Emmons, Morton, Sioux | 24 min |
| Jul 8, 6:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McLean, Mercer, Oliver | 39 min |
| Jul 8, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 33 min |
| Jul 8, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Emmons, Morton, Sioux | 45 min |
| Jul 8, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder | 50 min |
| Jul 8, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder, Logan | 29 min |
| Jul 8, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Kidder, Logan, Stutsman | 48 min |
| Jul 8, 8:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Emmons, Logan, McIntosh | 36 min |
| Jul 8, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Kidder, Logan, Stutsman | 45 min |
| Jul 10, 2:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Emmons, Sioux | 23 min |
| Jul 10, 2:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Emmons, Logan | 33 min |
| Jul 10, 2:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Logan, McIntosh | 33 min |
| Jul 10, 3:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Dickey, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh | 34 min |
| Jul 10, 3:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McIntosh | 37 min |
| Jul 10, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Dickey, LaMoure, McIntosh | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Dickey, LaMoure | 35 min |
| Jul 10, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Ransom | 45 min |
| Jul 10, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Dickey | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 4:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Dickey | 24 min |
| Jul 10, 4:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Sargent | 43 min |
| Jul 10, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Richland | 36 min |
| Jul 15, 3:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Barnes | 50 min |
| Jul 15, 4:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Ransom, Richland | 42 min |
| Jul 15, 5:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Richland | 39 min |
| Jul 16, 5:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Sheridan | 29 min |
| Jul 16, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Sheridan, Wells | 33 min |
| Jul 16, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Sheridan, Wells | 31 min |
| Jul 16, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Griggs | 50 min |
| Jul 16, 7:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Wells | 24 min |
| Jul 16, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Benson, Ramsey | 52 min |
| Jul 16, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Wells | 45 min |
| Jul 16, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Emmons | 32 min |
| Jul 16, 8:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Benson, Ramsey | 39 min |
| Jul 16, 8:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Wells | 46 min |
| Jul 16, 8:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Kidder | 31 min |
| Jul 16, 9:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Benson, Nelson, Ramsey | 51 min |
| Jul 16, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Kidder, Stutsman, Wells | 45 min |
| Jul 16, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Emmons | 31 min |
| Jul 17, 9:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Ward | 36 min |
| Jul 17, 10:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McHenry, McLean, Sheridan, Ward | 35 min |
| Jul 17, 10:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McHenry, McLean, Pierce, Sheridan | 33 min |
| Jul 17, 11:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McHenry, Pierce, Sheridan, Wells | 49 min |
| Jul 17, 12:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Wells | 32 min |
| Jul 17, 12:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Eddy | 42 min |
| Jul 17, 1:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Foster | 64 min |
| Jul 17, 1:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Eddy | 49 min |
| Jul 17, 2:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Foster, Stutsman | 49 min |
| Jul 17, 2:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Barnes, Griggs | 36 min |
| Jul 17, 2:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Barnes, Griggs | 48 min |
| Jul 17, 3:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Kidder, Stutsman | 29 min |
| Jul 17, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Barnes, Griggs, Steele | 41 min |
| Jul 17, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Kidder, Stutsman | 32 min |
| Jul 17, 4:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Barnes, Cass | 63 min |
| Jul 17, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 46 min |
| Jul 17, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | LaMoure, Stutsman | 47 min |
| Jul 17, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Cass | 45 min |
| Jul 17, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | LaMoure | 43 min |
| Jul 17, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Dickey | 62 min |
| Jul 17, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | LaMoure | 30 min |
| Jul 17, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Dickey | 34 min |
| Jul 18, 7:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Adams | 38 min |
| Jul 18, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Adams, Grant, Sioux | 29 min |
| Jul 18, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Sioux | 30 min |
| Jul 19, 3:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Cass | 38 min |
| Jul 20, 5:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Ramsey | 45 min |
| Jul 20, 5:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Ramsey, Walsh | 45 min |
| Jul 20, 6:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Nelson, Walsh | 38 min |
| Jul 20, 6:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Pierce | 26 min |
| Jul 22, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Morton | 24 min |
| Jul 22, 8:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Dunn, McKenzie | 39 min |
| Jul 22, 8:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Billings, Stark | 27 min |
| Jul 22, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Billings, Stark | 34 min |
| Jul 22, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Dunn | 35 min |
| Jul 22, 9:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Hettinger, Slope, Stark | 37 min |
| Jul 22, 9:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Hettinger, Slope | 27 min |
| Jul 22, 9:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McLean, Mercer | 24 min |
| Jul 22, 9:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Adams, Grant, Hettinger | 34 min |
| Jul 22, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Morton, Oliver | 30 min |
| Jul 22, 10:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Adams, Grant, Hettinger, Sioux | 35 min |
| Jul 22, 10:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Morton, Oliver | 33 min |
| Jul 22, 10:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons, Morton, Sioux | 24 min |
| Jul 22, 11:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Adams, Sioux | 13 min |
| Jul 26, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Dickey | 24 min |
| Aug 5, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Morton | 26 min |
| Aug 12, 3:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 16 min |
| Aug 12, 3:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 32 min |
| Aug 12, 3:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | LaMoure | 31 min |
| Aug 15, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Dunn, Mercer, Morton, Stark | 34 min |
| Aug 15, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton | 25 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Morton County18
- Stutsman County15
- Kidder County10
- Emmons County10
- Barnes County9
- LaMoure County9
- Grant County9
- Wells County9
- Cass County8
- Logan County8
- Sioux County8
- Dickey County8
- Oliver County6
- Mercer County6
- Sheridan County6
- McLean County5
- Dunn County5
- Burleigh County5
- McIntosh County5
- Ramsey County5
- Adams County5
- Richland County4
- Grand Forks County4
- Sargent County4
- Ransom County4
- Griggs County4
- Stark County4
- Hettinger County4
- Nelson County3
- Walsh County3
- Foster County3
- Benson County3
- McHenry County3
- Pierce County3
- Traill County2
- Pembina County2
- Steele County2
- Golden Valley County2
- Ward County2
- Eddy County2
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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. Rebuilt daily.