Winter Storm Watches in North Dakota
267 winter storm 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 winter storm watches reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 267
- Busiest year
- 201925 winter storm watches
- Average year
- 12over 22 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Richland County107
- Cass County106
- Sargent County106
- Ransom County104
- Barnes County102
- Grand Forks County102
- Steele County102
- Walsh County102
- Nelson County100
- Traill County100
- Griggs County99
- Eddy County95
- Pembina County94
- Benson County91
- Ramsey County91
- Cavalier County87
- Towner County84
- Stutsman County79
- Foster County78
- LaMoure County77
- Logan County77
- Dickey County76
- McIntosh County74
- Wells County74
- Kidder County73
- Burleigh County72
- Sheridan County72
- Bowman County68
- Slope County68
- Emmons County67
- Hettinger County66
- McHenry County66
- Pierce County66
- Rolette County65
- Stark County65
- Adams County64
- Bottineau County64
- Billings County62
- Grant County62
- Renville County61
The latest winter storm watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 1:50 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burleigh, Dickey, Dunn and 16 more | 23 hr |
| Apr 1, 1:38 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Eddy, Grand Forks, Griggs and 9 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:30 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dickey, Emmons, Golden Valley and 7 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:19 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 8 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:49 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Grand Forks, Pembina, Traill, Walsh | 14 hr |
| Feb 15, 1:35 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | BIS | Bottineau, Burke, Divide, McHenry, Mountrail, Pierce and 3 more | 37 hr |
| Feb 15, 1:32 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson and 6 more | 43 hr |
| Jan 16, 1:26 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more | 23 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.