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Special Weather Statement, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this special weather statement at Aug 24, 2021, 8:19 AM CDT for McHenry County, North Dakota. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
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The facts
- Issued
- Aug 24, 2021, 8:19 AM CDT (13:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2021, 8:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 30
County McHenry County, ND
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 24, 6:47 AM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 6:47 AM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 24, 5:54 AM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Bismarck ND 554 AM CDT Tue Aug 24 2021 NDZ010-018-021-241130- Mountrail ND-McLean ND-Dunn ND- 554 AM CDT Tue Aug 24 2021 ...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern Dunn, northwestern McLean and southeastern Mountrail Counties through 630 AM CDT... At 554 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 12 miles south of Van Hook Park, or 36 miles northeast of Killdeer, moving northeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...Nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of southeastern Mountrail, northwestern McLean and northeastern Dunn Counties, including the following locations... Deep Water Creek Recreation Area and Raub. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. && LAT...LON 4770 10231 4785 10239 4799 10208 4771 10191 TIME...MOT...LOC 1054Z 246DEG 28KT 4778 10226 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH HARGROVE
Special weather statement, Aug 24, 7:26 AM CDT, 53 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 23, 9:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Sioux | 37 min |
| Aug 23, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Sioux | 24 min |
| Aug 23, 11:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Logan, McIntosh | 37 min |
| Aug 24, 12:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Grant | 29 min |
| Aug 24, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton | 46 min |
| Aug 24, 12:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Dickey, LaMoure | 37 min |
| Aug 24, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dickey | 30 min |
| Aug 24, 1:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Emmons | 27 min |
| Aug 24, 2:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Logan | 29 min |
| Aug 24, 2:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Logan | 98 min |
| Aug 24, 5:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Mountrail | 36 min |
| Aug 24, 6:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Mountrail, Ward | 29 min |
| Aug 24, 7:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Pierce | 34 min |
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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.