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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 170, NWS Bismarck, ND

August 6, 2019Dunn County, Mercer County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2019, 1:22 PM MDT for Dunn County, Mercer County, North Dakota. It was in force for 38 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 6, 2019, 1:22 PM MDT (19:22 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2019, 2:00 PM MDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Dunn County, ND, Mercer County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 5, 5:32 PM MDT, 19 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 5:32 PM MDT, 19 hours 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 5, 5:33 PM MDT, 19 hours 49 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 6, 1:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Mercer	30 min
Aug 6, 1:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Mercer, Oliver	38 min
Aug 6, 2:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Morton	43 min
Aug 6, 2:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Mercer, Oliver	40 min
Aug 6, 2:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Mercer, Oliver	64 min
Aug 6, 2:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Morton	45 min
Aug 6, 2:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, Morton, Sioux	34 min
Aug 6, 2:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Morton, Oliver	49 min
Aug 6, 3:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Kidder	46 min
Aug 6, 3:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, Morton, Sioux	54 min
Aug 6, 3:44 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Burleigh, Morton	3 hr
Aug 6, 4:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Stutsman	39 min
Aug 6, 4:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, McIntosh	56 min
Aug 6, 4:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Stutsman	56 min
Aug 6, 5:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Wells	26 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.