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Red Flag Warning 17, NWS Bismarck, ND

September 3, 2026Bowman County, Golden Valley County, Slope County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this red flag warning at Sep 3, 2026, 12:03 PM MDT for Bowman County, Golden Valley County, Slope County, North Dakota. It took effect at Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 3, 2026, 12:03 PM MDT (18:03 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired: Sep 4, 2026, 8:00 PM MDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND

Counties Bowman County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Slope County, ND

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag 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 red flag warning went out at Sep 3, 9:40 AM MDT, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 3, 9:40 AM MDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 3, 9:25 AM MDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 3, 9:54 AM MDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 3, 9:56 AM MDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 3, 10:09 AM MDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 3, 10:14 AM MDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 3, 10:27 AM MDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 3, 11:32 AM MDT, 31 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
Sep 3, 1:01 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McKenzie	29 min
Sep 3, 1:22 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Dunn	23 min
Sep 3, 1:46 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Divide	44 min
Sep 3, 2:19 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Mountrail	41 min
Sep 3, 2:24 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Divide, Williams	36 min
Sep 3, 3:02 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Williams	28 min
Sep 3, 3:05 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Ward	25 min
Sep 3, 3:14 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Williams	3 hr
Sep 3, 3:33 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Williams	27 min
Sep 3, 3:36 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Ward	39 min
Sep 3, 3:50 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Ward	40 min
Sep 3, 4:02 AM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	BIS	Bowman, Slope	8 hr
Sep 3, 4:09 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Ward	73 min
Sep 3, 4:28 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, Ward	62 min
Sep 3, 4:30 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Mountrail	30 min
Sep 3, 5:18 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	McHenry, Ward	3 hr
Sep 3, 5:50 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McHenry, Ward	40 min
Sep 3, 6:01 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry	44 min
Sep 3, 6:22 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	McHenry	3 hr
Sep 3, 6:54 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McHenry	36 min
Sep 3, 7:03 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Ward	110 min
Sep 3, 7:32 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Pierce	28 min
Sep 3, 7:41 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Pierce, Rolette	51 min
Sep 3, 7:46 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McHenry	29 min
Sep 3, 8:13 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Pierce, Rolette	2 hr
Sep 3, 8:18 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Sheridan	27 min
Sep 3, 8:26 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, Pierce, Sheridan, Wells	34 min
Sep 3, 9:05 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Wells	25 min
Sep 3, 9:47 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Wells	28 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.