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Special Weather Statement, NWS Bismarck, ND

August 24, 2021McHenry County, North Dakota

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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What forecasters said that day

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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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 24, 6:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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In the hours before

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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Special weather statement, Aug 24, 8:19 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 23, 9:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISSioux37 min
Aug 23, 10:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISSioux24 min
Aug 23, 11:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISLogan, McIntosh37 min
Aug 24, 12:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISGrant29 min
Aug 24, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISGrant, Morton46 min
Aug 24, 12:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISDickey, LaMoure37 min
Aug 24, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBISDickey30 min
Aug 24, 1:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISEmmons27 min
Aug 24, 2:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISLogan29 min
Aug 24, 2:57 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISLogan98 min
Aug 24, 5:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISMountrail36 min
Aug 24, 6:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcLean, Mountrail, Ward29 min
Aug 24, 7:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISPierce34 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Dakota, 2021Every special weather statement in 2021

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.