Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in North Dakota, 2016
2 tornado watches in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 2
- Busiest month
- July1 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- July 20, 20161 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benson, Bottineau, Cavalier, McHenry, Pierce, Ramsey and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 3, 3:38 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Bottineau, Burleigh, Cass, Cavalier and 34 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Benson County2
- Bottineau County2
- Cavalier County2
- McHenry County2
- Pierce County2
- Ramsey County2
- Renville County2
- Rolette County2
- Towner County2
- Ward County2
- Barnes County1
- Burleigh County1
- Cass County1
- Dickey County1
- Eddy County1
- Emmons County1
- Foster County1
- Grand Forks County1
- Grant County1
- Griggs County1
- Kidder County1
- LaMoure County1
- Logan County1
- McIntosh County1
- McLean County1
- Mercer County1
- Morton County1
- Nelson County1
- Oliver County1
- Pembina County1
- Ransom County1
- Richland County1
- Sargent County1
- Sheridan County1
- Sioux County1
- Steele County1
- Stutsman County1
- Traill County1
- Walsh County1
- Wells County1
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.