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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 235, NWS Bismarck, ND

September 18, 2013Burke County, Divide County, Williams County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 18, 2013, 8:28 PM CDT for Burke County, Divide County, Williams County, North Dakota. It was in force for 62 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: Sep 18, 2013, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC)
Expired: Sep 18, 2013, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Burke County, ND, Divide County, ND, Williams County, ND

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 18, 7:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 18, 7:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 18, 7:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 18, 7:38 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 18, 8:17 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
817 PM CDT WED SEP 18 2013

NDZ017-031-032-190200-
BILLINGS-GOLDEN VALLEY-MCKENZIE-
717 PM MDT WED SEP 18 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM NORTH OF BEACH...

AT 708 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES NORTH OF SENTINEL BUTTE...OR 51 MILES
WEST OF DICKINSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 30 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHERN MCKENZIE...NORTHEASTERN GOLDEN
VALLEY AND NORTHWESTERN BILLINGS COUNTIES.

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK
SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 4740 10351 4716 10321 4702 10386 4715 10397
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 236DEG 24KT 4714 10375

ABELING

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 18, 7:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Divide, Williams	56 min
Sep 18, 7:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Divide	38 min
Sep 18, 7:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Burke	67 min
Sep 18, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Divide, Williams	49 min
Sep 18, 8:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Billings	43 min
Sep 18, 8:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Emmons	58 min
Sep 18, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, Logan, McIntosh	60 min
Sep 18, 9:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Burke, Divide	6 hr
Sep 18, 9:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Burke, Mountrail	60 min
Sep 18, 9:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Dickey, LaMoure, McIntosh	60 min
Sep 18, 10:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burke, Mountrail, Renville, Ward	54 min
Sep 18, 10:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Dickey, LaMoure	35 min
Sep 18, 10:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, Renville	56 min
Sep 18, 11:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau	54 min
Sep 19, 12:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Bottineau	34 min
Sep 19, 12:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Rolette	36 min
Sep 19, 3:24 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Divide, Dunn and 7 more	18 hr

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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.