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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 17, 2010Pierce County, Rolette County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2010, 2:51 PM CDT for Pierce County, Rolette County, North Dakota. It was in force for 39 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 17, 2010, 2:51 PM CDT (19:51 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2010, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Pierce County, ND, Rolette County, ND

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 17, 12:21 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 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 17, 5:30 AM CDT, 9 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 5:30 AM CDT, 9 hours 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 6:12 AM CDT, 8 hours 39 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
612 AM CDT THU JUN 17 2010

NDZ001-002-009-010-181115-
DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-
612 AM CDT THU JUN 17 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING.
THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SOME
SEVERE...TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. BECOMING WINDY LATER THIS
AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

STRONG WEST WINDS EXPECTED FRIDAY.

A CONTINUED UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WITH THE CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IS IN THE FORECAST BEGINNING SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

NDZ017>019-021-031-032-181115-
MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-MCLEAN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-
612 AM CDT THU JUN 17 2010 /512 AM MDT THU JUN 17 2010/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING.
THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SOME
SEVERE...TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING.

BECOMING WINDY LATER THIS MORNING WITH A HIGH WIND WARNING IN
EFFECT FROM LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

STRONG WEST WINDS EXPECTED FRIDAY.

A CONTINUED UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WITH THE CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IS IN THE FORECAST BEGINNING SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

NDZ020-022-033>036-040>047-050-181115-
OLIVER-SHERIDAN-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-SLOPE-HETTINGER-
GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-MCINTOSH-
612 AM CDT THU JUN 17 2010 /512 AM MDT THU JUN 17 2010/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SOME
SEVERE...TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. BECOMING WINDY LATER THIS
MORNING WITH A HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATER THIS MORNING
THROUGH THE EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

STRONG WEST WINDS EXPECTED FRIDAY.

A CONTINUED UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WITH THE CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IS IN THE FORECAST BEGINNING SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

NDZ003>005-011>013-181115-
RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-
612 AM CDT THU JUN 17 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING.
THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SOME
SEVERE...TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. BECOMING WINDY LATER THIS
AFTERNOON WITH A WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

STRONG WEST WINDS EXPECTED FRIDAY.

A CONTINUED UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WITH THE CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IS IN THE FORECAST BEGINNING SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

NDZ023-025-037-048-051-181115-
WELLS-FOSTER-STUTSMAN-LA MOURE-DICKEY-
612 AM CDT THU JUN 17 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SOME
SEVERE...TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. BECOMING WINDY LATER THIS
AFTERNOON...AND A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

STRONG WEST WINDS EXPECTED FRIDAY.

A CONTINUED UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WITH THE CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IS IN THE FORECAST BEGINNING SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

JV

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 17, 2:13 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
213 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010

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

0206 PM     TSTM WND GST     BISMARCK                46.81N 100.78W
06/17/2010  M68 MPH          BURLEIGH           ND   ASOS

&&

JM

Local storm report, Jun 17, 2:21 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 17, 2:25 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 2:30 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

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

NDZ001>003-009>011-017>019-021-031-032-172015-
BILLINGS ND-BURKE ND-DIVIDE ND-DUNN ND-GOLDEN VALLEY ND-MCKENZIE
ND-MCLEAN ND-MERCER ND-MOUNTRAIL ND-RENVILLE ND-WARD ND-WILLIAMS ND-
230 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR MCKENZIE...DUNN...DIVIDE...
NORTHWESTERN RENVILLE...NORTHWESTERN WARD...WILLIAMS...MOUNTRAIL...
NORTHERN BILLINGS...NORTHERN GOLDEN VALLEY...WESTERN MERCER...BURKE
AND NORTHWESTERN MCLEAN COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM CDT/215 PM MDT/...

AT 224 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A NUMBER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST AND WEST
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS...EVEN WEAKER DEVELOPING SHOWERS. THESE WEAK FUNNELS RARELY
REACH THE GROUND. HOWEVER...BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF A FUNNEL
CLOUD LOWERS TOWARDS THE GROUND.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

THESE STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO 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.

KINNEY

Local storm report, Jun 17, 2:40 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 17, 2:47 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
247 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010

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

0210 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 NW BEULAH             47.28N 101.81W
06/17/2010  E60 MPH          MERCER             ND   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

JM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 16, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Golden Valley	63 min
Jun 16, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Golden Valley, McKenzie	47 min
Jun 16, 9:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Billings, Golden Valley, McKenzie	3 hr
Jun 16, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie, Williams	50 min
Jun 16, 11:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, McKenzie, Mountrail	54 min
Jun 16, 11:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie, Mountrail, Williams	43 min
Jun 16, 11:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, Morton	63 min
Jun 16, 11:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie, Mountrail, Renville, Ward	64 min
Jun 17, 12:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder, Logan, McIntosh	55 min
Jun 17, 12:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Burke, Divide, Dunn, McKenzie, Mountrail, Renville and 2 more	6 hr
Jun 17, 12:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, Burke, Mountrail, Renville, Ward	59 min
Jun 17, 12:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Kidder, Sheridan, Wells	58 min
Jun 17, 12:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Dunn, McKenzie, Mountrail	6 hr
Jun 17, 2:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Hettinger and 3 more	5 hr
Jun 17, 2:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Dickey, LaMoure	3 hr
Jun 17, 2:54 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Foster, Stutsman	3 hr
Jun 17, 2:54 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Adams, Bowman, Grant, Hettinger, Slope, Stark	6 hr
Jun 17, 4:55 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	Bottineau, Burke, Divide, McHenry, Mountrail, Pierce and 3 more	38 hr
Jun 17, 4:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Morton, Sioux	34 min
Jun 17, 5:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Morton	40 min
Jun 17, 5:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Burleigh, Morton	106 min
Jun 17, 6:44 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Morton, Oliver	5 hr
Jun 17, 7:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Foster, Stutsman	71 min
Jun 17, 8:06 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Morton	3 hr
Jun 17, 11:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	BIS	Morton	22 hr
Jun 17, 11:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Kidder, Stutsman	38 min
Jun 17, 12:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Foster, Kidder, Stutsman, Wells	52 min
Jun 17, 12:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Sioux	60 min
Jun 17, 1:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Mercer, Oliver	64 min
Jun 17, 2:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder, McLean, Oliver	53 min
Jun 17, 2:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Kidder, Logan, Stutsman	61 min
Jun 17, 2:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean	66 min
Jun 17, 2:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Burke, Divide	54 min
Jun 17, 2:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Ward	66 min
Jun 17, 3:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Stutsman	26 min
Jun 17, 3:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Foster, Stutsman, Wells	60 min
Jun 17, 3:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Stutsman	24 min
Jun 17, 3:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Wells	33 min
Jun 17, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, Ward	57 min
Jun 17, 3:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Foster, Stutsman	32 min
Jun 17, 3:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	McKenzie, Williams	115 min
Jun 17, 3:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	McHenry, Ward	4 hr
Jun 17, 3:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Foster	14 min
Jun 17, 4:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Pierce, Rolette	59 min
Jun 17, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, Renville, Ward	58 min
Jun 17, 4:06 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	McHenry, Ward	117 min
Jun 17, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Renville	52 min
Jun 17, 4:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Foster	16 min
Jun 17, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, Ward	28 min
Jun 17, 4:44 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Renville, Rolette	4 hr
Jun 17, 4:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Ward	6 hr
Jun 17, 6:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Burke, Renville, Ward	3 hr

Nearby

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Sources

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