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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 378, NWS Bismarck, ND

August 3, 2008Billings County, Golden Valley County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2008, 1:04 AM MDT for Billings County, Golden Valley County, North Dakota. It was in force for 56 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: Aug 3, 2008, 1:04 AM MDT (07:04 UTC)
Expired: Aug 3, 2008, 2:00 AM MDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Billings County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 218 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:08 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
Aug 2, 11:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 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 Aug 2, 1:15 PM MDT, 11 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 1:15 PM MDT, 11 hours 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 11:47 PM MDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1247 AM CDT SUN AUG 3 2008

NDZ003>005-010>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-040600-
RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-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-
1247 AM CDT SUN AUG 3 2008 /1147 PM MDT SAT AUG 2 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...REST OF TONIGHT

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 800 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT /7 AM
MDT/ THIS MORNING...

A POTENT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING NORTHEAST FROM CENTRAL MONTANA
WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CENTRAL AND WESTERN NORTH
DAKOTA EARLY THIS MORNING. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE AS
WELL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AS
PERIODIC UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE ACROSS THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK.

KS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 3, 2:40 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, McLean, Mercer	65 min
Aug 3, 4:18 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Mercer	42 min
Aug 3, 4:33 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, Ward	24 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.