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Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Bismarck, ND

March 9, 202526 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this red flag warning at Mar 9, 2025, 1:13 AM MST for 26 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Mar 10, 2025, 10:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 9, 2025, 1:13 AM MST (08:13 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 10, 2025, 10:00 AM MDT
Expired: Mar 10, 2025, 6:50 PM MDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND

All 26 counties

Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dickey 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, McLean County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Morton County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Sioux County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Wells County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:15 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 red flag 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 red flag warning went out at Mar 8, 10:37 PM MST, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 10:37 PM MST, 2 hours 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 8, 10:37 PM MST, 2 hours 36 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
Mar 9, 1:29 PM MDT	High Wind Warning	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 26 more	29 hr

Nearby

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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.