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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS Bismarck, ND

August 4, 2019Mountrail County, Ward County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 2019, 11:25 PM CDT for Mountrail County, Ward County, North Dakota. It was in force for 50 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 4, 2019, 11:25 PM CDT (04:25 UTC)
Expired: Aug 5, 2019, 12:15 AM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 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 4, 10:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 10:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 10:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 4, 9:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 4, 10:41 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
1041 PM CDT Sun Aug 4 2019

NDZ011-012-050430-
McHenry ND-Ward ND-
1041 PM CDT Sun Aug 4 2019

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN WARD AND
NORTHERN MCHENRY COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM CDT...

At 1041 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 9 miles north of Granville to Des Lacs. Movement was
southeast at 35 mph.

Penny size hail and wind gusts to 40 mph will be possible with these
storms.

Locations impacted include...
Minot, Minot Air Force Base, Velva, Burlington, Surrey, Sawyer,
Granville, Des Lacs, Foxholm, Deering, Denbigh, Norwich, Logan,
Wolseth and Simcoe.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4819 10026 4793 10140 4832 10167 4843 10150
      4849 10074
TIME...MOT...LOC 0341Z 309DEG 32KT 4840 10081 4825 10159

EDWARDS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 4, 9:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Billings	51 min
Aug 4, 10:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McHenry, Ward	49 min
Aug 4, 10:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Dunn, McKenzie	57 min
Aug 4, 11:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, Ward	60 min
Aug 4, 11:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry	43 min
Aug 4, 11:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Mountrail, Ward	41 min
Aug 4, 11:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn	52 min
Aug 5, 12:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Ward	42 min
Aug 5, 12:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Mountrail, Williams	67 min
Aug 5, 12:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, Pierce, Sheridan, Wells	53 min
Aug 5, 12:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Ward	55 min
Aug 5, 12:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Wells	48 min
Aug 5, 12:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, McLean, Sheridan, Ward	48 min
Aug 5, 1:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, McLean, Sheridan	50 min
Aug 5, 1:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Sheridan, Wells	52 min
Aug 5, 2:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean	38 min
Aug 5, 3:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Kidder	43 min
Aug 5, 4:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	LaMoure, Stutsman	53 min
Aug 5, 4:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Dickey	30 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.