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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 109, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 9, 2013Logan County, McIntosh County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2013, 5:07 PM CDT for Logan County, McIntosh County, North Dakota. It was in force for 38 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, 5:07 PM CDT (22:07 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2013, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 9, 3:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 3:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 2:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 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

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 2:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 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, 1 hour 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 9, 3:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 9, 4:22 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 9, 4:30 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 9, 4:38 PM CDT, 29 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, 3:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Morton, Oliver	25 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, 5:35 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

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2013 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013

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.