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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 132, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 15, 2013Divide County, Williams County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2013, 8:00 PM CDT for Divide County, Williams County, North Dakota. It was in force for 60 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 15, 2013, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)
Expired: Jul 15, 2013, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Divide County, ND, Williams County, ND

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 194 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 15, 3:48 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 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 Jul 15, 6:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 6:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 6:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 15, 7:19 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
719 PM CDT MON JUL 15 2013

NDZ001-009-160115-
DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-
719 PM CDT MON JUL 15 2013

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 713 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN FAR NORTHEASTERN MONTANA...ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM COALRIDGE TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF DAGMAR TO 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF BAINVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...MAY
ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST STORMS.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  GRENORA...
  WRITING ROCK STATE HISTORICAL SITE...
  HANKS...
  BONETRAIL...
  BLACKTAIL LAKE...
  ZAHL...
  APPAM...
  ALAMO...

THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT HIGHWAY 85 IN SOUTHERN DIVIDE COUNTY
AND IN WILLIAMS COUNTY NORTH OF WILLISTON.

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE
OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. HEAVY RAINFALL CAN LEAD TO FLOODING OF LOW
LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

KINNEY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 15, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burke, Divide, Mountrail, Williams	57 min
Jul 15, 9:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie, Williams	55 min
Jul 15, 10:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Renville, Ward	54 min
Jul 16, 1:42 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Divide, Williams	4 hr
Jul 16, 2:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Mountrail, Ward	53 min

Nearby

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.