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Special Weather Statement, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 20, 2025Adams County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this special weather statement at Jul 20, 2025, 5:13 AM MDT for Adams County, North Dakota. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 20, 2025, 5:13 AM MDT (11:13 UTC)
Expired: Jul 20, 2025, 6:00 AM MDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 40

County Adams County, ND

The radar

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 19, 9:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Bowman	27 min
Jul 19, 10:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Divide	37 min
Jul 19, 10:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Divide	49 min
Jul 20, 2:58 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Bowman	32 min
Jul 20, 3:41 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Bowman	34 min
Jul 20, 4:11 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Bowman	49 min
Jul 20, 6:56 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Grant	34 min
Jul 20, 2:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Golden Valley	45 min
Jul 20, 3:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Billings, Golden Valley	60 min
Jul 20, 4:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Billings, Hettinger, Slope, Stark	63 min
Jul 20, 5:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Hettinger, Slope, Stark	62 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.