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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 184, NWS Bismarck, ND
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
The radar
The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 194 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 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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</html>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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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn | 64 min |
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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.