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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 109, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 26, 2018Mercer County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2018, 9:55 PM CDT for Mercer County, North Dakota. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 26, 2018, 9:55 PM CDT (02:55 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 2018, 10:49 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

County Mercer County, ND

The radar

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 26, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 26, 5:48 PM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 5:48 PM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 5:51 PM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 26, 5:04 PM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 26, 5:14 PM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 26, 5:17 PM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 26, 5:23 PM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
523 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2018

NDZ017-018-262245-
McKenzie ND-Dunn ND-
523 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2018

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN DUNN AND EAST
CENTRAL MCKENZIE COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT/445 PM MDT/...

At 523 PM CDT/423 PM MDT/, a strong thunderstorm was located over
Little Missouri State Park, or 13 miles north of Killdeer, moving
east at 30 mph.

Nickel size hail and wind gusts to 40 mph will be possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Mandaree, Little Missouri State Park and Oakdale.

Very heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT/1000
PM MDT/ for southwestern and northwestern North Dakota.

LAT...LON 4775 10298 4781 10263 4778 10256 4778 10250
      4776 10247 4776 10245 4747 10248 4747 10302
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 257DEG 28KT 4757 10278

JONES

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 6:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 26, 6:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 26, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Ward	47 min
Jun 26, 7:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Bowman, Hettinger, Slope, Stark	64 min
Jun 26, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry	34 min
Jun 26, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn	59 min
Jun 26, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Stark	64 min
Jun 26, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Mercer, Morton, Oliver	58 min
Jun 26, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams	57 min
Jun 26, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Mercer	40 min
Jun 26, 8:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Morton	28 min
Jun 26, 10:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Slope	58 min
Jun 26, 10:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry	54 min
Jun 26, 10:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bowman	57 min
Jun 26, 10:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Morton, Stark	54 min
Jun 26, 11:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Bowman	66 min
Jun 26, 11:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Hettinger, Morton	67 min
Jun 26, 11:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bowman	25 min
Jun 26, 11:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams	31 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.