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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 30, 2010Dunn County, McKenzie County, Mercer County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2010, 10:53 PM MDT for Dunn County, McKenzie County, Mercer County, North Dakota. It was in force for 22 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: Jun 30, 2010, 10:53 PM MDT (04:53 UTC)
Expired: Jun 30, 2010, 11:15 PM MDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Dunn County, ND, McKenzie 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
Jun 30, 7:35 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 Jun 30, 8:48 PM MDT, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 8:48 PM MDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 7:41 PM MDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
841 PM CDT WED JUN 30 2010

NDZ001>005-009>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-020145-
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-
BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-
MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
841 PM CDT WED JUN 30 2010 /741 PM MDT WED JUN 30 2010/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST NORTH
DAKOTA TONIGHT...A FEW OF WHICH MAY BE STRONG.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THROUGH FRIDAY WITH HIGH
TEMPERATURES IN UPPER 80S TO MID 90S. WHEN COMBINING THE
TEMPERATURE WITH THE HUMIDITY...THE HEAT INDEX WILL APPROACH 95 TO
100 ACROSS CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY...SOME OF WHICH MAY BE SEVERE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

NDZ017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-020145-
MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-
ADAMS-
841 PM CDT WED JUN 30 2010 /741 PM MDT WED JUN 30 2010/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT...1 AM
MDT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS
WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THROUGH FRIDAY WITH HIGH
TEMPERATURES IN UPPER 80S TO MID 90S. WHEN COMBINING THE
TEMPERATURE WITH THE HUMIDITY...THE HEAT INDEX WILL APPROACH 95 TO
100 ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORMS
ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...SOME OF WHICH MAY BE
SEVERE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN BISMARCK.

AYD

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 30, 9:54 PM MDT, 59 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 30, 9:57 PM MDT, 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 30, 10:15 PM MDT, 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 30, 10:26 PM MDT, 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 30, 10:41 PM MDT, 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 30, 10:51 PM MDT, 2 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
Jun 30, 8:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bowman	55 min
Jun 30, 8:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Bowman, Slope	40 min
Jun 30, 9:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Bowman, Hettinger, Slope	24 min
Jun 30, 9:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Golden Valley, Slope, Stark	44 min
Jun 30, 10:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Dunn, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Stark	51 min
Jun 30, 11:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, McKenzie, McLean, Mercer, Mountrail	64 min
Jun 30, 11:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Mercer, Oliver	62 min
Jun 30, 11:35 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Dunn, McLean, Mercer, Stark	4 hr
Jul 1, 12:06 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, McLean, Renville, Ward	54 min
Jul 1, 12:59 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Renville, Ward	61 min
Jul 1, 1:55 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Pierce, Rolette	65 min
Jul 1, 2:45 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Rolette	45 min
Jul 1, 2:18 PM MDT	Heat Advisory	BIS	Adams, Burleigh, Dunn, Emmons, Grant, Hettinger and 3 more	28 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2010 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.