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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 27, 2025Bottineau County, McHenry County, Rolette County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2025, 1:32 AM CDT for Bottineau County, McHenry County, Rolette County, North Dakota. It was in force for 43 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 27, 2025, 1:32 AM CDT (06:32 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2025, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bottineau County, ND, McHenry County, ND, Rolette County, ND

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 26, 11:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 204 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2025-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2343 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2025-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2343 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2248 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.8

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 10:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISEmmons, Grant, Morton, Sioux56 min
Jul 26, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISEmmons, Logan47 min
Jul 26, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBISBurleigh, Emmons, Kidder, Morton54 min
Jul 26, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBISKidder, Stutsman62 min
Jul 26, 11:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, Kidder, Stutsman54 min
Jul 27, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBISFoster, Kidder, Stutsman, Wells56 min
Jul 27, 12:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISGrant, Morton, Sioux48 min
Jul 27, 1:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISMcKenzie, Williams43 min
Jul 27, 1:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISAdams, Bowman, Hettinger, Slope41 min
Jul 27, 1:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBillings, Golden Valley43 min
Jul 27, 1:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISEmmons, Sioux26 min
Jul 27, 2:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDivide, McKenzie, Williams60 min
Jul 27, 2:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBottineau, McHenry, Pierce, Rolette65 min
Jul 27, 2:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISAdams, Bowman, Grant, Hettinger, Slope, Stark48 min
Jul 27, 2:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISRenville27 min
Jul 27, 2:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBillings, Dunn, Stark55 min
Jul 27, 2:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISRenville26 min
Jul 27, 2:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBISDunn, Hettinger, Mercer, Morton, Stark39 min
Jul 27, 2:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurke, Divide, McKenzie, Mountrail, Williams65 min
Jul 27, 3:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBISDunn, Mercer, Morton, Oliver, Stark59 min
Jul 27, 3:20 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISBottineau, McHenry, Pierce4 hr
Jul 27, 3:26 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISBurke4 hr
Jul 27, 3:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurke, Divide, Mountrail, Renville, Ward59 min
Jul 27, 3:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn, McLean, Mercer, Mountrail, Ward50 min
Jul 27, 4:00 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISMountrail, Ward3 hr
Jul 27, 4:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBISBottineau, McHenry, McLean, Renville, Ward56 min
Jul 27, 5:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBISMcHenry, Pierce, Sheridan, Wells60 min
Jul 27, 5:31 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISWard3 hr
Jul 27, 6:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBISPierce, Rolette, Wells29 min
Jul 27, 6:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISRolette33 min
Jul 27, 12:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISGolden Valley32 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.