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Special Weather Statement, NWS Bismarck, ND

August 9, 2014Morton County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2014, 6:55 PM CDT for Morton County, North Dakota. It was in force for 50 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
Aug 9, 2014, 6:55 PM CDT (23:55 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2014, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND

County Morton County, ND

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The text

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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 Aug 9, 6:31 PM CDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 6:31 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 2:58 PM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 9, 2:51 PM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
251 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2014

NDZ009-017-092030-
MCKENZIE-WILLIAMS-
251 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 248 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
TIOGA TO LEWIS AND CLARK STATE PARK...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 30 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  TIOGA...
  LEWIS AND CLARK STATE PARK...
  WHITE TAIL BAY RECREATION AREA...

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 THESE STORMS
HAVE PASSED.

LAT...LON 4855 10289 4843 10288 4812 10301 4809 10334
      4855 10314
TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 271DEG 9KT 4846 10308 4812 10326

ABELING
Local storm report, Aug 9, 3:27 PM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
327 PM CDT SAT AUG 09 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0323 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     3 NNE BALDWIN           47.07N 100.72W
08/09/2014                   BURLEIGH           ND   PUBLIC

            NARROW FUNNEL CLOUD OCCURRING AT THIS TIME.

&&

WFO BIS
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 3:27 PM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 9, 3:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 9, 6:39 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
639 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2014

NDZ017-018-031-032-100030-
BILLINGS ND-DUNN ND-GOLDEN VALLEY ND-MCKENZIE ND-
539 PM MDT SAT AUG 9 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...

AT 636 PM CDT/536 PM MDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WATFORD
CITY TO SKAAR...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  TROTTERS...
  THEODORE ROOSEVELT NATIONAL PARK NORTH...

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

TORRENTIAL RAIN MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY.

LAT...LON 4743 10405 4759 10406 4760 10405 4784 10346
      4769 10283 4719 10368 4737 10407 4742 10406
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 299DEG 23KT 4773 10327 4738 10396

SCHILD
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 6:55 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 2:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISWilliams30 min
Aug 9, 2:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISWilliams39 min
Aug 9, 3:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBurleigh33 min
Aug 9, 3:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISMcKenzie24 min
Aug 9, 6:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISMcKenzie51 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.