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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Bismarck, ND

May 17, 2022Bottineau County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2022, 7:55 PM CDT for Bottineau County, North Dakota. It was in force for 50 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: May 17, 2022, 7:55 PM CDT (00:55 UTC)
Expired: May 17, 2022, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 2.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

County Bottineau County, ND

The radar

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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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 17, 7:10 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
710 PM CDT Tue May 17 2022

NDZ004-180100-
Bottineau ND-
710 PM CDT Tue May 17 2022

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN
BOTTINEAU COUNTY THROUGH 800 PM CDT...

At 710 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Souris, or 15
miles northwest of Bottineau, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts to 40 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Souris around 720 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this storm include Bottineau and Lake
Metigoshe State Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4900 10028 4877 10035 4890 10095 4900 10094
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 277DEG 16KT 4893 10076

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

TELKEN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 17, 7:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Bottineau	50 min
May 17, 7:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Bottineau	28 min
May 17, 9:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Pierce	61 min

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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.