The NWS office in Grand Forks, North Dakota, also issued the alert, warning that the same storm would impact eastern North Dakota and northwest and west central Minnesota during the same time frame.

Meanwhile, there were 14 tornadoes in North Dakota last year, doubling the previous year's total of seven. The lowest annual number in the state was two, in 1950, 1951 and 1961. The 2023 count of ...