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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 3, 2019Bottineau County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2019, 2:45 PM CDT for Bottineau 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

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 2019, 2:45 PM CDT (19:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2019, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Bottineau County, ND

The radar

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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 3, 12:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 12:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 12:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 3, 10:10 AM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 3, 10:53 AM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:07 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
207 PM CDT Mon Jun 3 2019

NDZ009-017-031945-
McKenzie ND-Williams ND-
207 PM CDT Mon Jun 3 2019

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN MCKENZIE AND
SOUTHWESTERN WILLIAMS COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM CDT/145 PM MDT/...

At 207 PM CDT/107 PM MDT/, a strong thunderstorm was located near
Fort Union Trading Post, or 16 miles north of Sidney, moving east at
10 mph.

Half inch hail and wind gusts to 40 mph will be possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
East Fairview, Fort Union Trading Post, Trenton, Cartwright and Fort
Buford State Historical Site.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek shelter
inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 4808 10404 4816 10385 4787 10375 4785 10404
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 253DEG 8KT 4795 10408

HARGROVE
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:41 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISSlope17 min
Jun 2, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISSlope49 min
Jun 2, 8:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBowman38 min
Jun 2, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBowman50 min
Jun 3, 2:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISMcKenzie38 min
Jun 3, 2:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBottineau34 min
Jun 3, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBottineau42 min
Jun 3, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBottineau46 min
Jun 3, 5:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISMountrail44 min
Jun 3, 5:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBurke48 min
Jun 3, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMountrail51 min
Jun 3, 6:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBillings39 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2019Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2019

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.