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Special Weather Statement, NWS Bismarck, ND

April 6, 2016Divide County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this special weather statement at Apr 6, 2016, 9:19 PM CDT for Divide County, North Dakota. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Apr 6, 2016, 9:19 PM CDT (02:19 UTC)
Expired: Apr 6, 2016, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND

County Divide County, ND

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Apr 6, 8:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 8:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 6, 8:21 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
821 PM CDT WED APR 6 2016

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-080130-
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-
FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-
STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-
LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
821 PM CDT WED APR 6 2016 /721 PM MDT WED APR 6 2016/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA...SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS MAY BE ELEVATED THURSDAY...SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY DUE TO BREEZY AND DRY WEATHER...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHWEST
NORTH DAKOTA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 6, 7:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 6, 7:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 6, 8:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 6, 8:29 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 6, 9:00 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 6, 9:19 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
919 PM CDT WED APR 6 2016

NDZ001-070300-
DIVIDE-
919 PM CDT WED APR 6 2016

...HIGH WINDS WILL AFFECT DIVIDE COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...

PASSING SHOWERS HAVE CREATED WINDS GUSTS AS HIGH AS 61 MPH IN PARTS
OF DIVIDE COUNTY TONIGHT.

SHOWERS MAY CONTINUE TO CAUSE WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH THROUGH 10 PM CDT.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CROSBY...NOONAN...FORTUNA...ALKABO...WRITING ROCK STATE HISTORICAL SITE
AND AMBROSE.

LAT...LON 4900 10294 4872 10294 4872 10289 4864 10288
      4863 10405 4900 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 0216Z 314DEG 48KT 4886 10362

MATHEWS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 6, 7:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Emmons, McIntosh	42 min
Apr 6, 7:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McHenry	27 min
Apr 6, 8:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Sheridan	45 min
Apr 6, 8:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Oliver	46 min
Apr 6, 9:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Burleigh	45 min
Apr 6, 9:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Logan	38 min
Apr 6, 9:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Emmons	45 min
Apr 7, 12:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Logan	39 min
Apr 7, 12:25 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	Adams, Bowman, Burleigh, Dickey, Dunn, Emmons and 14 more	19 hr
Apr 7, 3:55 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	BIS	Adams, Bowman, Slope	15 hr

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Special Weather Statements in North Dakota, 2016 Every special weather statement in 2016

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.