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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Bismarck, ND

August 6, 2019Burleigh County, Morton County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2019, 3:30 PM CDT for Burleigh County, Morton County, North Dakota. It was in force for 45 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, 3:30 PM CDT (20:30 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2019, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Burleigh County, ND, Morton County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 6, 2:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

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, 6:32 PM CDT, 20 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 6:32 PM CDT, 20 hours 58 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, 2:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Mercer	30 min
Aug 6, 2:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, Mercer	38 min
Aug 6, 2:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Mercer, Oliver	38 min
Aug 6, 3:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Morton	43 min
Aug 6, 3:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Mercer, Oliver	40 min
Aug 6, 3:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Mercer, Oliver	64 min
Aug 6, 3:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, Morton, Sioux	34 min
Aug 6, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Morton, Oliver	49 min
Aug 6, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Kidder	46 min
Aug 6, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, Morton, Sioux	54 min
Aug 6, 4:44 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Burleigh, Morton	3 hr
Aug 6, 5:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Stutsman	39 min
Aug 6, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, McIntosh	56 min
Aug 6, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Stutsman	56 min
Aug 6, 6:49 PM CDT	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.