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Fire Weather Watch 4, NWS Bismarck, ND

March 17, 201211 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this fire weather watch at Mar 17, 2012, 3:41 AM MDT for 11 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Mar 18, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 17, 2012, 3:41 AM MDT (09:41 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 18, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Mar 17, 2012, 3:26 PM MDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND

Counties Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Morton County, ND, Sioux County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 17, 3:26 PM MDTFire Weather WatchBISAdams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Dunn and 13 more12 hr
Mar 17, 3:26 PM MDTRed Flag WarningBISAdams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Emmons, Golden Valley and 11 more30 hr

Nearby

Fire Weather Watches in North Dakota, 2012Every fire weather watch in 2012

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.