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Special Weather Statement, NWS Bismarck, ND

May 25, 2014Stutsman County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this special weather statement at May 25, 2014, 1:13 PM CDT for Stutsman 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 25, 2014, 1:13 PM CDT (18:13 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2014, 2:15 PM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND

County Stutsman County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at May 25, 1:02 PM CDT, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 1:02 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 12:56 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 25, 1:13 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 7:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Stark	66 min
May 24, 8:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Stark	52 min
May 24, 9:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Morton	60 min
May 24, 9:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Stark	59 min
May 24, 10:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Stark	6 hr
May 24, 11:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Stark	63 min
May 25, 12:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McKenzie	45 min
May 25, 1:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McKenzie	50 min
May 25, 1:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Stutsman	64 min
May 25, 2:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Stutsman	60 min
May 25, 3:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	LaMoure	65 min
May 25, 3:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	LaMoure	62 min
May 25, 5:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	LaMoure	62 min
May 25, 5:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Dickey	64 min
May 25, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dickey, LaMoure	56 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.