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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 20, 1986Golden Valley County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 1986, 5:29 PM MDT for Golden Valley County, North Dakota. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 20, 1986, 5:29 PM MDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 1986, 6:10 PM MDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Whole counties

County Golden Valley County, ND

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 5:07 PM MDT, 22 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 20, 5:23 PM MDT, 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND
620 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 1986

...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT FOR PORTIONS
OF WEST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TO INCLUDE THE COUNTIES OF GOLDEN VALLEY..
BILLINGS AND DUNN.

AT 615 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHEAST DAW-
SON COUNTY OF EASTERN MONTANA ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GLENDIVE.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN..FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES..HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS CAN
BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
NIELSEN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 19, 6:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Benson	39 min
Jun 19, 8:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Stutsman	33 min
Jun 19, 10:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh	18 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 1986 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.