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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 188, NWS Bismarck, ND

August 27, 2013Adams County, Hettinger County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 2013, 1:41 PM MDT for Adams County, Hettinger County, North Dakota. It was in force for 49 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 27, 2013, 1:41 PM MDT (19:41 UTC)
Expired: Aug 27, 2013, 2:30 PM MDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Adams County, ND, Hettinger 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 27, 11:20 AM MDT, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 11:20 AM MDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 27, 8:10 AM MDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 27, 1:30 PM MDT, 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
230 PM CDT TUE AUG 27 2013

NDZ043-044-272000-
ADAMS ND-BOWMAN ND-
130 PM MDT TUE AUG 27 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS ADAMS COUNTY..

AT 127 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF
BUCYRUS TO 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOWMAN HALEY DAM...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  BUCYRUS...
  HETTINGER...

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

IN ADDITION...THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR
LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

AYD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 26, 6:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burke, Divide	59 min
Aug 26, 6:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burke, Williams	22 min
Aug 26, 7:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burke	66 min
Aug 27, 2:17 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Adams, Hettinger	6 hr
Aug 27, 3:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Hettinger, Stark	38 min
Aug 27, 3:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Hettinger	62 min
Aug 27, 3:57 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Adams	33 min
Aug 27, 4:01 PM MDT	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.