North Dakota Hit by 19 Tornadoes and Historic Rainfall

North Dakota hit by 19 tornadoes and historic rainfall

BISMARCK, ND (KXNET) - A powerful storm system that swept through North Dakota over the weekend has left behind a trail of damage and a new weather record. The video that you see was sent in from a viewer six miles north of Mercer, ND. Thank you to the anonymous viewer who submitted that. The video captures dark clouds and strong winds seen across the state. As of Monday morning, 19 tornadoes have been reported across the state, according to pre…

Rare September tornado outbreak slams North Dakota

There were more tornado reports yesterday in North Dakota than there have been in Septembers over the last 30 years. More tornadoes touched down in North Dakota on Sunday than the state had seen in any September over the past three decades, combined. The outbreak began near Mobridge, South Dakota, where storms flipped an SUV towing a trailer and knocked down power lines. From there, the system tracked north into North Dakota, passing east of Bis…

Historic ND tornado outbreak…still feeling like summer

Yesterday will go down in the record books as the largest tornado outbreak in the state for the month of September: Courtesy NWS Bismarck The NWS (National Weather Service) is still calculating the exact number of tornado’s from Sunday.   The unofficial count is 19 and most of those occurred between Bismarck and Devils Lake.   To put it in perspective,  between 1950 and 2024 the state recorded 27 September tornadoes!!   Thankfully, there were no…

North Dakota Tornadoes Sunday A Bizarre September Outbreak

A rather strange rash of tornadoes whipped through parts of the Dakotas Sunday, with flooding rain also hitting at least two North Dakota cities. And that's not the only weird thing that happened there.