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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 284, NWS Bismarck, ND

August 23, 20264 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 2026, 6:00 PM CDT for 4 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 44 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
Aug 23, 2026, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 23, 2026, 6:44 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Bottineau County, ND, McHenry County, ND, Renville County, ND, Ward County, ND

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 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
Aug 23, 4:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISGolden Valley23 min
Aug 23, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBillings, Golden Valley, Stark63 min
Aug 23, 5:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISWard33 min
Aug 23, 5:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBowman, Slope37 min
Aug 23, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISAdams, Bowman, Hettinger, Slope63 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.