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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 340
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 7, 2020, 6:59 PM MDT for 30 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 2020, 6:59 PM MDT (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2020, 1:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 70 kt
All 30 counties
Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bottineau 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, McHenry County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, McLean County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Morton County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Renville County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Sioux County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Ward County, ND, Wells County, ND, Williams County, ND
What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 20%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 5%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 80%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 60%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 60%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 30%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 95%
Warnings issued inside it
17 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 7:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Slope | 57 min |
| Jul 7, 7:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Divide, McKenzie, Williams | 62 min |
| Jul 7, 8:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Hettinger and 2 more | 61 min |
| Jul 7, 8:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings, Dunn, Golden Valley, McKenzie | 56 min |
| Jul 7, 8:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burke, Divide, McKenzie, Mountrail, Williams | 61 min |
| Jul 7, 9:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn, Grant, Hettinger, Mercer, Morton, Oliver and 1 more | 62 min |
| Jul 7, 9:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Bowman | 46 min |
| Jul 7, 9:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burke, Mountrail, Renville, Ward | 45 min |
| Jul 7, 9:34 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Mercer, Morton, Oliver, Stark | 26 min |
| Jul 7, 10:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Grant, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Oliver | 54 min |
| Jul 7, 10:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau, McHenry, McLean, Mountrail, Renville, Ward | 63 min |
| Jul 7, 10:18 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McLean, Mercer, Oliver | 27 min |
| Jul 7, 10:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Kidder, McLean, Sheridan, Wells | 67 min |
| Jul 7, 11:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bottineau, McHenry, Pierce, Rolette, Ward | 61 min |
| Jul 7, 11:14 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Kidder, Wells | 31 min |
| Jul 7, 11:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Foster, Kidder, Stutsman, Wells | 62 min |
| Jul 7, 11:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Foster, Wells | 30 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 6:35 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Billings, Burke, Dunn, Grant, Hettinger, McKenzie and 10 more | 55 min |
| Jul 7, 10:09 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Burleigh, Cass, Dickey, Eddy and 23 more | 66 min |
| Jul 7, 10:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Dickey, Eddy and 17 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 8, 12:37 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Dickey, Eddy and 21 more | 113 min |
| Jul 8, 3:10 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Richland | 2 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Richland | 8 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.