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High Wind Watch 5, NWS Bismarck, ND

December 16, 202526 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this high wind watch at Dec 16, 2025, 3:29 AM MST for 26 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Dec 17, 2025, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 16, 2025, 3:29 AM MST (10:29 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 17, 2025, 11:00 AM MST
Expired: Dec 17, 2025, 1:44 AM MST
In force
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND

All 26 counties

Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Wells County, ND, Williams County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch 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 high wind watch went out at Dec 15, 4:58 PM MST, 10 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 15, 4:58 PM MST, 10 hours 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 15, 4:35 PM MST, 10 hours 54 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 16, 3:37 AM MST	Winter Storm Watch	BIS	Bottineau, Burke, Divide, Foster, McHenry, Mountrail and 6 more	32 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.