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Special Weather Statement, NWS Bismarck, ND

August 5, 2025Hettinger County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2025, 3:49 AM MDT for Hettinger County, North Dakota. It was in force for 26 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: Aug 5, 2025, 3:49 AM MDT (09:49 UTC)
Expired: Aug 5, 2025, 4:15 AM MDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Hail: 0.50 in
Wind: 50

County Hettinger County, ND

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 5, 3:06 AM MDT, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 3:06 AM MDT, 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 5, 2:46 AM MDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 2:35 AM MDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 5, 2:59 AM MDT, 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 5, 3:36 AM MDT, 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 5, 3:49 AM MDT, 0 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 4, 6:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Emmons	35 min
Aug 5, 2:35 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Adams	25 min
Aug 5, 2:59 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Hettinger	31 min
Aug 5, 4:14 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Hettinger	31 min
Aug 5, 4:33 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Sioux	27 min
Aug 5, 4:39 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Hettinger, Stark	51 min
Aug 5, 5:32 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Stark	3 hr
Aug 5, 5:38 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Dunn	37 min
Aug 5, 6:00 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Morton	30 min
Aug 5, 6:17 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Mercer, Morton, Oliver	45 min
Aug 5, 7:18 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Morton, Sioux	27 min
Aug 5, 7:44 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Emmons, Morton, Sioux	31 min
Aug 5, 8:14 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Burleigh	31 min
Aug 5, 8:30 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Emmons	30 min
Aug 5, 8:59 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Emmons	31 min
Aug 5, 10:30 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Emmons	30 min
Aug 5, 12:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Oliver	35 min
Aug 5, 2:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Sheridan	36 min
Aug 5, 2:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Kidder	49 min
Aug 5, 3:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Sheridan	46 min
Aug 5, 3:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh	65 min
Aug 5, 3:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dickey, LaMoure, McIntosh	51 min
Aug 5, 3:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Kidder, Stutsman	61 min
Aug 5, 3:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dickey	59 min
Aug 5, 4:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dickey, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh	41 min
Aug 5, 4:43 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Dickey, McIntosh	32 min
Aug 5, 4:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Stutsman	32 min
Aug 5, 5:02 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Dickey, McIntosh	28 min
Aug 5, 5:12 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Dickey, McIntosh	6 hr
Aug 5, 5:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dickey, McIntosh	63 min
Aug 5, 5:23 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Dickey	24 min
Aug 5, 5:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Dickey	67 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.