Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in North Dakota, 1997
12 tornado watches in 1997. 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 in 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 12
- Busiest month
- June5 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- June 22, 19972 tornado watches
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 17, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | LaMoure, Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Dickey, Eddy and 21 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Divide, Dunn, Golden Valley and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 22, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Barnes, Burleigh, Cass, Dickey, Dunn and 23 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 22, 11:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Benson, Burleigh, Dickey, Dunn, Eddy and 21 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 27, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Dickey, Eddy, Emmons, Foster and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 1, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Burleigh, Dunn, Emmons, Grant, McLean, Mercer and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 24, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benson, Bottineau, Burleigh, Dunn, Kidder, McHenry and 13 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 5, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Dickey, Eddy and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 31, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Bottineau, Burleigh, Cass, Cavalier and 26 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 11, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Burleigh, Emmons, Foster, Grant, Griggs, Kidder and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 11, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Dickey, Eddy and 20 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Kidder County9
- LaMoure County8
- Foster County8
- Logan County8
- McIntosh County8
- Stutsman County8
- Wells County8
- Ransom County7
- Dickey County7
- Eddy County7
- Griggs County7
- Emmons County7
- Sargent County6
- Barnes County6
- Benson County6
- Cass County6
- Steele County6
- Traill County6
- Burleigh County6
- Richland County5
- Grand Forks County5
- Nelson County5
- Pembina County5
- Towner County5
- Walsh County5
- Dunn County5
- McLean County5
- Morton County5
- Oliver County5
- Sheridan County5
- Sioux County5
- Cavalier County4
- Pierce County4
- Ramsey County4
- Stark County4
- Grant County4
- Mercer County4
- Rolette County3
- Adams County3
- Hettinger County3
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.