Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in North Dakota, 2015
52 tornado warnings in 2015. 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 2015. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 52
- Busiest month
- June35 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- June 27, 201515 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 28, 5:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Walsh | 29 min |
| Jun 2, 4:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Morton, Stark | 35 min |
| Jun 2, 5:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McLean | 23 min |
| Jun 7, 2:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Walsh | 47 min |
| Jun 20, 4:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Ramsey, Towner | 33 min |
| Jun 20, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Ramsey | 46 min |
| Jun 20, 4:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Benson, Ramsey | 49 min |
| Jun 20, 5:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Nelson, Ramsey | 44 min |
| Jun 20, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Barnes, Griggs | 39 min |
| Jun 20, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Benson, Eddy, Nelson | 49 min |
| Jun 20, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Barnes, Griggs | 47 min |
| Jun 20, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McHenry, Pierce | 33 min |
| Jun 20, 8:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McHenry, Pierce | 26 min |
| Jun 21, 7:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Benson, Towner | 26 min |
| Jun 21, 7:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Morton | 35 min |
| Jun 21, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Adams, Grant, Hettinger | 32 min |
| Jun 24, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Dunn, Mercer | 30 min |
| Jun 24, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Stark | 25 min |
| Jun 27, 3:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Cavalier, Pembina | 44 min |
| Jun 27, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Cavalier, Pembina, Walsh | 41 min |
| Jun 27, 4:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Cavalier, Grand Forks, Nelson, Pembina, Walsh | 48 min |
| Jun 27, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Nelson, Steele | 38 min |
| Jun 27, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Nelson | 50 min |
| Jun 27, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Barnes, Cass, Ransom | 47 min |
| Jun 27, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Steele | 50 min |
| Jun 27, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks | 48 min |
| Jun 27, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Steele, Traill | 51 min |
| Jun 27, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Barnes, Cass, Ransom | 48 min |
| Jun 27, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Barnes, Cass, Steele, Traill | 46 min |
| Jun 27, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Traill | 34 min |
| Jun 27, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 45 min |
| Jun 27, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Cass, Ransom, Richland | 35 min |
| Jun 27, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Cass, Traill | 12 min |
| Jun 27, 7:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Richland | 42 min |
| Jun 27, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Richland | 52 min |
| Jun 27, 8:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Richland | 49 min |
| Jun 30, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Bowman | 33 min |
| Jun 30, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Bowman | 14 min |
| Jul 4, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Mountrail | 38 min |
| Jul 11, 10:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Benson | 50 min |
| Jul 12, 3:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Steele, Traill | 38 min |
| Jul 12, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Traill | 38 min |
| Jul 12, 4:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks | 42 min |
| Jul 12, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Nelson, Walsh | 46 min |
| Jul 12, 5:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Walsh | 41 min |
| Jul 12, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Cass, Richland | 52 min |
| Jul 23, 4:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McLean, Ward | 36 min |
| Jul 23, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McLean | 33 min |
| Jul 23, 5:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McLean, Ward | 27 min |
| Jul 23, 11:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Nelson, Steele, Traill | 46 min |
| Jul 23, 11:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Steele, Traill | 42 min |
| Jul 26, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Mountrail, Williams | 33 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Grand Forks County11
- Traill County8
- Nelson County7
- Steele County7
- Walsh County6
- Cass County6
- Richland County6
- Barnes County5
- McLean County4
- Ramsey County4
- Benson County4
- Ransom County4
- Cavalier County3
- Pembina County3
- Morton County2
- Stark County2
- Towner County2
- Griggs County2
- McHenry County2
- Pierce County2
- Bowman County2
- Mountrail County2
- Ward County2
- Eddy County1
- Adams County1
- Grant County1
- Hettinger County1
- Dunn County1
- Mercer County1
- Sargent County1
- Williams County1
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. Rebuilt daily.