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High Wind Watch 3, NWS Bismarck, ND

December 21, 202023 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this high wind watch at Dec 21, 2020, 2:43 PM MST for 23 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Dec 22, 2020, 5:00 PM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 21, 2020, 2:43 PM MST (21:43 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 22, 2020, 5:00 PM MST
Expired: Dec 22, 2020, 2:55 PM MST
In force
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND

All 23 counties

Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burke County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Kidder County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Renville County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Williams County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 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 high wind 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 high wind watch went out at Dec 21, 2:36 PM MST, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 21, 2:36 PM MST, 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 21, 10:53 AM MST, 3 hours 50 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
Dec 21, 2:43 PM MST	Winter Storm Watch	BIS	Bottineau, Dickey, Foster, LaMoure, McHenry, Pierce and 3 more	24 hr

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.