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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 27, 2024McKenzie County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2024, 7:09 PM CDT for McKenzie County, North Dakota. It was in force for 51 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: Jun 27, 2024, 7:09 PM CDT (00:09 UTC)
Expired: Jun 27, 2024, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

County McKenzie County, ND

The radar

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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
Jun 27, 4:49 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 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 Jun 27, 4:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 4:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 5:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 27, 5:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 27, 6:54 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
654 PM CDT Thu Jun 27 2024

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

0645 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     3 SE Pretty Butte       46.35N 103.92W
06/27/2024  M60 MPH          Slope              ND   Mesonet

            NDAWN station located at Marmarth 2N.

&&

King

Local storm report, Jun 27, 6:56 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 27, 7:03 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
703 PM CDT Thu Jun 27 2024

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

0650 PM     Hail             South Fairfield         47.13N 103.20W
06/27/2024  E1.25 Inch       Billings           ND   Trained Spotter

            Hail fell from 6:50 pm to 7:00 pm.

&&

RK

Local storm report, Jun 27, 7:06 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
706 PM CDT Thu Jun 27 2024

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

0652 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     5 E Three V Crossing    46.56N 103.70W
06/27/2024  M81 MPH          Slope              ND   Mesonet

            NDAWN Station at Davis Dam 2NW. 10 meter
            wind gust report.

&&

King

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 27, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Billings, Dunn, Stark	40 min
Jun 27, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Billings, Dunn, Stark	77 min
Jun 27, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Adams, Bowman, Hettinger, Slope	73 min
Jun 27, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Hettinger, Slope, Stark	57 min
Jun 27, 7:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Billings, Stark	24 min
Jun 27, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, McKenzie, Mountrail	65 min
Jun 27, 7:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Dunn, Stark	25 min
Jun 27, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	BIS	Grant, Hettinger, Morton, Stark	62 min
Jun 27, 8:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	BIS	Adams, Grant, Sioux	56 min
Jun 27, 8:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	BIS	Dunn, Mercer, Morton, Stark	40 min
Jun 27, 8:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Mercer, Morton, Oliver	48 min
Jun 27, 8:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Adams, Grant, Sioux	53 min
Jun 28, 3:20 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	Bowman, Slope	19 hr

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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.