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Special Weather Statement, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 9, 2016Grant County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this special weather statement at Jul 9, 2016, 5:29 AM MDT for Grant County, North Dakota. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Jul 9, 2016, 5:29 AM MDT (11:29 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2016, 6:15 AM MDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND

County Grant 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 Jul 9, 3:04 AM MDT, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 3:04 AM MDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 3:22 AM MDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 1:56 AM MDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 9, 2:42 AM MDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
242 AM MDT SAT JUL 9 2016

NDZ040-041-043-044-090930-
ADAMS ND-HETTINGER ND-SLOPE ND-BOWMAN ND-
242 AM MDT SAT JUL 9 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN BOWMAN...
SOUTHWESTERN HETTINGER...SOUTHEASTERN SLOPE AND NORTHWESTERN ADAMS
COUNTIES UNTIL 330 AM MDT...

AT 242 AM MDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SCRANTON...OR
11 MILES EAST OF BOWMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SCRANTON...GASCOYNE AND BUFFALO SPRINGS.

LAT...LON 4606 10311 4622 10335 4655 10320 4628 10253
TIME...MOT...LOC 0842Z 225DEG 27KT 4618 10315

HAMILTON

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 2:58 AM MDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 9, 3:14 AM MDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 9, 4:47 AM MDT, 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 9, 5:29 AM MDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
529 AM MDT SAT JUL 9 2016

NDZ042-091215-
GRANT ND-
529 AM MDT SAT JUL 9 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT GRANT COUNTY UNTIL 615 AM MDT...

AT 527 AM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5
MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELGIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ELGIN...CARSON...NEW LEIPZIG...LARK...RALEIGH...LEITH...HEIL AND ST.
GERTRUDE.

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO
OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

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LAT...LON 4609 10185 4643 10204 4657 10181 4663 10154
      4662 10135 4650 10129 4637 10130 4637 10124
      4627 10120 4618 10137
TIME...MOT...LOC 1127Z 241DEG 22KT 4635 10176

HEINERT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 9, 1:56 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Bowman	49 min
Jul 9, 2:42 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Adams	48 min
Jul 9, 2:58 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McKenzie, Williams	47 min
Jul 9, 3:14 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Adams	46 min
Jul 9, 4:47 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Grant, Hettinger	43 min
Jul 9, 5:43 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Mountrail	47 min
Jul 9, 5:47 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Divide	43 min
Jul 9, 5:55 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Burke	50 min
Jul 9, 6:12 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Morton	48 min
Jul 9, 6:23 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Morton	37 min
Jul 9, 7:07 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Emmons	38 min
Jul 9, 7:56 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Emmons	34 min
Jul 9, 8:40 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Logan	35 min
Jul 9, 8:56 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, Logan, McIntosh	64 min
Jul 9, 9:54 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McIntosh	21 min
Jul 9, 9:59 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	LaMoure	61 min
Jul 9, 10:20 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McIntosh	25 min
Jul 9, 10:42 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Dickey	48 min
Jul 9, 10:49 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Logan	26 min
Jul 9, 11:10 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McIntosh	20 min
Jul 9, 11:44 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McIntosh	16 min
Jul 9, 2:47 PM MDT	Heat Advisory	BIS	Dickey, Emmons, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh	27 hr
Jul 9, 2:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Rolette	28 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.