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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 28, 2026Pierce County, Wells County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2026, 11:13 PM CDT for Pierce County, Wells County, North Dakota. It was in force for 34 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 28, 2026, 11:13 PM CDT (04:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2026, 11:47 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Pierce County, ND, Wells County, ND

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 144 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: 1494 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1467 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.4

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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 28, 10:43 PM CDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 10:43 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 7:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
720 PM CDT Sun Jun 28 2026

NDZ003>005-010-012-013-018>020-022-023-025-033-035>037-040>044-
046>048-050-051-055>062-300030-
Renville-Bottineau-Rolette-Mountrail-McHenry-Pierce-Dunn-Mercer-
Oliver-Sheridan-Wells-Foster-Stark-Burleigh-Kidder-Stutsman-Slope-
Hettinger-Grant-Bowman-Adams-Emmons-Logan-La Moure-McIntosh-
Dickey-Northwest Ward-Central and Southern Ward/Minot Area-
Western McLean-Eastern McLean-Western Morton-Eastern Morton-
Western Sioux-Eastern Sioux-
720 PM CDT Sun Jun 28 2026 /620 PM MDT Sun Jun 28 2026/

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Isolated to scattered severe thunderstorms are possible this
evening through tonight. Main hazards will be hail up to 2 inches
in diameter and wind gusts up to 70 mph. An isolated tornado is
possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

Isolated to scattered severe thunderstorms are possible Monday.
Main hazards will be hail up to 2 inches in diameter and wind
gusts up to 70 mph. An isolated tornado is possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are asked to provide reports to the NWS using standard
procedures, including through our social media accounts.

NDZ001-002-009-017-031-032-300030-
Divide-Burke-Williams-McKenzie-Golden Valley-Billings-
720 PM CDT Sun Jun 28 2026 /620 PM MDT Sun Jun 28 2026/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northwest North
Dakota and southwest North Dakota.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Showers and thunderstorms may return this evening through tonight
across far western North Dakota. The threat for severe weather in
these areas is low.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are asked to provide reports to the NWS using standard
procedures, including through our social media accounts.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 28, 8:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 28, 9:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 9:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 28, 10:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 11:06 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 28, 11:09 PM CDT, 4 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 28, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Morton	54 min
Jun 28, 7:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Morton, Oliver	39 min
Jun 28, 8:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McLean, Mercer	32 min
Jun 28, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Mercer	60 min
Jun 28, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Mercer	54 min
Jun 28, 8:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Burleigh	34 min
Jun 28, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Renville, Ward	45 min
Jun 28, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Mercer	62 min
Jun 28, 9:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Kidder	31 min
Jun 28, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	BIS	McLean	40 min
Jun 28, 10:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Renville, Ward	58 min
Jun 28, 10:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	McHenry, McLean, Pierce, Sheridan, Wells	57 min
Jun 28, 10:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	McHenry, McLean, Ward	25 min
Jun 28, 11:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McLean	24 min
Jun 28, 11:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McHenry	29 min
Jun 28, 11:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry	62 min
Jun 29, 12:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Pierce	51 min
Jun 29, 2:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, McLean, Ward	57 min
Jun 29, 2:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Grant, Morton	60 min
Jun 29, 3:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Morton	30 min
Jun 29, 3:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	McHenry, Ward	54 min
Jun 29, 3:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Burleigh, Morton	53 min
Jun 29, 3:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Morton	41 min
Jun 29, 3:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Mercer	54 min
Jun 29, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Burleigh	60 min
Jun 29, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	McHenry	60 min
Jun 29, 4:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	McHenry, McLean, Ward	49 min
Jun 29, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Burleigh, Kidder	62 min
Jun 29, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	McHenry, Ward	66 min
Jun 29, 5:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Adams	30 min
Jun 29, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Hettinger	48 min
Jun 29, 5:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Slope	28 min
Jun 29, 5:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Bottineau	4 hr
Jun 29, 5:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Slope	40 min
Jun 29, 5:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	McHenry	3 hr
Jun 29, 6:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Billings, Slope	40 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.