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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 227, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 19, 2008Emmons County, McIntosh County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2008, 6:29 PM CDT for Emmons County, McIntosh County, North Dakota. It was in force for 31 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 19, 2008, 6:29 PM CDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired: Jul 19, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Emmons County, ND, McIntosh County, ND

The radar

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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 19, 2:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 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 19, 1:27 PM CDT, 5 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 1:27 PM CDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 4:49 AM CDT, 13 hours 40 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
449 AM CDT SAT JUL 19 2008

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-201000-
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-
FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-
STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-
LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
449 AM CDT SAT JUL 19 2008 /349 AM MDT SAT JUL 19 2008/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA...SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH LARGE
HAIL AND STRONG WINDS THE MAIN THREATS. THE BEST CHANCE LOOKS TO
BE ACROSS THE NORTHWEST EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...THEN EXPANDING
SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS RETURN TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NH

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 19, 3:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
349 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0347 PM     HAIL             N KEENE                 47.93N 102.95W
07/19/2008  M1.00 INCH       MCKENZIE           ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NICKEL AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL

&&

LLP

Local storm report, Jul 19, 5:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 19, 5:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 19, 5:33 PM CDT, 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 19, 6:08 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 19, 6:17 PM CDT, 12 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, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Hettinger	66 min
Jul 19, 1:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Williams	66 min
Jul 19, 1:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie, Williams	64 min
Jul 19, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie, Williams	61 min
Jul 19, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, McKenzie, Mountrail	64 min
Jul 19, 4:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Dunn, McKenzie, Mountrail	35 min
Jul 19, 4:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Dunn	30 min
Jul 19, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, Mercer	43 min
Jul 19, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, McIntosh	52 min
Jul 19, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, Mercer, Morton, Oliver, Stark	38 min
Jul 19, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Mercer, Morton, Oliver	42 min
Jul 19, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Morton, Oliver	53 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2008 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.