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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 179, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 4, 2018Emmons County, Logan County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2018, 12:46 AM CDT for Emmons County, Logan County, North Dakota. It was in force for 44 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
Jul 4, 2018, 12:46 AM CDT (05:46 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2018, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Emmons County, ND, Logan County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 3, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 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 Jul 3, 6:48 PM CDT, 5 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 6:48 PM CDT, 5 hours 58 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 9:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBowman51 min
Jul 3, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISAdams, Bowman, Slope57 min
Jul 3, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISHettinger, Slope, Stark54 min
Jul 3, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcKenzie66 min
Jul 3, 10:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISGrant, Morton38 min
Jul 3, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISGrant, Morton, Sioux65 min
Jul 3, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn, McKenzie48 min
Jul 3, 11:32 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISBurleigh, Emmons, Grant, McLean, Mercer, Morton and 3 more6 hr
Jul 3, 11:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, Morton55 min
Jul 3, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, McLean, Oliver62 min
Jul 3, 11:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBISBurleigh, Morton2 hr
Jul 3, 11:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISGrant, Sioux56 min
Jul 3, 11:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISWilliams53 min
Jul 4, 12:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, Kidder, Sheridan, Wells59 min
Jul 4, 12:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISMcKenzie, Williams48 min
Jul 4, 1:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISFoster, Kidder, Stutsman, Wells61 min
Jul 4, 1:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcIntosh44 min
Jul 4, 1:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBISEmmons5 hr
Jul 4, 2:32 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISMcIntosh6 hr
Jul 4, 3:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISDickey, LaMoure45 min
Jul 4, 3:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDickey, LaMoure33 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2018Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2018

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.