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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Grand Forks, ND

August 13, 2025Sargent County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2025, 11:15 PM CDT for Sargent County, North Dakota. It was in force for 30 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 13, 2025, 11:15 PM CDT (04:15 UTC)
Expired: Aug 13, 2025, 11:45 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Sargent County, ND

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 13, 10:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 10:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 13, 11:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FGF	Sargent	32 min
Aug 13, 11:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FGF	Sargent	30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2025 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2025

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.