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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 410

July 22, 201612 counties in Montana; 27 counties in North Dakota; 5 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 22, 2016, 3:06 PM MDT for 12 counties in Montana; 27 counties in North Dakota; 5 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 22, 2016, 3:06 PM MDT (21:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 2016, 12:00 AM MDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
3 in
Strongest gust expected
65 kt
All 44 counties

Carter County, MT, Custer County, MT, Daniels County, MT, Dawson County, MT, Fallon County, MT, McCone County, MT, Prairie County, MT, Richland County, MT, Roosevelt County, MT, Sheridan County, MT, Valley County, MT, Wibaux County, MT, Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Kidder County, ND, Logan County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, McLean County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Morton County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Sioux County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Ward County, ND, Wells County, ND, Williams County, ND, Campbell County, SD, Corson County, SD, Dewey County, SD, Harding County, SD, Perkins County, SD

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 207 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What SPC expected

The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.

Two or more tornadoes
20%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
5%
Ten or more severe wind reports
60%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
30%
Ten or more severe hail reports
50%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
30%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
80%

Warnings issued inside it

24 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 3:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson, Dewey42 min
Jul 22, 3:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRHarding66 min
Jul 22, 4:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRPerkins42 min
Jul 22, 4:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson40 min
Jul 22, 4:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRPerkins, Ziebach70 min
Jul 22, 4:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson, Dewey62 min
Jul 22, 4:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISEmmons, Grant, Morton, Sioux58 min
Jul 22, 4:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson, Dewey57 min
Jul 22, 4:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRHarding, Perkins31 min
Jul 22, 4:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson, Dewey68 min
Jul 22, 5:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBowman, Golden Valley, Slope57 min
Jul 22, 5:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson, Dewey47 min
Jul 22, 5:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZFallon25 min
Jul 22, 5:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISSioux44 min
Jul 22, 5:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISGrant, Morton61 min
Jul 22, 5:59 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABRCorson, Dewey6 hr
Jul 22, 6:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZFallon23 min
Jul 22, 6:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWDawson, Prairie, Wibaux62 min
Jul 22, 6:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson, Dewey47 min
Jul 22, 6:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBillings, Golden Valley, Stark56 min
Jul 22, 8:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWDawson, McCone, Prairie, Richland60 min
Jul 22, 8:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcKenzie, Williams53 min
Jul 22, 8:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWMcCone, Roosevelt, Valley45 min
Jul 22, 9:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWDaniels, Roosevelt, Sheridan, Valley64 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 1:17 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarter, Custer, Dawson, Fallon, Prairie, Richland and 1 more2 hr
Jul 22, 2:19 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlaine, Chouteau, Fergus, Golden Valley, Hill, Judith Basin and 9 more2 hr
Jul 22, 11:28 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDickey, McIntosh, Sargent2 hr
Jul 22, 5:35 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Emmons, Grant, Hettinger, Logan, McIntosh and 2 more55 min
Jul 22, 1:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAurora, Beadle, Brookings, Brown, Buffalo, Clark and 23 more8 hr
Jul 22, 1:45 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCuster, Fall River60 min
Jul 22, 2:41 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeadle, Brookings, Buffalo, Clark, Codington, Day and 16 more94 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in North Dakota, 2016Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Montana, 2016Severe Thunderstorm Watches in South Dakota, 2016Every severe thunderstorm watch 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.