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Tornado Warnings in North Dakota, 2020

33 tornado warnings in 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
33
Busiest month
June14 tornado warnings
Busiest day
June 30, 20207 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 6:44 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedBISMcIntosh31 min
Jun 7, 7:13 PM CDTTornado Warning Considerable damage threatBISDickey, LaMoure, McIntosh47 min
Jun 7, 8:52 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFNelson, Ramsey, Walsh38 min
Jun 8, 4:32 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFGrand Forks, Nelson25 min
Jun 8, 5:02 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFGrand Forks28 min
Jun 8, 5:12 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFGrand Forks18 min
Jun 28, 8:37 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedBISGrant, Morton, Sioux23 min
Jun 29, 7:20 PM CDTTornado WarningBISDunn, McKenzie25 min
Jun 29, 8:22 PM CDTTornado WarningBISMcKenzie, Mountrail23 min
Jun 29, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningBISMountrail31 min
Jun 29, 8:45 PM CDTTornado WarningBISDunn, Stark30 min
Jun 30, 4:17 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFBenson28 min
Jun 30, 6:29 PM CDTTornado WarningBISBurleigh, Kidder31 min
Jun 30, 6:57 PM CDTTornado WarningBISKidder33 min
Jun 30, 7:47 PM CDTTornado WarningBISFoster, Stutsman28 min
Jun 30, 9:15 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFGriggs, Steele30 min
Jun 30, 9:52 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFGriggs, Nelson, Steele23 min
Jul 4, 5:40 PM CDTTornado WarningBISDickey35 min
Jul 7, 10:34 PM CDTTornado WarningBISMercer, Morton, Oliver, Stark26 min
Jul 7, 11:18 PM CDTTornado WarningBISMcLean, Mercer, Oliver27 min
Jul 8, 12:14 AM CDTTornado WarningBISKidder, Wells31 min
Jul 8, 12:45 AM CDTTornado WarningBISFoster, Wells30 min
Jul 8, 1:46 AM CDTTornado WarningFGFGriggs, Steele33 min
Jul 10, 8:08 PM CDTTornado WarningBISEmmons, McIntosh17 min
Jul 17, 3:47 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFBenson, Ramsey22 min
Aug 4, 7:39 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedBISMountrail, Williams36 min
Aug 9, 11:42 AM CDTTornado WarningFGFCavalier, Pembina, Walsh36 min
Aug 9, 2:08 PM CDTTornado WarningBISLaMoure37 min
Aug 9, 2:14 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFBarnes, Cass18 min
Aug 9, 2:25 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFCass30 min
Aug 9, 2:36 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedFGFTraill28 min
Aug 9, 3:35 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFCass18 min
Aug 14, 9:00 AM CDTTornado WarningFGFRansom30 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. June 30, 20207tornado warnings
  2. August 9, 20206tornado warnings
  3. June 8, 20205tornado warnings
  4. July 8, 20205tornado warnings
  5. July 1, 20203tornado warnings
  6. June 7, 20201tornado warnings
  7. June 29, 20201tornado warnings
  8. July 4, 20201tornado warnings
  9. July 11, 20201tornado warnings
  10. July 17, 20201tornado warnings
  11. August 5, 20201tornado warnings
  12. August 14, 20201tornado warnings

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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.