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Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Bismarck, ND

May 10, 202518 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this red flag warning at May 10, 2025, 1:18 PM CDT for 18 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at May 11, 2025, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 34 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 10, 2025, 1:18 PM CDT (18:18 UTC)
In effect from: May 11, 2025, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 12, 2025, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 34 hr
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND

Counties Burleigh County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Grant County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, McLean County, ND, Morton County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Sioux County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Wells County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:19 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 9, 3:22 PM CDT, 21 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 3:22 PM CDT, 21 hours 56 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
May 10, 5:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McHenry	23 min

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.