Alert archive / North Dakota / Williams County

Weather alerts in Williams County, North Dakota, 2025

130 weather alerts in 2025, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Williams County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2025. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 130
Warnings: 41
Watches: 14
Advisories: 49
Busiest month: May19 alerts
Busiest day: July 27, 20256 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

1 of 1 tornado warnings covering Williams County in 2025 had a tornado report inside them; 1 of 1 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 0 minutes after it went out.

Williams County, 2025

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
Tornado warnings	1	1	0%	1	100%	0 min
Severe thunderstorm warnings	14	12	14%	17	94%	25 min
Flash flood warnings	0			0

Each office's whole area, 2025

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
NWS Bismarck, ND: tornado warnings	59	32	46%	52	87%	16 min
NWS Bismarck, ND: severe thunderstorm warnings	280	160	43%	420	88%	26 min
NWS Bismarck, ND: flash flood warnings	3	1	67%	2	100%	16 min

An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.

Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.

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	Lasted
Jan 2, 2:09 AM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	BIS	34 hr
Jan 3, 1:31 PM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	BIS	22 hr
Jan 4, 1:25 PM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	BIS	21 hr
Jan 12, 12:55 AM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	BIS	11 hr
Jan 12, 1:23 PM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	BIS	23 hr
Jan 16, 1:01 PM CST	Wind Advisory	BIS	29 hr
Jan 17, 10:01 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	BIS	10 hr
Jan 17, 2:27 PM CST	Extreme Cold Warning	BIS	4 days
Feb 2, 3:17 AM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	BIS	57 hr
Feb 5, 1:19 PM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	BIS	23 hr
Feb 5, 1:41 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	BIS	26 hr
Feb 9, 1:28 PM CST	Extreme Cold Warning	BIS	47 hr
Feb 10, 5:56 PM CST	Extreme Cold Warning	BIS	18 hr
Feb 11, 11:39 AM CST	Extreme Cold Warning	BIS	48 hr
Feb 13, 2:01 PM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	BIS	22 hr
Feb 14, 2:14 PM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	BIS	19 hr
Feb 15, 2:01 AM CST	Extreme Cold Watch	BIS	23 hr
Feb 15, 2:39 PM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	BIS	27 hr
Feb 16, 1:22 AM CST	Extreme Cold Warning	BIS	3 days
Feb 19, 3:08 PM CST	Extreme Cold Warning	BIS	21 hr
Feb 27, 1:34 PM CST	Wind Advisory	BIS	28 hr
Feb 27, 2:05 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	BIS	11 days
Mar 8, 1:17 PM CST	High Wind Watch	BIS	24 hr
Mar 9, 2:29 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	BIS	29 hr
Mar 14, 3:08 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BIS	7 hr
Mar 27, 2:04 AM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	BIS	43 hr
Apr 2, 1:43 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BIS	8 hr
Apr 10, 2:27 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	BIS	31 hr
May 1, 1:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	37 min
May 3, 2:19 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	BIS	24 hr
May 4, 1:56 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	BIS	19 hr
May 5, 10:09 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	9 hr
May 5, 2:55 PM CDT	Dust Storm Advisory	BIS	2 hr
May 5, 4:53 PM CDT	Dust Storm Advisory	BIS	112 min
May 7, 3:11 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	BIS	11 hr
May 8, 2:11 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	BIS	19 hr
May 9, 1:59 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	BIS	31 hr
May 11, 4:57 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
May 11, 10:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	54 min
May 11, 11:48 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	57 min
May 14, 1:32 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	53 hr
May 16, 3:10 AM CDT	Freeze Watch	BIS	11 hr
May 16, 2:04 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	BIS	20 hr
May 17, 2:12 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	BIS	19 hr
May 21, 1:57 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	BIS	19 hr
May 30, 5:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	32 min
May 30, 6:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	28 min
Jun 7, 8:49 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	23 hr
Jun 15, 10:30 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 15, 10:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jun 15, 11:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	37 min
Jun 16, 12:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	30 min
Jun 17, 9:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	27 min
Jun 18, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	54 min
Jun 18, 5:03 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	117 min
Jun 18, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	62 min
Jun 18, 6:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	29 min
Jun 26, 6:09 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	96 min
Jul 3, 3:35 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	115 min
Jul 8, 4:18 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BIS	6 hr
Jul 19, 6:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	29 min
Jul 21, 5:37 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BIS	6 hr
Jul 25, 4:47 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	88 min
Jul 25, 6:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	25 min
Jul 25, 6:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	33 min
Jul 25, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	67 min
Jul 25, 6:43 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 25, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	65 min
Jul 25, 7:25 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	3 hr
Jul 25, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jul 25, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	60 min
Jul 26, 11:28 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	92 min
Jul 26, 11:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jul 27, 1:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	43 min
Jul 27, 2:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	60 min
Jul 27, 2:09 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	96 min
Jul 27, 2:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	65 min
Aug 4, 3:48 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BIS	6 hr
Aug 5, 7:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	32 min
Aug 7, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	65 min
Aug 7, 7:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	59 min
Aug 7, 7:39 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 7, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	63 min
Aug 7, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Aug 7, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	64 min
Aug 7, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	61 min
Aug 17, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	45 min
Aug 17, 9:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	41 min
Aug 19, 3:43 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	BIS	39 hr
Sep 3, 2:14 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	31 hr
Sep 4, 3:37 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	BIS	17 hr
Sep 4, 1:51 PM CDT	Freeze Watch	BIS	24 hr
Sep 5, 2:00 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	BIS	19 hr
Sep 11, 10:11 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Sep 12, 12:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	32 min
Sep 12, 12:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	BIS	31 min
Sep 13, 6:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	3 hr
Sep 15, 12:58 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BIS	9 hr
Oct 5, 1:30 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	BIS	21 hr
Oct 6, 12:01 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	BIS	21 hr
Oct 9, 1:59 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	BIS	19 hr
Oct 11, 2:20 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	34 hr
Oct 12, 1:31 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	BIS	20 hr
Oct 13, 1:00 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	BIS	21 hr
Oct 18, 1:45 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	BIS	20 hr
Oct 19, 2:03 PM CDT	High Wind Watch	BIS	13 hr
Oct 20, 3:13 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	BIS	22 hr
Nov 2, 1:45 AM CST	Wind Advisory	BIS	16 hr
Nov 16, 5:30 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	BIS	6 hr
Nov 16, 11:06 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	BIS	114 min
Nov 23, 1:46 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	BIS	23 hr
Nov 24, 1:09 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	BIS	29 hr
Nov 26, 5:22 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	BIS	19 hr
Dec 7, 2:03 PM CST	High Wind Watch	BIS	24 hr
Dec 8, 1:33 PM CST	High Wind Warning	BIS	37 hr
Dec 8, 1:40 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	BIS	38 hr
Dec 9, 2:14 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	BIS	64 hr
Dec 11, 2:14 PM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	BIS	67 hr
Dec 11, 9:30 PM CST	Extreme Cold Warning	BIS	15 hr
Dec 15, 3:34 AM CST	Wind Advisory	BIS	38 hr
Dec 16, 4:29 AM CST	High Wind Watch	BIS	22 hr
Dec 17, 2:44 AM CST	High Wind Warning	BIS	36 hr
Dec 17, 12:52 PM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	BIS	44 hr
Dec 17, 1:03 PM CST	Blizzard Warning	BIS	26 hr
Dec 19, 3:15 AM CST	Wind Advisory	BIS	24 hr
Dec 19, 3:27 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	BIS	11 hr
Dec 26, 1:42 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	BIS	15 hr
Dec 26, 3:27 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	BIS	32 hr
Dec 26, 8:31 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	BIS	6 hr
Dec 27, 12:45 PM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	BIS	39 hr

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

Product	Alerts
Severe storms
Severe Thunderstorm Warning	14
Tornado Warning	1
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	4
Mesoscale Discussion	12
Special Weather Statement	14
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	1
Areal Flood Advisory	2
Winter
Blizzard Warning	1
Winter Storm Watch	1
Winter Weather Advisory	8
Heat
Heat Advisory	1
Cold
Extreme Cold Warning	7
Freeze Warning	8
Extreme Cold Watch	1
Freeze Watch	2
Cold Weather Advisory	13
Frost Advisory	2
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	5
High Wind Watch	4
Dust Storm Advisory	2
Wind Advisory	10
Fire
Red Flag Warning	4
Fire Weather Watch	2
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	11

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.