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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 6, 1998Mountrail County, Ward County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 1998, 12:39 AM CDT for Mountrail County, Ward County, North Dakota. It was in force for 61 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 6, 1998, 12:39 AM CDT (05:39 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 1998, 1:40 AM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Whole counties

Counties Mountrail County, ND, Ward County, ND

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 6, 12:50 AM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 61	Ryder, ND
Jul 6, 12:55 AM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 70	Stanley, ND

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 5, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

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

Local storm report, Jul 5, 9:22 PM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 5, 9:22 PM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  BISMARCK ND
922 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0700 PM    2 NW PORTAL               ND   TORNADO
07/05/98   BURKE                          LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT ON
                                          US BORDER

0822 PM    8 W BOWBELLS              ND   TORNADO
07/05/98   BURKE                          WEATHER SPOTTER REPORT

0837 PM    NIOBE                     ND   0.75 INCH HAIL
07/05/98   WARD

DED

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 12:30 AM CDT, 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 12:30 AM CDT, 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 6, 12:39 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 6, 12:39 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 5, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burke	48 min
Jul 5, 8:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Burke	34 min
Jul 5, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Ward	44 min
Jul 5, 9:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Mountrail	47 min
Jul 5, 9:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Divide, Williams	58 min
Jul 5, 10:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Mountrail	58 min
Jul 5, 10:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Williams	28 min
Jul 5, 11:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Mountrail	46 min
Jul 6, 3:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie	64 min
Jul 6, 4:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Ward	64 min
Jul 6, 4:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Ward	49 min
Jul 6, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons	47 min
Jul 6, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh	45 min
Jul 6, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean	45 min
Jul 6, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie	60 min
Jul 6, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Renville	32 min
Jul 6, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McIntosh	31 min
Jul 6, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Kidder	50 min
Jul 6, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean	63 min

Nearby

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Sources

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