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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 221, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 19, 2026McIntosh County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2026, 9:10 PM CDT for McIntosh County, North Dakota. It was in force for 50 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 19, 2026, 9:10 PM CDT (02:10 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2026, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County McIntosh County, ND

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 19, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 157 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2026-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2232 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2026-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 258 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2232 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-161 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1396 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
258 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
336 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
31.4

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISEmmons58 min
Jul 19, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISKidder34 min
Jul 19, 8:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISLogan32 min
Jul 19, 9:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISMcIntosh37 min
Jul 19, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDickey, LaMoure66 min
Jul 19, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISLogan, McIntosh58 min
Jul 19, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDickey60 min
Jul 19, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBISDickey46 min
Jul 20, 2:20 AM CDTRed Flag WarningBISEmmons, Grant, Morton, Sioux19 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.