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Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this red flag warning at May 8, 2025, 2:11 AM CDT for 18 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at May 8, 2025, 12:00 PM CDT. 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
- May 8, 2025, 2:11 AM CDT (07:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 8, 2025, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 8, 2025, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
Counties Bottineau County, ND, Burke County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, McLean County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Morton County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Renville County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Stark County, ND, Ward County, ND, Williams County, ND
The radar
The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:16 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 May 8, 12:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 8, 12:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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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.