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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 106, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 9, 2013Morton County, Oliver County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2013, 3:35 PM CDT for Morton County, Oliver County, North Dakota. It was in force for 25 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: Jul 9, 2013, 3:35 PM CDT (20:35 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2013, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Morton County, ND, Oliver 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 Jul 9, 3:27 PM CDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 3:27 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 2:50 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
250 PM CDT TUE JUL 9 2013

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-101100-
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-
250 PM CDT TUE JUL 9 2013 /150 PM MDT TUE JUL 9 2013/

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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING...MAINLY
BETWEEN THE HIGHWAY 200 AND INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDORS. SOME SMALL
HAIL AND BRIEF WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE
STRONGEST STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY EVENING AND NIGHT
ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...WITH A CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.

RP KINNEY

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 9, 10:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1000 AM CDT TUE JUL 09 2013

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

0800 PM     TSTM WND DMG     11 SE GRASSY BUTTE      47.28N 103.08W
07/08/2013                   BILLINGS           ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

            CALF SHELTER FLIPPED OVER. SEVERAL POWER POLES DOWN 2
            MILES EAST OF RESIDENCE. HAY BALES ROLLED ONE-QUARTER OF
            A MILE THROUGH A FENCE.

&&

AYD

Local storm report, Jul 9, 10:04 AM CDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1004 AM CDT TUE JUL 09 2013

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

0755 PM     TSTM WND GST     GRASSY BUTTE            47.39N 103.25W
07/08/2013  E75 MPH          MCKENZIE           ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WINDS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 70 AND 80 MPH.

&&

AYD

Local storm report, Jul 9, 10:54 AM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1054 AM CDT TUE JUL 09 2013

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

1049 AM     HEAVY RAIN       3 W WESTFIELD           46.03N 100.26W
07/08/2013  M2.79 INCH       EMMONS             ND   COCORAHS

            OVERNIGHT RAINFALL TOTAL

&&

AC

Local storm report, Jul 9, 1:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
144 PM CDT TUE JUL 09 2013

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

0935 PM     TSTM WND GST     5 E HEBRON              46.90N 101.94W
07/08/2013  E70 MPH          MORTON             ND   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

RPK

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 2:43 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
243 PM CDT TUE JUL 9 2013

NDZ018-019-092015-
DUNN-MERCER-
243 PM CDT TUE JUL 9 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA...

AT 238 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS IN LINE FROM NORTH OF ZAP TO
NORTHEAST OF DICKINSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS UP TO 30 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  ZAP...
  BEULAH...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. HEAVY
RAINFALL CAN LEAD TO FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS
PASSED.

JONES

Local storm report, Jul 9, 3:30 PM CDT, 5 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
Jul 8, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Golden Valley	63 min
Jul 8, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Dunn, Golden Valley, McKenzie	62 min
Jul 8, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Slope, Stark	53 min
Jul 8, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Dunn, McLean	66 min
Jul 8, 8:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Mercer	54 min
Jul 8, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Hettinger, Slope, Stark	63 min
Jul 8, 9:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, Mercer, Oliver	52 min
Jul 8, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Slope	60 min
Jul 8, 9:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Hettinger, Mercer, Morton, Stark	58 min
Jul 8, 9:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, McLean, Mercer, Mountrail, Oliver, Stark and 1 more	57 min
Jul 8, 10:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, Grant, McLean, Morton, Oliver and 2 more	57 min
Jul 8, 10:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, McLean, Sheridan, Ward	59 min
Jul 9, 12:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Foster	47 min
Jul 9, 3:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Mercer, Oliver	39 min
Jul 9, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Morton, Oliver	52 min
Jul 9, 4:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Burleigh, Morton	3 hr
Jul 9, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, Morton	37 min
Jul 9, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Logan, McIntosh	38 min
Jul 9, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, Logan, McIntosh	40 min
Jul 9, 5:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dickey, McIntosh	57 min
Jul 9, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McIntosh	51 min

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.