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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2013, 7:16 PM CDT for Burke County, Divide County, North Dakota. It was in force for 59 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, 7:16 PM CDT (00:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2013, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Burke County, ND, Divide 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 Aug 26, 6:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 6:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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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, 5:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 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, 1 hour 25 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, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burke, Williams | 22 min |
| Aug 26, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burke | 66 min |
| Aug 27, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Hettinger | 49 min |
| Aug 27, 3:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Adams, Hettinger | 6 hr |
| Aug 27, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Hettinger, Stark | 38 min |
| Aug 27, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Hettinger | 62 min |
| Aug 27, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Adams | 33 min |
| Aug 27, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Grant, Sioux | 59 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.