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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 167, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 10, 2020Golden Valley County, Slope County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2020, 2:04 PM MDT for Golden Valley County, Slope County, North Dakota. It was in force for 56 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: Jul 10, 2020, 2:04 PM MDT (20:04 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2020, 3:00 PM MDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Golden Valley County, ND, Slope County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 221 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 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
Jul 10, 1:08 PM MDT	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 Jul 10, 1:35 PM MDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 1:35 PM MDT, 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 1:43 PM MDT, 21 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 10, 2:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Slope, Stark	57 min
Jul 10, 3:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Williams	44 min
Jul 10, 4:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Williams	45 min
Jul 10, 4:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Hettinger	48 min
Jul 10, 4:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Williams	30 min
Jul 10, 4:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Golden Valley	41 min
Jul 10, 5:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Golden Valley, McKenzie	40 min
Jul 10, 5:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Morton	64 min
Jul 10, 5:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Billings, Stark	43 min
Jul 10, 5:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Dunn, Stark	26 min
Jul 10, 5:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Sioux	25 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2020 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2020

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.