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Special Weather Statement, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 24, 2015Stutsman County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this special weather statement at Jun 24, 2015, 3:49 PM CDT for Stutsman County, North Dakota. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Jun 24, 2015, 3:49 PM CDT (20:49 UTC)
Expired: Jun 24, 2015, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND

County Stutsman 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 Jun 24, 3:00 PM CDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 3:00 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 3:01 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 24, 1:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 24, 2:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
227 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2015

NDZ025-037-242015-
STUTSMAN-FOSTER-
227 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2015

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN STUTSMAN
AND FOSTER COUNTIES...

AT 227 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW ROCKFORD TO 6 MILES WEST OF
PINGREE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CARRINGTON...KENSAL...GLENFIELD...SPIRITWOOD LAKE...BORDULAC...GRACE
CITY...PINGREE...MCHENRY...COURTENAY...MELVILLE...EDMUNDS...BARLOW
AND JUANITA.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

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.

LAT...LON 4709 9923 4759 9923 4758 9850 4734 9850
      4733 9847 4725 9846 4707 9848
TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 265DEG 27KT 4758 9904 4717 9905

HEINERT

Special weather statement, Jun 24, 3:49 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
349 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2015

NDZ037-242115-
STUTSMAN-
349 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL STUTSMAN COUNTY...

AT 348 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR SPIRITWOOD...OR 5
MILES NORTHEAST OF JAMESTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

TRAVELERS BETWEEN JAMESTOWN AND VALLEY CITY WILL BE IMPACTED FROM
THIS STORM. BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY RAIN AND
GUSTY WINDS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JAMESTOWN AND SPIRITWOOD.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

THIS STORM 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.

LAT...LON 4685 9876 4703 9886 4707 9847 4706 9846
      4698 9847 4698 9844 4684 9844 4683 9845
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 267DEG 23KT 4695 9860

HEINERT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 7:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Adams, Grant, Hettinger	24 min
Jun 23, 7:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Bowman	23 min
Jun 23, 7:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McHenry	36 min
Jun 23, 7:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Adams, Grant	32 min
Jun 23, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Grant, Hettinger, Sioux	46 min
Jun 24, 2:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Foster	48 min
Jun 24, 6:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Dunn	24 min

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Special Weather Statements in North Dakota, 2015 Every special weather statement in 2015

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.