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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 19, 2025Pierce County, Wells County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2025, 9:03 PM CDT for Pierce County, Wells County, North Dakota. It was in force for 27 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: Jun 19, 2025, 9:03 PM CDT (02:03 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2025, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Pierce County, ND, Wells County, ND

The radar

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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
Jun 19, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

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 Jun 19, 6:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 6:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 6:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 19, 7:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 7:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 7:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
748 PM CDT Thu Jun 19 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0720 PM     Hail             4 WSW Dickinson         46.86N 102.87W
06/19/2025  M1.75 Inch       Stark              ND   Public

            Relayed through broadcast media. Time
            estimated from radar.

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MEJ

Local storm report, Jun 19, 7:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
757 PM CDT Thu Jun 19 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0653 PM     Hail             5 NNE Belfield          46.95N 103.16W
06/19/2025  E1.00 Inch       Stark              ND   Public

            Belfield NDAWN station camera.

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 8:06 PM CDT, 57 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 8:17 PM CDT, 46 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
Jun 19, 7:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	BIS	Billings, Dunn, Hettinger, Stark	58 min
Jun 19, 7:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	BIS	Stark	35 min
Jun 19, 7:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Hettinger, Stark	35 min
Jun 19, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Grant, Hettinger, Stark	61 min
Jun 19, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Ward	28 min
Jun 19, 8:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Hettinger	54 min
Jun 19, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Wells	58 min
Jun 19, 9:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Kidder	64 min
Jun 19, 9:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Sioux	49 min
Jun 19, 10:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Foster, Stutsman, Wells	59 min
Jun 19, 10:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Kidder, Logan, Stutsman	53 min
Jun 19, 10:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Sioux	47 min
Jun 19, 10:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Logan	48 min
Jun 20, 6:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Dunn	25 min
Jun 20, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Golden Valley	50 min
Jun 20, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Dunn, McKenzie	50 min
Jun 20, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Billings, Dunn	54 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.