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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 239, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 29, 2026McLean County, Mercer County, Sheridan County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2026, 5:12 PM CDT for McLean County, Mercer County, Sheridan County, North Dakota. It was in force for 48 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 29, 2026, 5:12 PM CDT (22:12 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2026, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties McLean County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Sheridan County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 1:46 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryBISAdams, Billings, Burleigh, Dickey, Dunn, Emmons and 23 more18 hr
Jul 29, 1:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBillings, Golden Valley, Slope62 min
Jul 29, 2:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBillings, Slope, Stark31 min
Jul 29, 2:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBowman35 min
Jul 29, 3:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBowman, Hettinger, Stark39 min
Jul 29, 4:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISMcLean31 min
Jul 29, 5:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISMcLean30 min
Jul 29, 5:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISMountrail22 min
Jul 29, 5:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBurke29 min
Jul 29, 6:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISOliver30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2026Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2026

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.