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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 227, NWS Bismarck, ND

September 20, 2019Divide County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 20, 2019, 12:26 AM CDT for Divide County, North Dakota. It was in force for 40 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
Sep 20, 2019, 12:26 AM CDT (05:26 UTC)
Expired
Sep 20, 2019, 1:06 AM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Divide County, ND

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 198 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:26 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 Sep 19, 9:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 19, 9:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 19, 10:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 19, 11:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 19, 11:27 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 20, 12:12 AM CDT, 14 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 19, 11:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISDivide24 min
Sep 19, 11:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISDivide33 min
Sep 20, 12:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISDivide33 min
Sep 20, 11:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISMountrail20 min
Sep 20, 11:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcKenzie, Mountrail64 min
Sep 20, 12:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMountrail, Ward43 min
Sep 20, 12:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBottineau, Renville38 min
Sep 20, 1:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBottineau43 min
Sep 20, 1:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISMercer20 min
Sep 20, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcLean, Ward62 min
Sep 20, 2:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBottineau, McHenry, Renville, Ward43 min
Sep 20, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISGrant, Morton, Sioux67 min
Sep 20, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBottineau63 min
Sep 20, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh66 min
Sep 20, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISEmmons55 min
Sep 20, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, Emmons, Morton, Sioux47 min
Sep 20, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISSheridan52 min
Sep 20, 6:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISKidder, Wells29 min
Sep 20, 6:10 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISBurleigh, Kidder, Sheridan, Wells3 hr
Sep 20, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMorton, Sioux42 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.