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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 21, 20254 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2025, 12:09 AM CDT for 4 counties in 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: Jun 21, 2025, 12:09 AM CDT (05:09 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 2025, 1:15 AM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Destructive
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 80.0 mph

Counties Foster County, ND, Kidder County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Wells County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:11 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 20, 7:54 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 117 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: 1726 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1897 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 480 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 26.8

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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 Jun 21, 12:03 AM CDT, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 12:03 AM CDT, 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 10:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
1015 PM CDT Fri Jun 20 2025

NDZ012-013-021>023-025-035>037-046>048-050-051-220315-
McHenry-Pierce-McLean-Sheridan-Wells-Foster-Burleigh-Kidder-
Stutsman-Emmons-Logan-La Moure-McIntosh-Dickey-
1015 PM CDT Fri Jun 20 2025

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Numerous severe thunderstorms are possible tonight. Very large
hail up to tennis ball size, damaging winds to 80 mph, and a few
tornadoes are all possible. A tornado or two could become strong
along the Interstate 94 corridor from around Bismarck to
Jamestown.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

Isolated severe thunderstorms are also possible on Saturday and
Sunday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to report severe weather to the National
Weather Service at 701-223-4582.

NDZ001>005-009>011-017>020-031>034-040>045-220315-
Divide-Burke-Renville-Bottineau-Rolette-Williams-Mountrail-Ward-
McKenzie-Dunn-Mercer-Oliver-Golden Valley-Billings-Stark-Morton-
Slope-Hettinger-Grant-Bowman-Adams-Sioux-
1015 PM CDT Fri Jun 20 2025 /915 PM MDT Fri Jun 20 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

The severe thunderstorm threat has ended for this evening. An
isolated shower or thunderstorm is possible after midnight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

Isolated severe thunderstorms are also possible on Saturday and
Sunday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to report severe weather to the National
Weather Service at 701-223-4582.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 20, 10:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
1011 PM CDT Fri Jun 20 2025

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

0915 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     Bismarck                46.81N 100.78W
06/20/2025                   Burleigh           ND   Public

            Tree limbs down in Hillview area.

&&

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Local storm report, Jun 20, 10:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
1019 PM CDT Fri Jun 20 2025

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

1013 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     9 NNW Wing              47.27N 100.33W
06/20/2025  M70 MPH          Burleigh           ND   Mesonet

            10 meter measured wind gust NDAWN 8N Wing.

&&

MEJ

Local storm report, Jun 20, 10:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
1031 PM CDT Fri Jun 20 2025

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

0920 PM     Hail             Marion                  46.61N 98.33W
06/20/2025  M2.00 Inch       LaMoure            ND   Emergency Mngr

            Large hail during tornado warned storm.

&&

NJH

Local storm report, Jun 20, 10:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
1037 PM CDT Fri Jun 20 2025

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

0905 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     1 E Bismarck            46.81N 100.75W
06/20/2025                   Burleigh           ND   NWS Employee

            Large evergreen tree blown over near Rosser
            Ave and 26th Street.

&&

NJH

Local storm report, Jun 20, 11:19 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 20, 11:31 PM CDT, 38 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 20, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Adams, Bowman, Hettinger, Slope	66 min
Jun 20, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Billings, Dunn, Stark	26 min
Jun 20, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Billings, Dunn, Slope, Stark	60 min
Jun 20, 7:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Stutsman	18 min
Jun 20, 7:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Stutsman	59 min
Jun 20, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Adams, Grant, Hettinger, Morton, Sioux, Stark	57 min
Jun 20, 8:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Dunn, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Oliver, Stark	56 min
Jun 20, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	BIS	Stutsman	53 min
Jun 20, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	BIS	Dunn, Mercer, Morton, Stark	32 min
Jun 20, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	BIS	Grant, Morton	25 min
Jun 20, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	LaMoure, Stutsman	40 min
Jun 20, 8:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Stutsman	29 min
Jun 20, 8:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Grant, Morton	27 min
Jun 20, 8:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	LaMoure, Stutsman	35 min
Jun 20, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	BIS	Morton, Oliver	30 min
Jun 20, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	BIS	Grant, Morton, Sioux	27 min
Jun 20, 8:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Burleigh, McLean, Morton, Oliver	35 min
Jun 20, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, Morton, Oliver	62 min
Jun 20, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Burleigh, McHenry, McLean, Mercer, Oliver, Sheridan and 1 more	44 min
Jun 20, 9:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	LaMoure, Stutsman	30 min
Jun 20, 9:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Emmons, Sioux	56 min
Jun 20, 9:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder, Logan, Stutsman	54 min
Jun 20, 9:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Sheridan	23 min
Jun 20, 9:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	LaMoure	35 min
Jun 20, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Burleigh, McHenry, McLean, Mercer, Oliver, Pierce and 2 more	61 min
Jun 20, 10:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Sheridan	30 min
Jun 20, 10:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	BIS	Kidder, Stutsman	38 min
Jun 20, 10:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Dickey, McIntosh	33 min
Jun 20, 10:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	BIS	Foster, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan, Stutsman, Wells	54 min
Jun 20, 10:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Stutsman	31 min
Jun 20, 10:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Sheridan, Wells	24 min
Jun 20, 10:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dickey	50 min
Jun 20, 10:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	BIS	Foster	18 min
Jun 20, 10:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Wells	29 min
Jun 20, 10:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Burleigh, Kidder, Sheridan, Wells	57 min
Jun 20, 11:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Burleigh, McLean, Sheridan	5 hr
Jun 20, 11:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	BIS	Foster, Kidder, Stutsman, Wells	65 min
Jun 20, 11:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	LaMoure	33 min
Jun 20, 11:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Kidder, Stutsman	54 min
Jun 21, 12:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Stutsman	50 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.