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    Weather Talk: High temperatures do not always feel hot
    The thermosphere is a layer high in the atmosphere known for extremely high temperatures and extremely low density. From about 50 miles above...
    news/weather8 hours 46 min ago
    July 16, 2018
    John Paul Martin, center, the warning coordination meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Bismarck, talks on Tuesday, July 10, to Lt. Matthew Watkins and Capt. Mike Ficken, left, both of the McKenzie County Sheriff's Department, and McKenzie County Emergency Managers Karolin Jappy and Jerry Samuelson after determining an FE 2 tornado touched down in the early morning hours in Watford City. Mike McCleary / Bismarck Tribune
    Weather radar coverage for western ND questioned after tornado
    BISMARCK—Hours after a devastating tornado ripped through Watford City, McKenzie County's emergency manager began pushing for better weather...
    news/weatherJuly 16, 2018 - 6:00am
    Weather Talk:Fargo-Moorhead summers can be hot
    The Northern Plains region is not known for its hot weather. However, we are located in the center of the North American continent and are entirely...
    news/weatherJuly 16, 2018 - 5:30am
    July 15, 2018
    One of the many mobile homes and RVs ravaged from Tuesday's early morning EF2 tornado hitting the Prairie View RV Park in Watford City sits twisted in the scoria rock, ripped from its trailer frame. Mike McCleary / Bismarck Tribune
    Deadly tornado prompts call for improving RV park safety standards
    BISMARCK—In the aftermath of a deadly tornado that struck in the heart of North Dakota's oil patch, state and local officials are calling...
    news/weatherJuly 15, 2018 - 6:00am
    Weather Talk: It's the peak of the Antarctic winter
    It may be the middle of summer here, but it is the middle of winter in the southern hemisphere. Temperatures on the East Antarctica Plateau,...
    news/weatherJuly 15, 2018 - 5:20am
    July 14, 2018
    Weather Talk: Bad rain gauges give bad rain measurements
    There are good rain gauges and there are bad rain gauges. If you want an accurate measurement of much rain has fallen on your plot of land, you...
    news/weatherJuly 14, 2018 - 5:16am
    July 13, 2018
    Applications being accepted for cooling assistance
    FARGO — The North Dakota Department of Human Services and the North Dakota Department of Commerce's Division of Community Services have...
    news/weatherJuly 13, 2018 - 9:00pm
    Marina repairs completed at Lake Sakakawea State Park
    PICK CITY, N.D. – The marina at Lake Sakakawea State Park is returning to normal after high winds and waves hit the marina during a June 10 storm, turning walkways to slips into twisted metal. Although none of the large boats in the marina sustained severe damage, many had to vacate...
    news/weatherJuly 13, 2018 - 4:58pm
    Weather Talk: Always measure temperature in the shade
    It seems simple enough to hold a thermometer out in the sun in order to get the temperature "in the sun." But this idea is all wrong. Air isn't...
    news/weatherJuly 13, 2018 - 5:53am
    July 12, 2018
    Water sits on some roads and washes out others in Aitkin County after rain fell during the overnight Thursday. Submitted Photo / Aitkin County Sheriff's Office
    Unofficial reports shows up to 10 inches in Aitkin County as flash flood warnings issued
    AITKIN, Minn.—Aitkin County was hit hard by rain during an early morning storm Thursday, July 12, raising concerns for flooding in the...
    news/weatherJuly 12, 2018 - 9:41pm
    This photo of the 1957 Fargo tornado was taken by Alf T. Olsen. File photo / Forum News Service
    The Watford City tornado marks North Dakota's 11th deadly tornado since 1950. Here's a closer look.
    A statistical look at tornadoes in North Dakota since 1950
    news/weatherJuly 12, 2018 - 2:54pm
    Weather Talk: Heat lightning is just far-away lightning
    Most of us have seen those mysterious, silent flashes of light from an almost indeterminate direction, seen only at night. Most people call it...
    news/weatherJuly 12, 2018 - 5:52am
    July 11, 2018
    A front-end loader dumps debris from the cleanup of the Prairie View RV Park in Watford City into a waiting truck. More than 200 trailers, cabins and RVs were destroyed or damages by an EF-2 tornado early Tuesday morning. Williston Herald
    Watford City starts cleanup after deadly tornado
    WATFORD CITY, N.D. — On Wednesday, July 11, more than 24 hours after a deadly EF-2 tornado touched down in Watford City, work was already...
    news/weatherJuly 11, 2018 - 7:13pm
    A row of trucks, some of them crushed by debris, sit parked in the storm-damaged Prairie View RV Park on Tuesday, July 10, in Watford City. Jamie Kelly / Williston Herald
    Thousands raised online for infant killed in western ND tornado
    WATFORD CITY, N.D.—Almost $18,000 has been raised for a one-week-old infant who died in the EF-2 tornado that hit the western North Dakota...
    news/weatherJuly 11, 2018 - 2:39pm
    A cat found in the rubble of a mobile home destroyed by Tuesday morning's tornado in Watford City rests in the arms of Andrew Anderson, a missionary helping the Red Cross, at the Prairie View RV Park Tuesday, July 10. Mike McCleary / Bismarck Tribune
    After tornado, helping hands reach out fast in Watford City
    WATFORD CITY — Less than 12 hours after a tornado struck Watford City, an American Red Cross emergency shelter was running out of space...
    news/weatherJuly 11, 2018 - 9:08am
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