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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 268, NWS Bismarck, ND

August 14, 2020Logan County, Stutsman County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2020, 5:33 AM CDT for Logan County, Stutsman County, North Dakota. It was in force for 57 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: Aug 14, 2020, 5:33 AM CDT (10:33 UTC)
Expired: Aug 14, 2020, 6:30 AM CDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Logan County, ND, Stutsman County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:34 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
Aug 14, 12:50 AM CDT	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 Aug 14, 5:31 AM CDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 5:31 AM CDT, 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 14, 4:55 AM CDT, 38 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 14, 12:51 AM CDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 14, 1:03 AM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 14, 1:27 AM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 14, 2:15 AM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
215 AM CDT FRI AUG 14 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0140 AM     HAIL             4 N HETTINGER           46.06N 102.65W
08/14/2020  M1.00 INCH       ADAMS              ND   PUBLIC

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Local storm report, Aug 14, 2:49 AM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 14, 5:19 AM CDT, 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
Aug 13, 11:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bowman, Slope	55 min
Aug 14, 12:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Bowman, Hettinger, Slope, Stark	62 min
Aug 14, 1:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Grant, Hettinger, Morton, Sioux	63 min
Aug 14, 2:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams	42 min
Aug 14, 2:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant	42 min
Aug 14, 4:24 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BIS	Dickey, Foster, LaMoure, Pierce, Rolette, Stutsman and 1 more	4 hr
Aug 14, 4:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Grant, Hettinger, Sioux	64 min
Aug 14, 4:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, Logan	64 min
Aug 14, 5:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Morton, Sioux	58 min
Aug 14, 5:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, Morton, Sioux	59 min
Aug 14, 6:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	LaMoure, Logan, Stutsman	57 min
Aug 14, 6:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, Kidder, Logan	41 min
Aug 14, 7:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Dickey, LaMoure, McIntosh, Stutsman	50 min
Aug 14, 8:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	LaMoure	28 min
Aug 14, 4:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Renville	51 min
Aug 14, 5:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Renville	29 min
Aug 14, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, Renville	62 min
Aug 14, 6:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, Ward	56 min
Aug 14, 6:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, McLean, Ward	56 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.