Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in North Dakota, 2004
9 tornado watches in 2004. 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 2004. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 9
- Busiest month
- May4 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- May 11, 20041 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 11, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dickey, Richland, Sargent | 5 hr |
| May 11, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Grand Forks, Griggs, Ransom, Steele and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 19, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Dickey, Griggs, LaMoure, McIntosh and 5 more | 5 hr |
| May 23, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bowman | 5 hr |
| Jul 2, 3:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Cavalier, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barnes, Burleigh, Cass, Dickey, Eddy, Emmons and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 18, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barnes, Cass, Dickey, Foster, Grand Forks, Griggs and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Sargent | 7 hr |
| Aug 23, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Billings, Burleigh, Dunn, Emmons, Golden Valley and 15 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Sargent County6
- Richland County5
- Barnes County5
- Cass County5
- Griggs County5
- Ransom County5
- Steele County5
- Traill County5
- Dickey County4
- Grand Forks County3
- LaMoure County3
- McIntosh County3
- Nelson County2
- Pembina County2
- Walsh County2
- Burleigh County2
- Emmons County2
- Foster County2
- Grant County2
- Logan County2
- McLean County2
- Mercer County2
- Morton County2
- Oliver County2
- Sheridan County2
- Sioux County2
- Stutsman County2
- Bowman County1
- Cavalier County1
- Eddy County1
- Kidder County1
- Wells County1
- Adams County1
- Billings County1
- Dunn County1
- Golden Valley County1
- Hettinger County1
- McHenry County1
- McKenzie County1
- Mountrail County1
4 more counties
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.