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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 415, NWS Bismarck, ND

September 9, 2010Bowman County, Golden Valley County, Slope County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 9, 2010, 3:13 PM MDT for Bowman County, Golden Valley County, Slope County, North Dakota. It was in force for 62 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: Sep 9, 2010, 3:13 PM MDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired: Sep 9, 2010, 4:15 PM MDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

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

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 220 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 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
Sep 9, 2:35 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 Sep 9, 2:12 PM MDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 9, 2:12 PM MDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 9, 2:59 PM MDT, 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 9, 1:52 PM MDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
252 PM CDT THU SEP 9 2010

NDZ013-023-092045-
PIERCE-WELLS-
252 PM CDT THU SEP 9 2010

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 248 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HARVEY IN NORTHWESTERN WELLS
COUNTY...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

* THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL PIERCE COUNTY AT 310 PM CDT

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE
OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS
STORM HAS PASSED.

SIMOSKO

Local storm report, Sep 9, 1:54 PM MDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
254 PM CDT THU SEP 09 2010

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

0245 PM     HAIL             4 W HARVEY              47.77N 100.02W
09/09/2010  E0.88 INCH       WELLS              ND   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            AT MILE POST 165 ON HIGHWAY 52. STRONG WINDS HEAVY RAIN
            AND DIME TO NICKLE SIZED HAIL.

&&

SWALKER

Local storm report, Sep 9, 1:58 PM MDT, 1 hour 15 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
Sep 9, 7:35 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Dickey	2 hr
Sep 9, 1:37 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Sheridan, Wells	6 hr
Sep 9, 2:27 PM MDT	Flood Watch	BIS	Dickey, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, Stutsman	17 hr
Sep 9, 3:36 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Golden Valley, Slope	24 min
Sep 9, 3:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Hettinger, Slope, Stark	64 min
Sep 9, 3:48 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Hettinger, Slope	27 min
Sep 9, 4:00 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Billings, Golden Valley, Slope	30 min
Sep 9, 4:21 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Billings, Golden Valley, Slope	24 min
Sep 9, 4:44 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Billings, Stark	31 min
Sep 9, 4:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, Stark	53 min
Sep 9, 5:07 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Billings, Dunn, Stark	23 min
Sep 9, 5:29 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Billings, Dunn, Stark	31 min
Sep 9, 5:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, Mercer, Stark	57 min
Sep 9, 5:37 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Rolette	3 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.