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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Bismarck, ND

August 3, 2019Mountrail County, Ward County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2019, 7:30 PM CDT for Mountrail County, Ward County, North Dakota. It was in force for 32 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
Aug 3, 2019, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2019, 8:02 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Mountrail County, ND, Ward 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 Aug 3, 7:22 PM CDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 7:22 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 6:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
620 PM CDT Sat Aug 3 2019

NDZ001-009-017-031-032-042330-
Divide-Williams-McKenzie-Golden Valley-Billings-
620 PM CDT Sat Aug 3 2019 /520 PM MDT Sat Aug 3 2019/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northwest North
Dakota and southwest North Dakota.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

There are chances for thunderstorms off and on through the period.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

NDZ002>004-010>012-018>021-033-034-040>045-042330-
Burke-Renville-Bottineau-Mountrail-Ward-McHenry-Dunn-Mercer-
Oliver-McLean-Stark-Morton-Slope-Hettinger-Grant-Bowman-Adams-
Sioux-
620 PM CDT Sat Aug 3 2019 /520 PM MDT Sat Aug 3 2019/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of north central
North Dakota, northwest North Dakota, south central North Dakota,
and southwest North Dakota.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Scattered severe thunderstorms are possible. The main hazards
will be large hail with some tennis ball size stones possible,
and damaging wind gusts up to 70 mph.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

There are chances for thunderstorms off and on through the
period.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters reports are needed this evening.

NDZ005-013-022-023-035-036-046-047-050-042330-
Rolette-Pierce-Sheridan-Wells-Burleigh-Kidder-Emmons-Logan-
McIntosh-
620 PM CDT Sat Aug 3 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of north central
North Dakota, south central North Dakota, and southeast North
Dakota.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible before midnight. The
main hazards will be large hail up to quarter size and damaging
wind gusts up to 60 mph.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

There are chances for thunderstorms off and on through the
period.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotter reports are needed this evening.

NDZ025-037-048-051-042330-
Foster-Stutsman-La Moure-Dickey-
620 PM CDT Sat Aug 3 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southeast North
Dakota.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

There are chances for thunderstorms off and on through the
period.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

JP Martin

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 3, 6:30 PM CDT, 1 hour before
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Local storm report, Aug 3, 7:23 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 8:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBowman30 min
Aug 4, 10:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISStark64 min
Aug 4, 11:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMorton, Stark40 min
Aug 4, 12:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBurleigh37 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.