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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 184, NWS Bismarck, ND

August 26, 2013Divide County, Williams County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2013, 6:21 PM CDT for Divide County, Williams County, North Dakota. It was in force for 54 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
Aug 26, 2013, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2013, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Divide County, ND, Williams County, ND

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NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 26, 6:00 PM CDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 6:00 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 26, 5:45 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
545 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2013

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-272245-
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-
545 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2013 /445 PM MDT MON AUG 26 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...TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS
WESTERN AND FAR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING. LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
ARE THE PRIMARY THREATS. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AS THEY
MOVE EAST THROUGH THE NIGHT.

AREAS OF FOG...POSSIBLY DENSE...ARE ALSO FORECAST ACROSS THE AREA
TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SOUTHWEST TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.

THERE IS AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY NIGHT.

THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
NIGHT ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.

THERE IS AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY...THEN
FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

AYD

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 26, 12:52 PM CDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1252 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2013

NDZ003-011-261830-
RENVILLE-WARD-
1252 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2013

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 1248 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR COULEE...OR 37 MILES NORTHWEST OF MINOT...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  GREENE...
  GRANO...
  MOHALL...

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.
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 4:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
428 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2013

NDZ017-018-032-262200-
BILLINGS ND-DUNN ND-MCKENZIE ND-
328 PM MDT MON AUG 26 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO IMPACT WESTERN DUNN...CENTRAL MCKENZIE
AND NORTHEASTERN BILLINGS COUNTIES...

AT 425 PM CDT/325 PM MDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES
WEST OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT NATIONAL PARK NORTH TO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF GRASSY BUTTE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN..OCCASIONAL PEA SIZE HAIL AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  THEODORE ROOSEVELT NATIONAL PARK NORTH...
  OAKDALE...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

AYD
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 5:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
503 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2013

NDZ017-018-262300-
DUNN ND-MCKENZIE ND-
503 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2013

...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF MCKENZIE AND DUNN
COUNTIES AT 400 PM MDT...

AT 400 PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM THE THEODORE ROOSEVELT
NATIONAL PARK NORTH UNIT...TO 10 MILES WEST OF KILLDEER. MOVEMENT
WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING.

STORMS WILL MOVE NEAR...
OAKDALE AROUND 420 PM MDT.
LITTLE MISSOURI STATE PARK AROUND 440 PM MDT.
JOHNSONS CORNER AROUND 555 PM CDT.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

JP MARTIN
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 5:33 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
533 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2013

NDZ009-010-017-018-262315-
DUNN ND-MCKENZIE ND-MOUNTRAIL ND-WILLIAMS ND-
533 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2013

...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST THROUGH PARTS OF DUNN AND
MCKENZIE COUNTIES AT 430 PM MDT...

AT 430 PM MDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF
LEWIS AND CLARK STATE PARK...TO NEAR KILLDEER. MOVEMENT WAS
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORMS INCLUDE...
WHITE TAIL BAY RECREATION AREA...TOBACCO GARDEN BAY RECREATION
AREA...KEENE...MANDAREE...CHARLSON...NEW TOWN...WHITE EARTH BAY
RECREATION AREA AND MCKENZIE BAY RECREATION AREA. IF YOU ARE ON LAKE
SAKAKAWEA IN THIS AREA...MOVE TO SHORE NOW...AND INTO SHELTER.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE READY TO TAKE SHELTER IF STORMS
MOVE INTO YOUR AREA.

JP MARTIN
Local storm report, Aug 26, 5:51 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 26, 6:06 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn64 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2013Every 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.