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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 414, NWS Bismarck, ND

August 30, 20104 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 30, 2010, 6:03 PM MDT for 4 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 57 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 30, 2010, 6:03 PM MDT (00:03 UTC)
Expired: Aug 30, 2010, 7:00 PM MDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Slope County, ND

The radar

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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 30, 1:19 PM MDT, 4 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 1:19 PM MDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 30, 3:08 PM MDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
408 PM CDT MON AUG 30 2010

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-312115-
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-
408 PM CDT MON AUG 30 2010 /308 PM MDT MON AUG 30 2010/

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...TONIGHT

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA
TONIGHT. ONGOING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGHOUT THE DAY...PERHAPS GETTING MORE INTENSE WITH TIME. SOME
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE THIS EVENING IN THE JAMES RIVER BASIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED TODAY AS THE THUNDERSTORMS
BECOME SEVERE. PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OR TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

SCHECK

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 30, 1:56 PM MDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
256 PM CDT MON AUG 30 2010

NDZ041-042-044-045-302100-
ADAMS-GRANT-HETTINGER-SIOUX-
156 PM MDT MON AUG 30 2010

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 153 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME EAST CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY...MOVING
NORTH AT 25 MPH.

ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...OCCASIONAL
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BENTLEY...            NEW LEIPZIG...        ELGIN...

AND OTHER AREAS IN THE VICINITY OF HIGHWAY 21.

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK
SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

VINING

Local storm report, Aug 30, 4:39 PM MDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 30, 5:57 PM MDT, 6 minutes before

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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.