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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2025, 4:44 PM MDT for 4 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 46 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
- Jul 9, 2025, 4:44 PM MDT (22:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2025, 5:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Adams County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Morton County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 1:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 324 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1433 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 271 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.6
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 Jul 9, 3:02 PM MDT, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 3:02 PM MDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Bismarck ND 307 PM CDT Wed Jul 9 2025 NDZ003>005-011>013-018-021>023-025-033-037-040-041-043-044-102015- Renville-Bottineau-Rolette-Ward-McHenry-Pierce-Dunn-McLean- Sheridan-Wells-Foster-Stark-Stutsman-Slope-Hettinger-Bowman-Adams- 307 PM CDT Wed Jul 9 2025 /207 PM MDT Wed Jul 9 2025/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of north central North Dakota, south central North Dakota, southeast North Dakota, and southwest North Dakota. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Isolated to scattered severe thunderstorms could develop this afternoon and evening. The expected hazards are hail up to the size of golf balls, damaging wind gusts up to 70 mph, and a tornado possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday Isolated to scattered severe thunderstorms could develop Thursday afternoon and evening. The expected hazards are hail up to the size of golf balls, damaging winds gusts up to 60 mph, and locally heavy rainfall. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report any large hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes. NDZ001-002-009-010-017-031-032-102015- Divide-Burke-Williams-Mountrail-McKenzie-Golden Valley-Billings- 307 PM CDT Wed Jul 9 2025 /207 PM MDT Wed Jul 9 2025/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northwest North Dakota and southwest North Dakota. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are possible through tonight. Severe weather is not expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday Isolated to scattered severe thunderstorms could develop Thursday afternoon and evening. The main expected hazards are hail up to the size of golf balls, damaging winds gusts up to 60 mph, and locally heavy rainfall. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed. NDZ019-020-034>036-042-045>048-050-051-102015- Mercer-Oliver-Morton-Burleigh-Kidder-Grant-Sioux-Emmons-Logan- La Moure-McIntosh-Dickey- 307 PM CDT Wed Jul 9 2025 /207 PM MDT Wed Jul 9 2025/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central North Dakota and southeast North Dakota. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight A Heat Advisory is in effect through much of the evening. See more details at www.weather.gov/bis. Isolated to scattered severe thunderstorms could develop this afternoon and evening. The expected hazards are hail up to the size of golf balls, damaging wind gusts up to 70 mph, and a tornado possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday Isolated to scattered severe thunderstorms could develop Thursday afternoon and evening. The expected hazards are hail up to the size of golf balls, damaging winds gusts up to 60 mph, and locally heavy rainfall. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report any large hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 2:38 PM MDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
238 PM MDT Wed Jul 9 2025
NDZ041-043-044-092115-
Hettinger ND-Adams ND-Bowman ND-
238 PM MDT Wed Jul 9 2025
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN BOWMAN...SOUTHERN
HETTINGER AND ADAMS COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM MDT...
At 237 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms near Hettinger, moving southeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Hettinger, Mott, Reeder, Haynes, Bucyrus, and Gascoyne.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for
southwestern North Dakota.
&&
LAT...LON 4595 10313 4621 10311 4647 10240 4633 10212
4594 10219
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 297DEG 16KT 4606 10258
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
MDJLocal storm report, Jul 9, 4:25 PM MDT, 19 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 2:55 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Ward | 35 min |
| Jul 9, 4:01 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | McHenry | 44 min |
| Jul 9, 4:25 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | McHenry | 50 min |
| Jul 9, 5:52 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Bottineau | 23 min |
| Jul 9, 6:12 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Bottineau | 48 min |
| Jul 9, 6:22 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Sheridan | 38 min |
| Jul 9, 11:46 AM MDT | Heat Advisory | BIS | Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Grant, Kidder, LaMoure and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 9, 2:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Adams, Hettinger | 37 min |
| Jul 9, 2:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Grant, Hettinger, Sioux | 56 min |
| Jul 9, 3:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Grant, Hettinger | 65 min |
| Jul 9, 3:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Hettinger | 58 min |
| Jul 9, 5:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Burleigh | 32 min |
| Jul 9, 5:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Grant | 44 min |
| Jul 9, 5:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Hettinger | 40 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.