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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 323, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 30, 2008McLean County, Mercer County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2008, 11:01 PM CDT for McLean County, Mercer County, North Dakota. It was in force for 59 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 30, 2008, 11:01 PM CDT (04:01 UTC)
Expired: Jul 31, 2008, 12:00 AM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties McLean County, ND, Mercer 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 30, 10:04 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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 30, 7:21 PM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 30, 8:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
820 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2008

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

0748 PM     HAIL             20 SW SURREY            48.03N 101.44W
07/30/2008  E1.00 INCH       WARD               ND   BROADCAST MEDIA

            PUBLIC REPORT OF QUARTER SIZED HAIL...RELAYED BY
            BROADCAST MEDIA.

0741 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 S BENEDICT            47.77N 101.08W
07/30/2008  E60 MPH          MCLEAN             ND   BROADCAST MEDIA

            ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

&&

CH/VJ

Local storm report, Jul 30, 9:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 30, 10:12 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 30, 10:40 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 30, 10:58 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1058 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2008

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

1057 PM     FLASH FLOOD      GARRISON                47.65N 101.42W
07/30/2008                   MCLEAN             ND   PUBLIC

            FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN THE CITY OF GARRISON DUE
            TO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.

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NHEINERT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 30, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Grant, Sioux	33 min
Jul 30, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn	50 min
Jul 30, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, Ward	58 min
Jul 30, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, McKenzie, McLean, Mountrail	61 min
Jul 30, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Mercer	63 min
Jul 30, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry	38 min
Jul 30, 8:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Mountrail, Renville, Ward	66 min
Jul 30, 8:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	McLean, Mountrail, Ward	3 hr
Jul 30, 9:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, McKenzie, Mountrail	23 min
Jul 30, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean	59 min
Jul 30, 9:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, Morton	19 min
Jul 30, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, McLean, Mountrail, Ward	60 min
Jul 30, 10:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	McLean	34 min
Jul 30, 10:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean	54 min
Jul 30, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Mountrail, Ward	40 min
Jul 30, 10:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	McLean	6 hr
Jul 30, 11:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	McLean, Mercer, Oliver	28 min
Jul 30, 11:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	McLean, Mercer, Oliver	111 min
Jul 30, 11:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Morton, Oliver	67 min
Jul 30, 11:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	McLean, Mercer, Oliver	33 min
Jul 30, 11:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Burleigh, McLean, Morton, Oliver	6 hr
Jul 31, 12:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Morton, Oliver	60 min
Jul 31, 12:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Morton	57 min
Jul 31, 12:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Morton	32 min
Jul 31, 12:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, Grant, Kidder, Logan, McIntosh and 2 more	59 min
Jul 31, 1:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, Grant, Logan, McIntosh, Morton, Sioux	57 min
Jul 31, 2:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dickey, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh	65 min
Jul 31, 3:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dickey	26 min
Jul 31, 3:53 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	BIS	Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Slope	13 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.