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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 217, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 23, 2020Rolette County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2020, 11:54 AM CDT for Rolette County, North Dakota. It was in force for 36 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 23, 2020, 11:54 AM CDT (16:54 UTC)
Expired: Jul 23, 2020, 12:30 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Rolette County, ND

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 23, 10:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 10:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 10:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 23, 6:23 AM CDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
623 AM CDT Thu Jul 23 2020

NDZ002-003-011-231200-
Ward ND-Renville ND-Burke ND-
623 AM CDT Thu Jul 23 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BURKE AND RENVILLE COUNTIES
UNTIL 700 AM CDT...

At 620 AM CDT, strong thunderstorms were clustered in Burke and into
Renville counties, from Lignite and Portal to Northgate and Tolley,
moving east at 25 mph.

Nickel size hail and wind gusts to 50 mph will be possible with
the storms.

Locations impacted include...
Mohall, Bowbells, Sherwood, Lignite, Portal, Flaxton, Loraine, Coteau
and Northgate.

Very heavy rain was also occurring with the storms.

&&

LAT...LON 4900 10149 4874 10150 4872 10276 4900 10276
TIME...MOT...LOC 1120Z 249DEG 20KT 4892 10250

JP MARTIN

Local storm report, Jul 23, 7:41 AM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 11:27 AM CDT, 27 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 23, 4:07 AM CDT	Excessive Heat Watch	BIS	Dickey, LaMoure	23 hr
Jul 23, 4:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Burke	22 min
Jul 23, 6:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Burke	37 min
Jul 23, 6:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burke	59 min
Jul 23, 11:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Rolette	48 min
Jul 23, 4:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Bowman	49 min
Jul 23, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Golden Valley, Slope	53 min
Jul 23, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Golden Valley, Slope	40 min
Jul 23, 6:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Golden Valley	43 min

Nearby

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

Sources

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