Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 277
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 14, 2018, 4:14 PM CDT for 22 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 2018, 4:14 PM CDT (21:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2018, 9:47 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 22 counties
Benson County, ND, Bottineau County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Kidder County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McLean County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Morton County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Renville County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Stark County, ND, Towner County, ND, Ward County, ND, Wells County, ND
The radar
The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 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
- 10%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 2%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 50%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 40%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 30%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 80%
Warnings issued inside it
11 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Mercer | 31 min |
| Jul 14, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Mercer | 18 min |
| Jul 14, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Mercer | 50 min |
| Jul 14, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton, Stark | 37 min |
| Jul 14, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Pierce | 43 min |
| Jul 14, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, Pierce, Sheridan, Wells | 53 min |
| Jul 14, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Grant, Hettinger | 62 min |
| Jul 14, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Towner | 42 min |
| Jul 14, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McHenry, Pierce | 54 min |
| Jul 14, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton, Sioux | 60 min |
| Jul 14, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cavalier, Towner | 41 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 3:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bottineau, Burleigh, Grant, Hettinger, McHenry and 8 more | 117 min |
| Jul 14, 5:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benson, Burleigh, Cavalier, Eddy, Foster, Grand Forks and 12 more | 87 min |
Nearby
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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.