MOTT, N.D. – The National Weather Service in Bismarck says the Friday night tornado in Mott was an EF-1. They had team in Mott Saturday morning surveying damage. NWS Warning Coordination Meteorologist John Paul Martin says the tornado was on the northeast side of town, on the ground for 8 minutes, traveled 2.85 miles and…
Watford City tornado prompts emergency management teams to think ahead
The dozens of injuries and one casualty caused by the tornado that hit Watford City last summer has the McKenzie County Emergency Management team thinking ahead. The department is willing to try anything to prevent other incidents from happening during future natural disasters. Karoline Jappe, the Emergency Services Manager, took to Facebook to suggest one…
Emergency manager hopes for improved weather radar coverage
WATFORD CITY, N.D. – A county emergency manager is pushing for better weather radar coverage in western North Dakota after a tornado ripped through the area. The closest Doppler radars to Watford City are about 140 miles away near Minot. Warning coordination meteorologist John Paul Martin says radars at that distance detect storms forming at…
No injuries reported in Dodge tornado
DODGE, N.D. – Early Saturday evening, a tornado touched down in Dunn County. While the winds stayed close to fifty miles per hour, parts of the Dodge area received damage. The Greenshields have lived at their home in Dodge for 20 years, and while their house survived the storm, other pieces of their property were…
North Dakota RV park residents didn’t hear warning sirens before tornado
WATFORD CITY, N.D. — Warning sirens were sounded before a tornado ravaged an RV park in a city on the North Dakota oil patch, but park residents said they didn’t hear them, authorities said Wednesday. A newborn baby was killed and more than two dozen people were injured when the storm moved through Watford City…
One-week-old baby dies from injuries in devastating ND RV park tornado
WATFORD CITY, N.D. — A 1-week-old baby died Tuesday, July 10, after a tornado ripped through a Watford City RV park, injuring more than two dozen and displacing about 200 people. A somber McKenzie County Sheriff Gary Schwartzenberger confirmed late Tuesday the baby died from his injuries about 9:30 a.m. while first responders were preparing…
Northwood residents remember devastating tornado on 10th anniversary
NORTHWOOD, N.D. — Ten years ago on Saturday, one local town was changed forever. The Northwood tornado of 2007 devastated the town, causing $60 million worth of damage and killing one person. A night that residents in the town of Northwood will never for get. “You could feel it was super quiet, there was no…
Storms produced nine tornadoes in Red River Valley
HILLSBORO — Meteorologists have confirmed storms from last week produced seven tornadoes in the Red River Valley, including one in Traill County that tracked 23 miles and reached the width of 10 football fields. Severe weather brought hail, damaging winds and, to some counties, tornadoes on July 11, downing power lines, breaking trees and causing…
Memories of the Fargo tornado on its 60th anniversary
It was the day that Mary Tintes’ friend was born in the old St. John’s Hospital in Fargo. “Her parents,” Mary writes Neighbors, “recall the building shaking and the hospital staff praying while the tornado barely missed them.” That was the tornado that struck north Fargo the evening of June 20, 1957 — 60 years…
Tornado Damage near Hillsboro
Hillsoboro, ND (WDAY/WDAZ TV) – Some people have had a very scary Saturday as tornadoes, hail, high winds and rain ripped through the area. One place hit especially hard, Hillsoboro. At least one street is inundated tonight and police are asking people to avoid trying to drive through the area. A few miles north of…