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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 2, 2026Bottineau County, Pierce County, Rolette County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2026, 1:09 PM CDT for Bottineau County, Pierce County, Rolette County, North Dakota. It was in force for 51 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 2, 2026, 1:09 PM CDT (18:09 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 2026, 2:00 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Bottineau County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Rolette County, ND

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 2, 12:56 PM CDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 12:56 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 12:34 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 2, 11:01 AM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 11:03 AM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 11:37 AM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 11:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 14 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 1, 10:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Billings, Golden Valley	38 min
Jun 1, 11:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Adams, Bowman, Hettinger, Slope	35 min
Jun 1, 11:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Billings, Burke, Divide, Dunn, McKenzie, Mountrail and 1 more	24 min
Jun 2, 12:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Bowman, Slope	35 min
Jun 2, 11:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Dunn	27 min
Jun 2, 11:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Stark	23 min
Jun 2, 11:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Hettinger	35 min
Jun 2, 1:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Rolette	41 min
Jun 2, 2:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BIS	Rolette	26 min
Jun 2, 2:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, Ward	26 min
Jun 2, 2:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Rolette	20 min
Jun 2, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, Pierce, Sheridan	30 min
Jun 2, 5:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Kidder	22 min
Jun 2, 5:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Wells	34 min
Jun 2, 6:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Kidder	38 min
Jun 2, 6:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Sioux	35 min
Jun 2, 6:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Logan	29 min
Jun 2, 6:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	McIntosh	46 min
Jun 2, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Foster, Kidder, Stutsman, Wells	48 min
Jun 2, 6:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BIS	Logan	30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2026 Every 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.