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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 214, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2026, 7:25 PM CDT for Pierce County, Rolette County, North Dakota. It was in force for 65 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
- Jul 16, 2026, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2026, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Pierce County, ND, Rolette County, ND
The radar
The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 203 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1440 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2657 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
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 Jul 16, 6:57 PM CDT, 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 6:57 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 6:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Bismarck ND 605 PM CDT Thu Jul 16 2026 NDZ020-022-023-025-035>037-042-046-047-050-058>062-172315- Oliver-Sheridan-Wells-Foster-Burleigh-Kidder-Stutsman-Grant- Emmons-Logan-McIntosh-Eastern McLean-Western Morton- Eastern Morton-Western Sioux-Eastern Sioux- 605 PM CDT Thu Jul 16 2026 /505 PM MDT Thu Jul 16 2026/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central North Dakota and southeast North Dakota. .DAY ONE...Tonight A Heat Advisory is in effect through this evening. See www.weather.gov/bis for additional information. Isolated thunderstorms are possible this evening. A strong to severe storm or two is possible. Large hail, gusty winds, and brief periods of heavy rainfall are the main hazards. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday 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. NDZ017>019-031>033-040-041-043-044-048-051-057-172315- McKenzie-Dunn-Mercer-Golden Valley-Billings-Stark-Slope-Hettinger- Bowman-Adams-La Moure-Dickey-Western McLean- 605 PM CDT Thu Jul 16 2026 /505 PM MDT Thu Jul 16 2026/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northwest North Dakota, south central North Dakota, southeast North Dakota, and southwest North Dakota. .DAY ONE...Tonight A Heat Advisory is in effect through this evening. See www.weather.gov/bis for additional information. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday 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. NDZ004-005-012-013-172315- Bottineau-Rolette-McHenry-Pierce- 605 PM CDT Thu Jul 16 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of north central North Dakota. .DAY ONE...Tonight Isolated thunderstorms are possible this evening. A strong to severe storm or two is possible. Large hail, gusty winds, and brief periods of heavy rainfall are the main hazards. A tornado cannot be ruled out. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday 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. NDZ001>003-009-010-055-056-172315- Divide-Burke-Renville-Williams-Mountrail-Northwest Ward- Central and Southern Ward/Minot Area- 605 PM CDT Thu Jul 16 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of north central North Dakota and northwest North Dakota. .DAY ONE...Tonight The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday 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. Telken
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 9:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Wells | 28 min |
| Jul 16, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Foster, Wells | 47 min |
| Jul 16, 10:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Foster, Wells | 31 min |
| Jul 17, 2:36 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BIS | Bottineau, Burke, Divide, Dunn, McKenzie, McLean and 5 more | 8 hr |
Nearby
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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.