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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 17, 2010Grant County, Morton County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2010, 4:05 AM MDT for Grant County, Morton County, North Dakota. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jun 17, 2010, 4:05 AM MDT (10:05 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2010, 4:45 AM MDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Grant County, ND, Morton 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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 16, 11:51 PM MDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1251 AM CDT THU JUN 17 2010

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

1152 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 S LINCOLN             46.75N 100.70W
06/16/2010                   BURLEIGH           ND   NWS EMPLOYEE

            6 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS BLOCKING ROAD.

&&

SWICHE

Local storm report, Jun 17, 12:01 AM MDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 17, 12:06 AM MDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
106 AM CDT THU JUN 17 2010

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

0100 AM     HEAVY RAIN       STANLEY                 48.32N 102.39W
06/17/2010  M0.39 INCH       MOUNTRAIL          ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

            15 MINUTE RAINFALL TOTAL. YARDS FLOODED.

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SWICHE

Special weather statement, Jun 17, 12:44 AM MDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 1:30 AM MDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
230 AM CDT THU JUN 17 2010

NDZ037-048-051-170800-
DICKEY ND-LA MOURE ND-STUTSMAN ND-
230 AM CDT THU JUN 17 2010

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHEASTERN STUTSMAN...DICKEY AND
LAMOURE COUNTIES UNTIL 300 AM CDT...

AT 230 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM YPSILANTI TO
LUDDEN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  LUDDEN...
  GRAND RAPIDS...
  YPSILANTI...
  LA MOURE...
  MARION...
  OAKES...
  GLOVER...
  VERONA...

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV
STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

SCHECK

Local storm report, Jun 17, 3:51 AM MDT, 14 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 16, 8:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Golden Valley	63 min
Jun 16, 8:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Golden Valley, McKenzie	47 min
Jun 16, 8:50 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Billings, Golden Valley, McKenzie	3 hr
Jun 16, 9:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie, Williams	50 min
Jun 16, 10:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, McKenzie, Mountrail	54 min
Jun 16, 10:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie, Mountrail, Williams	43 min
Jun 16, 10:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, Morton	63 min
Jun 16, 10:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie, Mountrail, Renville, Ward	64 min
Jun 16, 11:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder, Logan, McIntosh	55 min
Jun 16, 11:26 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Burke, Divide, Dunn, McKenzie, Mountrail, Renville and 2 more	6 hr
Jun 16, 11:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, Burke, Mountrail, Renville, Ward	59 min
Jun 16, 11:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Kidder, Sheridan, Wells	58 min
Jun 16, 11:55 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Dunn, McKenzie, Mountrail	6 hr
Jun 17, 1:33 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Hettinger and 3 more	5 hr
Jun 17, 1:41 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Dickey, LaMoure	3 hr
Jun 17, 1:54 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Foster, Stutsman	3 hr
Jun 17, 1:54 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Adams, Bowman, Grant, Hettinger, Slope, Stark	6 hr
Jun 17, 3:55 AM MDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	Bottineau, Burke, Divide, McHenry, Mountrail, Pierce and 3 more	38 hr
Jun 17, 3:56 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Morton, Sioux	34 min
Jun 17, 4:43 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Burleigh, Morton	106 min
Jun 17, 5:44 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Morton, Oliver	5 hr
Jun 17, 6:13 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Foster, Stutsman	71 min
Jun 17, 7:06 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Morton	3 hr
Jun 17, 10:01 AM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	BIS	Morton	22 hr
Jun 17, 10:52 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Kidder, Stutsman	38 min
Jun 17, 11:28 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Foster, Kidder, Stutsman, Wells	52 min
Jun 17, 11:30 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Sioux	60 min
Jun 17, 12:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Mercer, Oliver	64 min
Jun 17, 1:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder, McLean, Oliver	53 min
Jun 17, 1:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Kidder, Logan, Stutsman	61 min
Jun 17, 1:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean	66 min
Jun 17, 1:36 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Burke, Divide	54 min
Jun 17, 1:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Pierce, Rolette	39 min
Jun 17, 1:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Ward	66 min
Jun 17, 2:04 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Stutsman	26 min
Jun 17, 2:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Foster, Stutsman, Wells	60 min
Jun 17, 2:21 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Stutsman	24 min
Jun 17, 2:27 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Wells	33 min
Jun 17, 2:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, Ward	57 min
Jun 17, 2:43 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Foster, Stutsman	32 min
Jun 17, 2:47 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	McKenzie, Williams	115 min
Jun 17, 2:54 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	McHenry, Ward	4 hr
Jun 17, 2:57 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Foster	14 min
Jun 17, 3:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Pierce, Rolette	59 min
Jun 17, 3:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, Renville, Ward	58 min
Jun 17, 3:06 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	McHenry, Ward	117 min
Jun 17, 3:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Renville	52 min
Jun 17, 3:14 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Foster	16 min
Jun 17, 3:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, Ward	28 min
Jun 17, 3:44 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Renville, Rolette	4 hr
Jun 17, 3:58 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Ward	6 hr
Jun 17, 5:26 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Burke, Renville, Ward	3 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.