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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 224, NWS Bismarck, ND

August 7, 2025Burke County, Renville County, Ward County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2025, 7:54 PM CDT for Burke County, Renville County, Ward County, North Dakota. It was in force for 66 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: Aug 7, 2025, 7:54 PM CDT (00:54 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2025, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Burke County, ND, Renville County, ND, Ward County, ND

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 220 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2718 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1242 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 197 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.1
Supercell composite: 11.1

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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 Aug 7, 6:56 PM CDT, 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 6:56 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 6:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
637 PM CDT Thu Aug 7 2025

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-031>036-040>046-082345-
Divide-Burke-Renville-Bottineau-Rolette-Williams-Mountrail-Ward-
McHenry-Pierce-McKenzie-Dunn-Mercer-Oliver-McLean-Sheridan-Wells-
Golden Valley-Billings-Stark-Morton-Burleigh-Kidder-Slope-
Hettinger-Grant-Bowman-Adams-Sioux-Emmons-
637 PM CDT Thu Aug 7 2025 /537 PM MDT Thu Aug 7 2025/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of north central
North Dakota, northwest North Dakota, south central North Dakota,
and southwest North Dakota.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Scattered to numerous severe thunderstorms are expected this
afternoon through tonight. Significant severe weather is possible,
with very large hail up to the size of baseballs, damaging winds
as high as 80 mph, and a few tornadoes. Localized excessive
rainfall is also possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible on Friday, with hail as
large as quarters and wind gusts as high as 60 mph.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to report any severe weather to the
National Weather Service at 701-223-4582 or to our social media
pages.

NDZ025-037-047-048-050-051-082345-
Foster-Stutsman-Logan-La Moure-McIntosh-Dickey-
637 PM CDT Thu Aug 7 2025

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southeast North
Dakota.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Scattered to numerous severe thunderstorms are expected this
afternoon through tonight. Significant severe weather is possible,
with very large hail up to the size of baseballs, damaging winds
as high as 80 mph, and a few tornadoes. Localized excessive
rainfall is also possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

Scattered severe thunderstorms are possible on Friday. Expected
hazards include hail as large as golf balls, damaging winds up to
60 mph.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to report any severe weather to the
National Weather Service at 701-223-4582 or to our social media
pages.

MEJ

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 7, 5:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 7, 7:24 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 7, 7:25 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 7, 7:39 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 7, 7:40 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 7, 7:42 PM CDT, 12 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
Aug 7, 7:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burke, Divide, Mountrail, Williams	59 min
Aug 7, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burke, Divide, Mountrail, Williams	63 min
Aug 7, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Burke, Mountrail, Renville, Ward	63 min
Aug 7, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, Burke, Renville, Ward	60 min
Aug 7, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Billings, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Williams	64 min
Aug 7, 9:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Renville, Ward	66 min
Aug 7, 10:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Bottineau	37 min
Aug 7, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Billings, Burke, Dunn, McKenzie, Mountrail, Williams	61 min
Aug 7, 10:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	BIS	Bowman, Slope	57 min
Aug 7, 10:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Slope, Stark	67 min
Aug 7, 10:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Pierce, Rolette, Ward	62 min
Aug 7, 11:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Ward	23 min
Aug 7, 11:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Dunn, Hettinger, Slope, Stark	59 min
Aug 7, 11:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Bowman, Hettinger, Slope	65 min
Aug 7, 11:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McLean, Ward	32 min
Aug 8, 12:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Dunn, Grant, Mercer, Morton, Oliver, Stark	67 min
Aug 8, 12:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, McLean, Mercer, Ward	66 min
Aug 8, 12:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Grant, Hettinger, Sioux	56 min
Aug 8, 12:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Kidder, McLean, Morton, Oliver	65 min
Aug 8, 1:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Sheridan, Wells	64 min
Aug 8, 1:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, Grant, Morton, Sioux	63 min
Aug 8, 1:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Morton, Oliver	31 min
Aug 8, 1:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	BIS	Kidder	36 min
Aug 8, 1:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Kidder, Stutsman	61 min
Aug 8, 2:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Foster, Wells	58 min
Aug 8, 2:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Stutsman	48 min
Aug 8, 2:35 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Foster, Stutsman	25 min
Aug 8, 2:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh	34 min
Aug 8, 2:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dickey, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh	71 min
Aug 8, 5:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Grant	31 min
Aug 8, 5:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Morton	34 min
Aug 8, 6:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Burleigh	28 min
Aug 8, 4:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Divide	33 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.