Tornado Watches in North Dakota
203 tornado watches 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Tornado Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 203
- Busiest year
- 201119 tornado watches
- Average year
- 7over 30 years on file
Over time
By year
Watches are counted from 1997, when the Storm Prediction Center archive begins.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Dickey County87
- LaMoure County85
- Cass County83
- Richland County83
- Barnes County81
- Ransom County81
- Sargent County80
- Logan County78
- McIntosh County78
- Stutsman County77
- Kidder County76
- Traill County74
- Emmons County73
- Burleigh County71
- Sioux County71
- Foster County69
- Morton County69
- Grant County68
- Griggs County68
- Steele County66
- Wells County66
- Mercer County65
- Sheridan County65
- McLean County64
- Oliver County64
- Eddy County61
- Grand Forks County56
- Hettinger County56
- Adams County55
- Benson County55
- Dunn County54
- Nelson County54
- Stark County54
- Ramsey County50
- McHenry County49
- Pierce County49
- Walsh County48
- Ward County48
- Pembina County46
- Bowman County44
The latest tornado watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cass, Grand Forks, Pembina, Steele, Traill, Walsh | 9 hr |
| Jun 29, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Bottineau, Burleigh, Cass, Cavalier and 32 more | 10 hr |
| Jun 27, 4:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Divide, Dunn and 12 more | 11 hr |
| Jun 9, 4:32 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Dickey, Divide and 26 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 3, 4:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Dickey, Griggs, Ransom, Richland and 3 more | 7 hr |
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.