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Special Weather Statement, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this special weather statement at Jul 14, 2016, 4:45 PM MDT for Bowman County, North Dakota. It was in force for 30 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
- Jul 14, 2016, 4:45 PM MDT (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2016, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
County Bowman County, ND
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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 Jul 14, 2:10 PM MDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 2:10 PM MDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 14, 4:14 PM MDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 414 PM MDT THU JUL 14 2016 NDZ040-043-142245- SLOPE ND-BOWMAN ND- 414 PM MDT THU JUL 14 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL BOWMAN AND SOUTHWESTERN SLOPE COUNTIES... AT 415 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF MARMARTH...OR 22 MILES EAST OF BAKER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED THROUGH 445 PM MDT INCLUDE... RHAME AND GRIFFIN. SEEK SHELTER IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. LAT...LON 4634 10394 4648 10386 4636 10335 4614 10352 TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 293DEG 21KT 4637 10381 CJS
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 4:29 PM MDT, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
529 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2016
NDZ017-142300-
MCKENZIE ND-
529 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL MCKENZIE COUNTY
UNTIL 600 PM CDT/500 PM MDT/...
AT 529 PM CDT/429 PM MDT/...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT NATIONAL PARK
NORTH UNIT...OR 24 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WATFORD CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 20 MPH.
PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GRASSY BUTTE.
SEEK SHELTER IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 4761 10360 4749 10313 4733 10326 4733 10348
4747 10370
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 298DEG 17KT 4750 10356
CJSSpecial weather statement, Jul 14, 4:45 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 445 PM MDT THU JUL 14 2016 NDZ040-043-142315- SLOPE ND-BOWMAN ND- 445 PM MDT THU JUL 14 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN BOWMAN AND SOUTH CENTRAL SLOPE COUNTIES... AT 445 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER RHAME...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOWMAN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BOWMAN...RHAME AND GRIFFIN. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4623 10377 4637 10361 4622 10320 4600 10346 TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 308DEG 15KT 4626 10361 CJS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 6:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Adams | 24 min |
| Jul 14, 4:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Slope | 31 min |
| Jul 14, 4:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | McKenzie | 31 min |
| Jul 14, 5:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Bowman | 45 min |
| Jul 14, 5:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Bowman | 42 min |
| Jul 14, 5:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Bowman | 53 min |
| Jul 14, 5:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bowman | 64 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.