Rain sets records across Dakotas

BISMARCK (AP) — A rainy Labor Day in North Dakota set records across the state, and just to the south of it.

Rain sets records across Dakotas

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A rainy Labor Day in North Dakota set records across the state, and just to the south of it.

Evacuations start as Earl nears East Coast

NAGS HEAD, N.C. — Hurricane Earl steamed toward the Eastern Seaboard on Wednesday as communities from North Carolina to New England kept a close eye on the forecast, worried that even a slight shift in the storm’s predicted offshore track could put millions of people in the most densely populated part of the country in harm’s way.

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Hurricane Earl becomes Category 3 storm

Aftermath of tornado shows community kindness

A recent tornado near Bowbells was a deadly reminder of the power of Mother Nature. The storm ripped through the Dennis Bauer farm, wrecking everything in sight, including Bauer’s home, a number of buildings, vehicles, farm equipment and anything else in its path. Bauer survived by finding a safe place in the basement of his home, which was severely damaged by the storm. One man was killed and another man injured when the vehicle they were riding in was destroyed by the tornado.

Tropical Storm Earl forms in the open Atlantic

Tropical Storm Earl has formed in the open Atlantic Ocean, but the system is far from land.

La Niña to cause a wetter fall and winter for N.D.

She’s back. La Niña, the “little girl” whose meteorological tantrums left much of North Dakota fighting record spring flooding in 2009, has returned. How she might behave this time around is a major factor in the National Weather Service’s latest climate outlook, which calls for above-average precipitation during both fall and winter.

Fatal North Dakota tornado rated as EF3

BISMARCK (AP) — The National Weather Service on Monday officially classified a deadly tornado in northwest North Dakota as an EF3 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale.

Fatal N.D. tornado rated as EF3

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The National Weather Service on Monday officially classified a deadly tornado in northwest North Dakota as an EF3 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale.

NWS continues to assess N.D. damage

BISMARCK (AP) — The National Weather Service continues to assess tornado damage in northwest North Dakota, but said initial reports show the storm may have had winds greater than 165 mph.

By Kristen M. Daum and Mike Nowatzki , Forum Communications Co.

The Red River Valley has seen two to three times as many severe weather events so far this year, compared to 2009. Blame it on Mother Nature’s perfect mix of geography, atmospheric conditions and a climate pattern that’s spicing things up.

Code Red to add tornado warnings

FARGO (AP) — An emergency notification system used heavily during the 2009 spring flood in the Fargo-Moorhead area is expanded to include other weather disasters. Residents of North Dakota’s Cass County and Minnesota’s Clay County who sign up for the “Code Reds” will be alerted by a prerecorded phone message if there’s a tornado. They also will have the option of receiving severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings.

No major damage from storms

Storms early Thursday morning didn’t cause any significant damage in the Jamestown area. About 0.50 inches of rain fell Thursday morning, with 0.47 inches of it falling between 2 a.m. and 7 a.m., according to the National Weather Service. The rain combined with thunderstorms and 20- to 30-mile-per-hour wind gusts downed tree branches in town, but caused no major damage, according to the Jamestown Police Department.

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Tornado damages N.D. farm

RURAL REYNOLDS, N.D. — While Steve Walen and his son, Brent, were jockeying their combines back from a wheat field four miles west of their farm Tuesday, ahead of a dark approaching thunderstorm, a tornado ripped up the shed where they planned to park them. The tornado exploded an empty grain bin waiting for the wheat, spreading the crumpled corrugated steel across his farmyard, into his trees and into a field 300 yards north.

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Tornado in Richland County an F4

The National Weather Service confirmed Monday that Saturday’s tornado in Richland County, N.D., and Wilkin County, Minn., was a category EF4. That makes it the fourth EF4 tornado in eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota this season, according to meteorologist Greg Gust, based in Grand Forks.