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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 136, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 18, 2003Golden Valley County, Slope County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2003, 6:09 PM MDT for Golden Valley County, Slope County, North Dakota. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 18, 2003, 6:09 PM MDT (00:09 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 2003, 7:00 PM MDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Golden Valley County, ND, Slope County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 221 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 18, 3:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

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.

NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 18, 1:00 PM MDT, 5 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 1:00 PM MDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 18, 4:08 AM MDT, 14 hours 1 minute before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 18, 12:39 PM MDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 18, 12:40 PM MDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 18, 1:25 PM MDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

225 PM CDT FRI JUL 18 2003

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

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0610 AM    CROSBY                    ND   TORNADO

07/18/03   DIVIDE                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

                                          HOMEOWNER SAW TORNADO

                                          TOUCH DOWN 100 FEET

                                          FROM HOUSE. DAMAGE DONE

                                          TO BARN SHED AND

                                          BACKYARD. 0.75 INCH HAIL.

NNNN

Local storm report, Jul 18, 2:07 PM MDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before

ZCZC BISLSRBIS ALL

TTAA00 KBIS DDHHMM

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

307 PM CDT FRI JUL 18 2003

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

           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0610 AM    CROSBY                    ND   TORNADO

07/18/03   DIVIDE                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

                                          HOMEOWNER SAW TORNADO

                                          TOUCH DOWN 100 FEET

                                          FROM HOUSE. DAMAGE DONE

                                          TO BARN SHED AND

                                          BACKYARD. 0.75 INCH HAIL.

1035 AM    KENMARE                   ND   .75 INCH HAIL

07/18/03   WARD                           REPORTED BY STORM

                                          SPOTTER.

1035 AM    KENMARE                   ND   .75 INCH HAIL

07/18/03   WARD

1104 AM    COTEAU                    ND   .75 INCH HAIL

07/18/03   BURKE                          REPORTED BY LAW

                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

1125 AM    3 W NIOBE                 ND   .88 INCH HAIL

07/18/03   BURKE                          REPORTED BY LAW

                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

1220 PM    MINOT                     ND   .75 INCH HAIL

07/18/03   WARD                           REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

1240 PM    DES LACS                  ND   1.75 INCH HAIL

07/18/03   WARD                           REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

NNNN

Local storm report, Jul 18, 2:14 PM MDT, 3 hours 55 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 18, 6:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Stark	60 min
Jul 18, 7:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Golden Valley	62 min
Jul 18, 8:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, Mercer	53 min
Jul 19, 4:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Golden Valley	53 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2003 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

Sources

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