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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 4, 20204 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this flash flood watch at Jul 4, 2020, 5:09 PM CDT for 4 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 4, 2020, 5:09 PM CDT (22:09 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2020, 8:56 PM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Flood severity: None

Counties Dickey County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 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 flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Jul 3, 6:52 PM CDT, 22 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 6:52 PM CDT, 22 hours 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 6:55 PM CDT, 22 hours 14 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
Jul 3, 9:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Bowman, Golden Valley, Slope	41 min
Jul 3, 9:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Slope	29 min
Jul 3, 10:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McKenzie	29 min
Jul 3, 10:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Adams	31 min
Jul 3, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams	34 min
Jul 3, 11:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McKenzie, Williams	45 min
Jul 3, 11:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Bowman	38 min
Jul 3, 11:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Grant, Morton	42 min
Jul 4, 12:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Hettinger	62 min
Jul 4, 1:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Slope	36 min
Jul 4, 1:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McLean	42 min
Jul 4, 3:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	LaMoure	26 min
Jul 4, 3:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	LaMoure	53 min
Jul 4, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dickey, LaMoure	64 min
Jul 4, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	LaMoure, Logan	48 min
Jul 4, 5:07 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Dickey, LaMoure	7 hr
Jul 4, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dickey, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh	65 min
Jul 4, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McIntosh	65 min
Jul 4, 5:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Dickey	35 min
Jul 4, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dickey, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh	63 min
Jul 4, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Stutsman	58 min
Jul 4, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Stutsman	31 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.